Grove Museum

PricingFree with English Heritage membershipEH memberFree entryNon-member£11

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Free entry for English Heritage members

This place is cared for by Manx National Heritage, the Isle of Man's heritage charity. English Heritage members get free admission to all its heritage attractions from the first year of membership. Show your current membership card at admissions.

Free admission applies to the member only, plus children aged 4 and under; other adults and older children pay.
Admission charges may apply for some special events.
Several sites are seasonal, open from Easter to the end of October.

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Entry

Non-member prices

Adult£11.00

Student (over 18 with card)£5.50

Pricing details

Standard walk-up price for 2026 without the voluntary £1.50 donation, which is optional and can be declined at the ticket desk. Children aged 16 and under are free (accompanied by an adult). Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card (the named member only, plus children aged 4 and under; accompanying adults pay). Multi-site savings, a 7-day (£35) or 14-day (£40) Holiday Pass and a £45 Annual Pass for Isle of Man residents are sold by MNH. Carers accompanying a disabled visitor enter free. Special events may charge extra.

Student discount on production of a valid student card, without the optional £1.50 donation. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card (the named member only, plus children aged 4 and under; accompanying adults pay).

ParkingFree parkingFree for all visitors

No charge for anyone.

Parking details

Car park at the Grove Museum beside the ticket office: loose gravel, level, with two dedicated disabled parking bays; coaches may use it (MNH Grove Access Guide 2026). Visit Isle of Man lists the parking as on site and free with parking areas for disabled visitors; MNH publishes no tariff. Visitors with limited mobility may be able to drive to the rear entrance by arrangement with staff at the ticket office.

Driving pin: the MNH page pin (54.332466, -4.393888), which reverse-geocodes to Andreas Road, Ramsey IM8 3UA; the Google listing pin is 13 m away. Satnav IM8 3UA.

Bus 18K passes the museum from Ramsey bus station; Manx Electric Railway to Ramsey, then a 15 to 20 minute walk up a moderate hill with pavements throughout.

About

The Grove Museum, Thie Tashtee Yn Chell, is a Victorian country house outside Ramsey, cared for by Manx National Heritage. Duncan Gibb, a Liverpool shipping merchant, bought the cottage of Poplar Grove in 1838 as a summer retreat and enlarged it into a house with gardens and farmland. His granddaughters Alice and Janet arrived in 1887 and lived here for nearly a century, leaving the house virtually unchanged until it was bought with its contents, gardens and land in 1976. See the formal rooms with the Broadwood grand piano and Duncan's writing desk, the Victorian shower in the carriage shed, the servants' bells in the kitchen, the horse-drawn threshing mill, the duck pond and the Loaghtan sheep in the fields. Reviewers single out the guides, who walk visitors through each room with the family's stories, and describe a house frozen in time with a melancholy edge. Tips from visitors: allow time for the guided tour, try the Victorian games, and buy Grove honey in the shop.

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Grove Museum12:00 – 16:00last entry 15:30

Opening times may change at short notice.

2026 season Friday 27 March to Sunday 1 November 2026, open Saturday to Wednesday 12pm to 4pm, last entry 3.30pm; closed Thursdays and Fridays. Closed over the winter (guided group tours on request); check the MNH website for the 2027 season.

Children aged 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Some special events carry an additional charge. Drones are not permitted. The road outside was resurfaced on 27 June and 4 July 2026; footpaths stayed open.

Access: one 18 cm step into the ticket office (induction loop, small shop); 100 m of loose gravel to the house, which has four steps with a handrail at the front door or a cobbled path and one 19 cm step at the kitchen door; the first floor is up 11 steps with no alternative. Grounds on gravel, grass and cobbles, where wheelchair users may need assistance and motorised scooters are permitted. Toilets with level entrance behind the ticket office but no accessible cubicle (nearest at Mooragh Park, Market Square and Ramsey Town Hall). A talking bench in the grounds plays recordings of Janet Gibb. Picnics encouraged; the conservatory occasionally serves hot drinks and cakes. A large fenced pond stands near the ticket office.

Photo: the front door of the Grove, Ramsey, with its stone porch and the gravel drive. Northerner, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grove_Museum_entrance.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.