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Opening Hours

During 2025, we are open from 2nd April – 14th December.  Our visitor hours are Wednesday to Sunday (as well as bank holiday Mondays) from 2 – 5pm, with last entry at 4.30pm.  

All of our visitors are offered the option of a guided tour, included in your ticket price, and advance bookings for tours starting at 2pm, 3pm & 4pm can be made online via the link below:

https://book.txgb.co.uk/v4/Pages/Availability.aspx?exl_psn=MiltonsCottage&exl_dn=aaa_mywebsite&exl_lng=en-GB&exl_cur=GBP

Due to the small size of our venue, we encourage groups to visit outside of our regular visitor hours.  Group visits must be arranged in advance and, where possible, we will try to customise our tours to suit your organisation’s interests.  Please click here to find out more. 

Group Visits

Milton’s Cottage is the perfect destination for a group visit and we are delighted to cater for parties of varying sizes and interests.  

So that all of our visitors can enjoy the intimate ambience of Milton’s Cottage, we recommend that groups of 8 people or more book with us in advance.  As Milton’s Cottage is a 16th century farm workers cottage, with limited space, our maximum group size is 25 people (or up to 50 if the group is able to divide into smaller groups to visit our garden, the local village or St Giles church).

A visit to Milton’s Cottage usually lasts between 60-90 minutes.  If your group is planning a full day trip to the area, we would be happy to suggest other local visitor attractions as well as cafes, restaurants and pubs in the village.  We are happy to provide contact details and any other information to help make your group visit an enjoyable and enriching experience.

To enquire about making a booking, please telephone us on 01494 872313 or fill in the group booking enquiry form here

Access Information

We want all of our visitors enjoy their experience at Milton’s Cottage.  Wheelchair access can be provided if you contact us in advance of your visit, and assistance dogs are welcome throughout the museum.  If you require any further information, please call us on 01494 872313.

Contact Details

Milton’s Cottage, 21 Deanway, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4JH

01494 872313

info@miltonscottage.org

Directions

Public transport

  • Chiltern Rail from Marylebone, High Wycombe or Oxford to Gerrards Cross, then the 104, 106 or 107 bus to Chalfont St Giles
  • Chiltern Rail from Marylebone or Aylesbury to Chalfont & Latimer or Amersham, then the 106 or 107 bus to Chalfont St Giles
  • Metropolitan line to Chalfont & Latimer or Amersham, then the 106 or 107 bus to Chalfont St Giles
  • If travelling by bus, the 104 service stops right outside Milton’s Cottage.  For the 106 or 107 service, please alight at the London Road stop and from there it is a 5 minute walk to Milton’s Cottage (walking down Pheasant Hill, past the duck pond, village green and shops until you reach Milton’s Cottage on Deanway)

Private transport 

Take the A413 to Chalfont St Giles, turn into the village at the double mini-roundabout by Wheelhouse Vets, through the village, some 75 metres past the last shop is Milton’s Cottage.

Parking information

There is a free visitor’s car park behind Milton’s Cottage for cars and mini-buses but coach parking must be arranged in advance by email or telephone.

Prices

Adult annual pass – £7.00
Concessions (students, universal credit & retired) annual pass – £6
Children under 16 – free
Carers – free
Parties of 15 or more – £6.00 per person

Please note that entrance to Milton’s Cottage is only via an annual pass.  These are valid for 12 months from the date of your first visit and mean you can come back and visit us as many times as you like for a whole year.

You can purchase your annual pass in person at Milton’s Cottage on the day of your first visit, or online in advance.  You will be issued with an annual pass at Milton’s Cottage and will need to retain this in order to revisit.

Help Milton’s Cottage and Gift Aid your ticket

Because we offer an annual pass to our visitors, it enables us to claim Gift Aid at no additional cost to you.

If you are a UK tax payer, please consider filling out a Gift Aid form while you’re at Milton’s Cottage, which will allow us to claim back the tax from the Government. As an independent charity, this will help us maintain Milton’s Cottage, support our educational and community programmes and preserve Milton’s legacy for everyone.

Gift Aid forms are available at Milton’s Cottage: please just ask your guide.  Many thanks!

In the Area

When visiting Milton’s Cottage, why not take some time to wander around Chalfont St. Giles, one of the loveliest villages in the Chilterns?  As well as great pubs, cafes and restaurants there is a Norman church, village green, duck pond, old almshouses, and the River Misbourne – a rare chalk stream – running tranquilly through.

Close by is the Chiltern Open Air Museum and the small village of Jordans – home to one of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in the country and famous as the last resting place of William Penn and his family.

The Chalfont St. Giles village website has a detailed visitor information guide about the local area which can be viewed online here.

www.chalfontstgiles.org.uk