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# Blists Hill Victorian Town
- URL: https://specialneedsadventurefamily.com/blists-hill-victorian-town/
- Published: 2019-05-20T09:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-03T09:17:41.000Z
- Description: We knew about the Black Country Living Museum and Beamish, but we hadn't heard of Blists Hill Victorian Town until someone told us about it. We're glad they did!
- Author: Sue
- Tags: Accessible Attractions, Visually Impaired Experiences, Hearing Issues, Neurodiverse Activities, Carer Tickets & Disabled Admission, Blue Badge Parking & Drop-Off, Museums & Galleries, Video Reviews

This was our first visit to Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire, and we were really impressed with the accessibility of this museum.

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****Essential access info (as of May 2019)**  
  
****Admission:** The reverse of the usual arrangement: the carer pays and the disabled person goes in free  
****Parking:** There is a charge to park, but blue badge holders park free  
****Access booklet:** You are given a disabled access booklet on arrival, with accessibility details for every exhibit. We found it genuinely useful  
****Mobility:** A steep hill runs through the middle of the town, with an incline lift for wheelchair users — it was out of order on our visit. Gravelly patches on the hill caused a powerchair to slide. Staff offered to let us move the car to the staff car park at the bottom  
  
**Prices and policies as we found them on our visit — always check with the venue before you go.*

There is a charge to park, however blue badge holders can park for free. Normally when we visit places, the disabled person has to pay to go in and the carer goes in for free. However, here it is the other way around - the carer pays and the disabled person goes in free. This worked in our favour as it meant for us, we only paid for me.

Once we had paid we were given a disabled access booklet that was really detailed as it gave accessibility details for every exhibit there, which we found to be really useful.

The shops were really interesting and we especially enjoyed the sweet shop and the fish & chip shop, with the fish & chips fried in beef dripping!

There is a steep hill in the middle of the town, which has an incline lift for wheelchair users. Unfortunately, on the day we visited the incline lift was not working, so we attempted the hill with George’s chair. There were some gravelly bits on the hill, which George’s chair kept sliding on, so we ended up using the chair as a manual chair. Fortunately for me, a very kind passer-by helped me get the chair down the hill. I was not looking forward to pushing the chair back up but, luckily for me, George was able to get the chair back up by himself, by putting it on full speed and just going for it, while John and I tried to keep up! We were offered the option of moving the car from the main car park at the top, to the staff car park at the bottom, but we bravely (or stupidly) decided to tackle the hill ourselves.

It was a really enjoyable day out and we would definitely visit again.

**Planning your own day out?** See our [full UK carer ticket and disabled admission directory](https://specialneedsadventurefamily.com/uk-carer-tickets-disabled-admission-directory/) — carer policies, disabled parking and access notes for every place we have reviewed.