Winkies Castle Folk Museum

Name: Winkies Castle Folk Museum
Address: 162 High Street, Marske-by-the-Sea, TS11 7NB, GB
Telephone: 01642 775086

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A unique “hands on” folk museum for all ages, housed in a 450 year old half-cruck cottage with a The building was surveyed and an action plan drawn up.

take it on as long as a group of local volunteers could be found to run the project and find funding. The Friends of Winkies Castle was officially launched on 17th July 2003, initially with only 15 people who formed a committee. FOWC was established by and for the local community to manage and develop the building and the Anderson collection for the benefit, interest and enjoyment of the people of the borough of Cleveland and visitors to the area. Sources of funding were identified and approached for help. An enthusiastic group of volunteers cleared the building of its contents, removing them to Kirkleatham Museum in Redcar where they began painstakingly conserving, identifying and cataloguing. A process which took thousands of hours. The rubble and debris were removed from the garden and a sustainable design was drawn up incorporating the existing apple tree. After 2 years of hard work the museum reopened in 2005. The garden has evolved and now has a wide range of fruits, herbs, vegetables and flowers and a small pond, encouraging various wildlife such as birds, bees and frogs. The office extension has an environmentally friendly biodiverse sedum living roof which was installed a couple of years ago. FOWC is a “not for profit" organization and any funds received from memberships, entrance charges etc are used to sustain the work of the organization, thus preserving Marske and surrounding area’s history and heritage.

08/12/2025

15/11/2025

Unfortunately, due to ongoing remedial work being done at the Museum, we are unable to have our usual Santa visits this year :(.

04/06/2025

Hope everyone enjoyed Marske's Scarecrow Festival. Time for our little Tweety Pie to say goodbye for now :)

07/05/2025

FOWC
As from 2025 Annual Memberships will run from June to June. Renewals will be sent out soon. (2024 still valid until June)

11/04/2025

Due to Unforeseen Circumstances we have had to delay our 2025 opening until Thursday 15th May.

22/12/2024

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. Thank you all for your support during 2024. From all at Winkies Castle.🎄

11/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who came to our Santa Night tonight. All the Volunteers love hosting this event and the lovely comments and reviews we've received make it all worthwhile :).

26/10/2024

SANTA NIGHT
Wednesday 11th December
4.30pm-6.00pm. £1.50p per child (includes gift)
No booking required.

Come + join us for a truly Magical Experience

Keep warm by the fire whilst the children meet Santa in our parlour decorated in true traditional style with greenery and lit by candlelight.
Exit via our garden which will be transformed into a Fairyland.

Address

162 High Street
Marske-by-the-Sea
TS11 7NB

Telephone

01642 775086

Website

http://winkiescastle.co.uk/

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Our Story

Winkies Castle is a 16th Century (or even earlier) half cruck cottage, originally believed to be a long house. The museum was founded by local Master Shoemaker Jack Anderson in the early to mid 1970’s. Jack died in May 2001 and left the building and his collection (The Anderson collection) to Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council on condition that they maintained it as a museum. The Council agreed to take it on as long as a group of local volunteers could be found to run the project and find funding. The Friends of Winkies Castle was officially launched on 17th July 2003, initially with only 15 people who formed a committee. FOWC was established by and for the local community to manage and develop the building and the Anderson collection for the benefit, interest and enjoyment of the people of the borough of Cleveland and visitors to the area. The building was surveyed and an action plan drawn up. Sources of funding were identified and approached for help. An enthusiastic group of volunteers cleared the building of its contents, removing them to Kirkleatham Museum in Redcar where they began painstakingly conserving, identifying and cataloguing. A process which took thousands of hours. The rubble and debris were removed from the garden and a sustainable design was drawn up incorporating the existing apple tree. After 2 years of hard work the museum reopened in 2005. The garden has evolved and now has a wide range of fruits, herbs, vegetables and flowers and a small pond, encouraging various wildlife such as birds, bees and frogs. The office extension has an environmentally friendly biodiverse sedum living roof which was installed a couple of years ago. FOWC is a “not for profit" organization and any funds received from memberships, entrance charges etc are used to sustain the work of the organization, thus preserving Marske and surrounding area’s history and heritage.