The Valiant Soldier was an active pub in Buckfastleigh which closed in the late 1960′s and never re-opened. Everything was literally left as it was and today, it’s open as a museum, giving visitors a glimpse of the past…
Check our Opening Times page for more details.
Local Residents Day 2011
Saturday the 29th of October is this years open day for local residents with the specially reduced entry fee of just £1. (Children free) Please bring proof of local residence – e.g. a utility bill, etc. We’re open on that day from 10:30am to 4:30pm (last entry to the Valiant Soldier at 4pm) Hope to see you there!
Torchlight Tour of the Valiant Soldier!
On Friday 18th November the Valiant Soldier will be holding another Torchlight Tour for adults and children. Starting at 7:30pm stewards will take you around the museum by torchlight. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate to follow! Come and join in an eerie experience – and bring a torch with you!
Tickets: £5 per adult, children free (when accompanied by an adult!) and include refreshments – avalable from the Valiant Soldier.
Older Events:
Invasion Juice, anyone?
This August, The Valiant Soldier presents a 30 minute mini play taking you on a tour of the museum with re-enactments in each room. You willl be escorted by Josiah Creep who will take you on a journey through time. The play focuses on the 1940s when The Valiant Soldier was a bustling village pub filled with soldiers who were stationed in the town in WW2 along with locals. Come along and experience this unique event in a unique location. Visit www.invasionjuice.info for further information.
The production is sponsered by Your Heritage Lottery Funding.
Divine Delights
From Friday the 1st of April to Monday the 2nd of May we are mounting a photographic exhibition, in cooperation with the Churches Conservation Trust, entitled Divine Delights. The Churches Conservation Trust is responsible for maintaining churches that are no longer open for worship but are interesting historically and architecturally and therefore are of interest to visitors to the area. The exhibition is free and will be mounted in the Information Centre. Do come along!