Prickwillow Museum, formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations. The museum is housed in the old pumping station in Prickwillow, four miles east of the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.
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Absolutely fabulous museum that is volunteer ran. Please consider going to this lovely place to keep its history alive and going. Great place to bring your children if they love seeing big engines run....also fun for adults to see all workings of the engines that ran the pumps. There is a wall of second hand books available for .50p and some brick-a-brac for sale that helps keep the place running. The volunteers are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. Nice little cafe to grab a simple bite to eat in the afternoon. We decided to buy a yearly membership for our household. Can't...
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Very interesting and well laid out museum, I attended during the 6th annual Motorcycle event but I enjoyed my visit to the museum, the best part I thought is that the fire up all the engines at least once throughout the day, if you have children who are interested in big engines or if you yourself want to look at big engines which when running you can feel in your chest I would highly recommend going here. There are also toilet facilities and a small cafe but I would recommend getting your money out before you go as it seems to...
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The draining of the fens was, and remains, an amazing feat of imagination, planning and execution. The 10-min intro video, photos with the exhibits and the steam engines make for an informative and well worthwhile visit (allow 1.5-2 hrs), even though we went on a day when the engines weren't running. Hot drinks and biscuits etc available at the small cafe and the friendly volunteers are a mine of knowledge. PS climate change will make the knowledge of flood control gleaned in this part of the world all the...
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