Britain’s only carpet museum will shut its doors for good due to falling visitor numbers.

The Museum of Carpet in Kidderminster, Worcestershire – billed the UK’s carpet capital due to its carpet manufacturing history – was a big hit when it opened in 2012.

But visitor numbers have dropped to an average of just six a day, not enough to cover running costs of around £100,000 a year.

The visitor attraction, housed in an 10th century mill, features hundreds of rug and underlay samples from the last 300 years.

In the early days the museum attracted coach loads of fabric fans and school groups.

It even gained a bit of a cult status online and has a host of five star reviews on Trip Advisor.

One reviewer writes:, ‘An excellent way to spend an interesting few hours’, while another says: ‘Abs

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