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Ashwell Village Museum

Ashwell Village Museum is a historic building museum in Ashwell, Hertfordshire. It is on the official list as a Grade II* listed building. Our list has 24 more places within 15 km; first among them is Hinxworth Place, at 2.8 km.

Photo: Ashwell Village Museum, Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Ashwell

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Ashwell

Inside Ashwell

Ashwell Village Museum is inside Ashwell’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Ashwell has 69 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

May to September are the warmest in Ashwell, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°38 mm

Mar11° / 3°32 mm

Apr14° / 5°40 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°49 mm

Aug23° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 7°59 mm

Nov11° / 4°57 mm

Dec8° / 2°49 mm

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

About

Ashwell Village Museum

Historic building museum in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

In Ashwell, inside the town’s built-up area.

Ashwell’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Town: in Ashwell
Official site: ashwellmuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Getting to Ashwell Village Museum

Orange is Ashwell Village Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Ashwell Village Museum

By population, Stotfold leads the 4 with 12,313. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Ashwell

1,982 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km northeast of it

Steeple Morden

942 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 3.2 km north of it

Guilden Morden

632 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 5 km southwest of it

Stotfold

12,313 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Ashwell Village Museum is	People	Places to visit
Ashwell	It’s in town	1,982	2
Steeple Morden	2.6 km northeast of it	942	2
Guilden Morden	3.2 km north of it	632	2
Stotfold	5 km southwest of it	12,313	9

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

A visit can add 4 museums, 3 historic houses and a castle, from 24 places within 15 km.

Historic houseHinxworth Place2.8 km away 2CastleCastle · National TrustWimpole Hall13 km away 3

MuseumRAF Henlow11 km away 4MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection13 km away 5

MuseumBaldock Museum6.2 km away 6

Historic houseShortmead House9.9 km away 7

Historic houseThe Mansion House13 km away 8

MuseumNorth Hertfordshire Museum13 km away

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

Planning a visit to Ashwell Village Museum

Where is Ashwell Village Museum?

Ashwell Village Museum is in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ashwell Village Museum?

Historic building museum in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Ashwell Village Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Ashwell, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ashwell Village Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Ashwell Village Museum?

Within 15 km: Hinxworth Place (2.8 km), Wimpole Hall (13 km), RAF Henlow (11 km) and The Shuttleworth Collection (13 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 (7)

Ashwell Village Museum: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hinxworth Place: see below, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Baldock Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shortmead House: Richard a slade, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Mansion House: Giles Keen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
North Hertfordshire Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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