The Museum is now open for the season. Opening times will be Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 3.30pm (last entry 3pm). 

With extra openings on Bank Holiday Mondays and on on Sundays from the end of July through August.

While we were closed our Visitor Centre had a facelift. This is thanks to Buckfastleigh’s Town Council’s hard work in securing a successful funding bid from the UK Government UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of the new ‘Buckfastleigh Gateway Project’.
We’d like to thank all who have made donations, we are very grateful for all financial help given. Maintaining this unique attraction is an ongoing task. 

If you would like to support us by donating, please email us at info@valiantsoldier.org.uk for further details. 

Or you can support us by buying a ticket and help keep this lovely time capsule going, also you have the chance to win a prize. Copy this link to take you to the site:  www.teignbridgelotteryforcommunities.co.uk

Each ticket costs £1 for 6 numbers and you could be the lucky winner of £25,000. 50p from every ticket sold goes to support the Valiant Soldier. The weekly draw happens every Saturday at 8pm. Good luck

We welcome tourists and local residents to pop in see our refurbished Visitor Centre, where you will be able to find details of the local weather forecasts, places of interest to visit and accommodation.

We also have a variety of gifts on sale; there are especially designed Valiant mugs; as well as copies of the 2025 calendar with old photos of Buckfastleigh from the archives; maps, gifts, souvenirs, second-hand books, records and delicious Salcombe Dairy ice-cream.

We have also completed the renovation of our Interface/Archive Room which will make access to our records easier for the public in 2025. If you wish to look at any of the paperwork we hold that may relate to your property or hold information about ancestry, then please email the archive group: valiantsoldierbuckfastleigh@gmail.com to arrange an appointment.