Visiting this weekend? The Textile Fair is taking place from 6 – 8 November

All visitors, including members, must pre-book their tickets.

If you’d like to visit the fair, book your tickets here, there’s an option to purchase for just the Fair, or a Fairs and Gallery ticket to get access to all Compton Verney has to offer.

If you don’t wish to visit the fair, you can purchase a general admission ticket (reduced to £0 for members when you log in), but please note the ground floor galleries are accessible to Fair ticket holders only.

Rodney Peppe's
world of invention

30June 2018 – 30 September 2018

The joyful and colourful world of Rodney Peppé’s wonderful creations.

Rodney Peppé’s World of Invention © Compton Verney, photograph by Jamie Woodley (42)

About the
exhibition

From moving mechanical toys to a host of timeless characters in his beautifully illustrated books for children.

This exhibition offered a fascinating insight into Rodney Peppé’s creative career as a toy, automaton and model maker, as a children’s author and illustrator and as graphic designer and artist.