Walk through Amersham’s history! Join our experienced guides to explore the town, find out about past inhabitants, and discover its fascinating buildings. Tickets are £6 for adults, children free.
We strongly recommending booking your tickets in advance to guarantee your place on our walks. Although it may be possible to accommodate people on the day, places are subject to availability.
If you would like to visit the museum on the same day as your walk, this is possible from 12noon before the walk starts, but there is not time after the walk finishes.
Join a guided walk of Amersham Old Town for a fascinating insight into the history of the town, its inhabitants and its development. Here you will see many of the details of the town that you may never have noticed before.
There are two versions of the Town Walk, held on alternate Sundays.
Both walks are 1.5 to 2 hours in duration. The walks leave from the museum at 2.30pm on Sundays.
Join a guided Tudor Walk to learn about life – and death – in 16th century Amersham – food and drink, clothing, health and the Lollards martyrs. These walks are led by guides in Tudor costume and start from the museum at 2.30pm on the last Saturday in each month.
Our proximity to Pinewood Studios and the charm of Amersham and surrounding villages has made the area a popular location for the British Film Industry from the earliest days to the present.
In 1919, Wilfred Noy directed As He was Born, a silent comedy lasting 56minutes. The film has not survived but photographs taken by George Ward show a temporary statue of Anthony Mapletoft JP, Mayor of the fictitious town of Umberminster next to our Market Hall.
In 1959 the area around the Market Hall served as a French town, site of a spooky chase in Circus of Horrors and a Miss Marple film, Murder at the Gallop starring Margaret Rutherford was filmed here in 1960. Both the Crown Hotel and the King’s Arms featured in Oscar nominated Four Weddings and Funeral (1994). The first episode of Midsomer Murders, The Killings at Badger’s Drift, used Amersham’s historic High Street in 1997, and film crews have returned regularly. The 100th episode, The Killings of Copenhagen was filmed in The Maltings – as well as in Denmark! A recent episode, Last Man Out, was filmed in High and Over, the first Modernist house built in England. That building featured in Pathé News shortly after it was built in 1931. It is perfect for setting a thirties scene in Poirot and conveying luxury. In 2017 it was used as a location in The Time of their Lives. Amersham was the ideal town for bringing up families in The Midwich Cuckoos (2022).
Midsomer Murders and More takes visitors to all these locations and more, in a circular five-mile walk which includes a short detour in the meadow alongside the River Misbourne before returning to the station via High and Over.
For all walks pre-booking is recommended.
The museum welcomes pre-arranged walks for groups outside normal museum opening hours, during the day or in the evening. Special walks for groups or schools can be organised at any time of the year.
Little Chalfont to Amersham Stations
This walk tells you about life – and death – in Amersham in Tudor times; food and drink, work and housing, fairs and markets, sickness and cures, clothing, and ghosts and religious beliefs. Costumed guides will tell you about the Lollard martyrs as you visit some of the places relevant to their story. Note the […]
A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the past. Early history of Amersham Local patronage and its influence Parish church and its rectors Brewery and the maltings Town Mill and the Charter Fair […]
A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the past. The workhouses of Amersham Coaching inns and 18th and 19th century travel Social housing Cottage industries Post War development: – Brazils factory […]
A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]
Amersham is a quintessentially Midsomer town and is used as a location in numerous episodes. Amersham also represents the perfect place to live in Midwich Cuckoos, the perfect place to […]
A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]
A fascinating walk, led by a guide, around old Amersham. Discover the historic buildings and the interesting stories of the people who lived in and shaped the town in the […]
49 High Street
Old Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP
01494 723700
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We open Wednesdays to Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, 12noon until 4:30pm.
“Enjoyed our visit to this wonderful interactive museum where you are positively encouraged to touch things!”
“Visited Amersham museum yesterday – lovely place, provides many details on the history of the place. Plenty of cute cafes, pubs and shops around also… not difficult to find free parking nearby. ”
“A well-run, informative and interesting small museum on the main street. It’s mostly volunteer-run and they do a great job in keeping it and making you feel welcome…Check out the herb garden too.”
“Enjoyable film and television location guided walk around Amersham hosted by Amersham Museum – here are the Sun Houses on Highover Park and further up the hill is High & Over.”
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