Buxton Settlement
Buxton Settlement is an open-air museum in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. Its status is a National Historic Site of Canada. Around it, within 15 km, lie 2 more places, Chatham-Kent Museum (12 km) first on our list.
Museum in Chatham
Inside Chatham
Within Chatham’s municipal boundary stands Buxton Settlement. Towns near it ↓
National Historic Site of Canada
It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Weather by the month
Highs of 19–27°C mark May to September in Chatham.
Buxton Settlement
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- National Historic Site of Canada
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Chatham
- Official site
- buxtonmuseum.com
Visit details
Where Buxton Settlement is
The places near Buxton Settlement are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Chatham’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Towns a short way from Buxton Settlement
Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Combine it with these
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Buxton Settlement, answered
Where is Buxton Settlement?
Buxton Settlement is in Chatham, Ontario, inside the town’s municipal boundary.
What is Buxton Settlement?
Open-air museum in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
How well known is Buxton Settlement?
Buxton Settlement sits at #577 for Canada, going by Wikipedia coverage.
When is the best time to visit Buxton Settlement?
Visit Chatham from May to September for the warmest weather: highs of 19–27°C on the 1991–2020 normals.
Is Buxton Settlement a designated historic place?
Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Buxton Settlement: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).