The House on the Hill Toy Museum

The House on the Hill Toy Museum is the largest known privately owned toy museum in all of Europe with more than 80,000 fascinating items of mixed antiquity toys available to view, based on the collection of just one toy loving man who started in 1946 by buying a Hornby train set with his pocket money!

It covers numerous differing aspects of toys through the ages, revealing the culture, fashions and technological developments of this and other countries when it comes to playtime! Toys and play are a vital part of childhood, provide the stimulus needed for kids' development and oh yeah, they're loads of fun!