Fan Museum

For fan fans, this small museum has a wonderful collection of thousands of historic and modern fans from around the world, including ivory, tortoiseshell, peacock-feather and folded-fabric examples, alongside kitsch battery-powered versions and huge ornamental Welsh fans. Pick up the free audio guide for a detailed introduction to the terminology and making of fans. The setting, an 18th-century Georgian townhouse, also has an Orangery, with lovely trompe l’œil murals, a fan-shaped garden and afternoon tea four days a week.