The Devil's Porridge Museum

During WW1 , HM Factory Gretna was the largest munitions factory in the world. The museum presents an insight into life for the workers, who were mainly young women. The purpose built museum is usually fully accessible, the day I visited the lift wasn’t working, and I couldn’t access the upper floor, but I was given a years free pass to visit as many times as I wanted as compensation. Great customer service. I loved my visit, everything was well presented and set out. Interactive activities for older children.There is a lot of reading though.There is a fabulous café on site which serves delicious and reasonably priced food and home baking, which I would also highly recommend, the only reason I haven’t given 5 stars is because the pathway accessing the café had tables both sides, and this made it difficult to access with my wheelchair.

I'd been wanting to visit The Devil's Porridge Museum for quite some time and the visit there did not disappoint. I would recommend it to anyone visiting the area. The building is modern and has good disabled access. The history of the area told in the museum is very interesting and it has a great mix of artefacts, information panels, film and audio to help bring the history to life.

There on Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Access excellent for my wheelchair. Great lift to first floor and they also have a superb disabled access toilet. All staff very kind and helpful and plenty of room for wheelchair in their little café. I highly recommend the museum to anyone with mobility problems as they can also loan you a wheelchair if necessary. Plenty of parking with designated blue badge holders spaces. All the information contained in the museum is a real eye-opener and the story of the girls was wonderfully told by a very knowledgable gentleman with a good clear voice. Hubby and I will definitely return when we next stay in Gretna.