1940's Experience
1940's Experience is a history museum. Visitors find it inside Bushey’s built-up area. Nearby, St Albans Cathedral (10 km) heads a list of 52 within 15 km.
Museum in Bushey
Inside Bushey
1940's Experience is inside Bushey’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Bushey
May to September are the warmest in Bushey, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C.
1940's Experience
Museum: history.
In Bushey, inside the town’s built-up area.
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- Museum
- Town
- in Bushey
Map of 1940's Experience and nearby
Orange marks 1940's Experience, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bushey’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
Of these 8 towns, the largest is Harrow (260,534 people). Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Bushey
Watford
Letchmore Heath
Radlett
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where 1940's Experience is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushey | It’s in town | 28,427 | 18 |
| Watford | 1 km west of it | 131,336 | 23 |
| Letchmore Heath | 2.3 km east of it | 500 | 12 |
| Radlett | 3.2 km northeast of it | 8,182 | 14 |
| Rickmansworth | 3.6 km west of it | 26,290 | 9 |
| Harrow | 3.9 km south of it | 260,534 | 23 |
| Elstree | 4.2 km east of it | 1,737 | 8 |
| Moor Park | 4.2 km southwest of it | 5,850 | 13 |
Close to 1940's Experience
A visit can add 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral, from 52 places within 15 km.
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral10 km away2
Historic houseBhaktivedanta Manor2.6 km away3
MuseumRAF Museum11 km away4
MuseumMuseum of Watford2.1 km away5
CastleHilfield Castle2.7 km away6
MuseumBushey Museum1.6 km away7
Historic houseThe Grove4.9 km away8
MuseumBattle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
1940's Experience: common questions
Where is 1940's Experience?
1940's Experience is in Bushey, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is 1940's Experience?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit 1940's Experience?
May to September are the warmest months in Bushey, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near 1940's Experience?
Within 15 km: St Albans Cathedral (10 km), Bhaktivedanta Manor (2.6 km), RAF Museum (11 km) and Museum of Watford (2.1 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bhaktivedanta Manor: Ilya Mauter, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- RAF Museum: Panhard, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Watford: Matt Brown from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilfield Castle: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bushey Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Grove: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge: Danielstirland at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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