Museum · Amersham · Buckinghamshire

Amersham Museum

Amersham Museum is a private museum, local history. Its location is inside Amersham’s built-up area. There are 49 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Natural History Museum at Tring (14 km).

Photo: Amersham Museum, Jpbowen at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Amersham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Amersham

Inside Amersham

Amersham Museum is inside Amersham’s built-up area, with 2 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.

When to go

Month by month in Amersham

Warm weather in Amersham runs May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°82 mm

Feb8° / 1°63 mm

Mar10° / 3°53 mm

Apr14° / 4°57 mm

May17° / 7°60 mm

Jun20° / 10°59 mm

Jul22° / 12°59 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°63 mm

Oct14° / 7°88 mm

Nov10° / 4°92 mm

Dec7° / 2°87 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Amersham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Amersham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Amersham’s full climate →

About

Amersham Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Amersham
Official site: amershammuseum.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding Amersham Museum

Find Amersham Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Amersham Museum

The most populous of the 8 is Chesham, at 23,691. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Amersham

17,377 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southwest of it

Coleshill

418 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km east of it

Little Chalfont

6,506 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km southwest of it

Winchmore Hill

665 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Amersham Museum is	People	Places to visit
Amersham	It’s in town	17,377	5
Coleshill	1.4 km southwest of it	418	2
Little Chalfont	2.4 km east of it	6,506	5
Winchmore Hill	2.8 km southwest of it	665	2
Hyde Heath	2.9 km northwest of it	1,048	4
Chesham	3 km north of it	23,691	8
Little Missenden	3.1 km northwest of it	277	4
Chalfont St Giles	4.1 km southeast of it	4,707	5

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km are 49 places, among them 4 historic houses, 3 museums and a castle.

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring14 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)2

Historic houseChequers14 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustCliveden House13 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle12 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustWest Wycombe House13 km away 6

MuseumThe Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre7.2 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustHughenden Manor9.7 km away 8

MuseumChesham Museum4.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Amersham Museum

Where is Amersham Museum?

Amersham Museum is in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Amersham Museum?

Private museum, local history in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Amersham Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Amersham, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Amersham Museum?

Within 15 km: Natural History Museum at Tring (14 km), Chequers (14 km), Cliveden House (13 km) and Berkhamsted Castle (12 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 (9)

Amersham Museum: Jpbowen at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cliveden House: Antony McCallum. The original uploader was Wyrdlight at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
West Wycombe House: Original author was Giano, converted to PNG format by PNG crusade bot at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre: David Hillas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hughenden Manor: Francis Orpen Morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Chesham Museum: The original uploader was Tmol42 at English Wikipedia., CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons

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