The Pankhurst Centre

“This is the 4-room house museum of the famed Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Although tiny, it's fantastic. The staff are welcoming, helpful, charming & passionate advocates for women's rights. I loved the colorful REBEL! t-shirts so much I bought one myself. The cafe/tearoom features a wide choice of teas you basically make yourself, a few biscuits & some fruit & nut bars. It's quirky in that definitely British way. You'll love it. The largest room features a timeline of the Suffragette movement, its success with the labour movement to improve worker's rights, and how that v energy has carried into the peace movement. The front room is the family room describing the Pankhurst family, their activities & their influences during the Victorian era, as well as post-WWI. The middle room offers an engaging 15-minute summary of Suffragette history as well as Pankhurst's passionate part in its tumultuous events as they strove to gain the right to vote in the face of media ridicule & brutal government over-reaction, an over-reaction that only served to radicalize otherwise normal upper-middle-class mothers. The back parlor is a gorgeous Art Noveau room with amazing wainscoting, a beautiful wallpaper of twisting plants, and e original period furniture. This is the very room in which Pankhurst held the first meeting of the Suffragettes, committing themselves to the struggle for women's rights. The museum is a bit hard to find as it's hidden at the back of a hospital parking lot. But walk towards the street corner. You'll see a gate that takes you through the calm & tidy Suffragette garden along a side path that twists around the building to the front door. In the summer you'll want to follow the museums advice & purchase your £5 ticket in advance, as the place could get crowded very quickly. This tiny museum is surprisingly relevant in light of today's events in both the US & the UK. I highly recommend for both women & men. And remember: REBEL. Stand up lawfully for women's civil rights. Refuse to go backwards.”

“Small but important site, both Emmeline Pankhurst’s home & the place of the first meeting of what became the Suffragettes. The building was set to be demolished in the 1980s but thankfully was saved from the bulldozer. Cafe & toilets on site & a garden with benches to the rear of the property.”

“I went today with my adult daughter. It was truly amazing, touching, thought provoking and well presented. The volunteers are exceptional, would have been happy to talk with them all day. It is small but we spent an interesting 90 minutes there. Thoroughly recommended.”

“Gorgeous little museum and the outside garden is a calming place to have a peaceful lunch.”