The Locksmith’s House

The Locksmiths House, 54 New Road, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 2DA

Step back into the past at the Locksmith’s House in Willenhall. The Locksmith's House celebrates the efforts of the small family run lock…

Step back into the past at the Locksmith’s House in Willenhall.

The Locksmith's House celebrates the efforts of the small family run lock making businesses which thrived over a century ago.

The house is recreated with the actual belongings and furniture of the Hodson family of lock makers, the last inhabitants of 54 New Road, Willenhall. The working class family home is accompanied by a two-storey workshop building and a working forge and machinery. Pop in to see our blacksmith in action. On the first floor of the house, our lock display gallery offers an insight into some extraordinary locks from across the ages.

See demonstrations in the gas lit rooms, hear the clatter of belt driven machinery in the workshop and find out more about the trade that made Willenhall famous.

Opening Times

• Saturday 8 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details

No booking required

Access Information

The ground floor is fully accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs but there is not disabled access to the first floor.

Additional information

A short stay (2 hours) parking can be found in the nearby public car park on Wolverhampton Street 3 minutes walk from the Museum. Come out of the Wolverhampton Street car park and turn right, then go left into Peel Street, then turn right into New Road – the Museum is about 50 yards down on the right.

Directions

It is on the opposite side of the road to a Lidl supermarket and just along the road from The Castle Pub.

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