Milestones Living History Museum

Historic buildings, vintage vehicles, costumed characters and more!

There’s no need to “remember the good old days”, at Milestones Living History Museum you can live them! In this detailed recreation of life from the Victorian times through until the 1930’s and 1940’s, you can travel the cobbled streets of yesteryear. In their life sized streets you’ll find buildings, shops and vehicles recreated and restored as they would have been in olden times. 

Run by the Hampshire Cultural Trust, Milestones is split across two levels with plenty to see.  Whether you want to see how homes have developed over the decades, or visit their authentic milliner, saddler and ironmonger shops, you’ll get a fantastic and fascinating look at how people in Basingstoke and the surrounding area used to live.

For those with a sweet tooth, Milestones contains a 1940s sweet shop, or if you’re looking for something a little stronger, grab a pint at the The Baverstock Arms. Milestones also has two options for refreshments, a Vintage Tea Tent offering cakes and a selection of drinks, Rooftops, plus a larger café serving meals such as classic fish and chips, children’s options and lighterbites.

It’s not just the buildings that will bring back memories either. Milestones has a garage filled with vintage vehicles from three of Hampshire’s main manufacturers. They even have a collection of household goods, so you see how technology has evolved over time.