Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove. Restored buildings including working windmill, agricultural buildings, industrial buildings, timber-frame houses, mission church and the National Telephone Kiosk Collection. Contact for opening times 01527 831886/831363.

Bewdley Museum and Tourist Information Centre. Load Street, Bewdley. Wyre woodland crafts and industries, daily demonstrations of rope and clay pipe making. Please ring for details of opening times 01299 403573.

Elgar's Birthplace Museum, Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, near Worcester. Cottage where Elgar was born in 1857, now museum. Ring for opening times 01905 333224.

n Hagley Hall. Palladian home of the Viscount Cobham, built 1760, in 350-acre parkland setting. For times of opening 01562 882408.