Teapot Island facts for kids
A wishing well in the cafe garden of Teapot Island.
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| Established | 2003 |
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| Location | Yalding, Kent |
| Collection size | 8,400 Teapots |
Teapot Island is a unique museum in Kent, England, dedicated entirely to teapots! It began with the personal collection of its owner, Sue Blazye. Her collection started in 1983 when her grandmother gave her a special teapot. This encouraged other family members and friends to give her more teapots, helping her collection grow.
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The Story of Teapot Island
How the Collection Started
Sue Blazye received her very first teapot in 1983. It was a lovely terracotta clay teapot decorated with painted flowers. As her collection grew, she needed a much bigger place to keep all her treasures. This led her to create Teapot Island.
Opening the Museum
Teapot Island officially opened in November 2002, in a village called Yalding. The building where the museum is located used to be a cafe called the Riverside Diner, which had been open since the 1950s. By 2024, the collection had grown to more than 8,500 teapots! This amazing collection was valued at about £250,000.
A World Record Holder
In 2004, Teapot Island was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records. It was recognized for having the largest collection of teapots in the world! However, the museum lost this title in 2011. A man in China then held the record with an even larger collection of 30,000 teapots.
Royal Visitors
In 2014, King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited Teapot Island. Queen Camilla even bought a fun camel-shaped teapot as a souvenir to remember her visit.
Looking to the Future
In 2023, the owners decided to put the property up for sale because they wanted to retire. The property was first listed for £950,000, but the price was later lowered to £875,000. The huge teapot collection itself was not part of the property sale. However, the owners mentioned they would be willing to sell the collection separately to someone who would love it as much as they do.
