Axminster Museum
Axminster Museum is an industrial museum. Its place is inside Axminster’s built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 30 more places, Shute Barton (4.6 km) first on our list.
Museum in Axminster
Inside Axminster
Axminster Museum is inside Axminster’s built-up area, with 5 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.
The climate through the year
Afternoons in Axminster peak at 19–22°C, June to September.
Axminster Museum
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Axminster
- Official site
- axminsterheritage.org
Finding Axminster Museum
Orange is Axminster Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Axminster’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Axminster Museum
Axminster, with 6,094 people, is the largest of the 6. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Axminster
Kilmington
Raymond's Hill
Musbury
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Axminster Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axminster | It’s in town | 6,094 | 7 |
| Kilmington | 2.2 km west of it | 929 | 8 |
| Raymond's Hill | 2.8 km southeast of it | 499 | 10 |
| Musbury | 4.1 km southwest of it | 561 | 10 |
| Membury | 4.5 km north of it | 310 | 4 |
| Uplyme | 4.8 km southeast of it | 1,053 | 9 |
Places to add to Axminster Museum
3 museums, 2 castles and 2 forts are among the 30 within 15 km.
Historic house · National TrustShute Barton4.6 km away2
CastleForde Abbey9.1 km away3
CastleColcombe Castle6.1 km away4
MuseumDinosaurland Fossil Museum7.6 km away5
FortMusbury Castle4.6 km away6
Fort · English HeritageBlackbury Camp13 km away7
MuseumLyme Regis Museum7.8 km away8
MuseumCharmouth Heritage Coast Centre8.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Axminster Museum
Where is Axminster Museum?
Axminster Museum is in Axminster, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Axminster Museum?
Industrial museum in United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Axminster Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Axminster, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Axminster Museum?
Within 15 km: Shute Barton (4.6 km), Forde Abbey (9.1 km), Colcombe Castle (6.1 km) and Dinosaurland Fossil Museum (7.6 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)
- Axminster Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shute Barton: own photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Forde Abbey: Pengannel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colcombe Castle: Rev. John Swete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dinosaurland Fossil Museum: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musbury Castle: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackbury Camp: Blokenearexeter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyme Regis Museum: Joadl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, Wikimedia Commons
- Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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