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Banbury Museum

Banbury Museum is a museum in Banbury. 12 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Broughton Castle (4.8 km). Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Photo: Banbury Museum, Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Banbury

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Banbury

Inside Banbury

Banbury Museum is inside Banbury’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

Weather by the month

From June to September, Banbury sees highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°63 mm

Feb8° / 1°48 mm

Mar10° / 2°47 mm

Apr13° / 4°52 mm

May17° / 6°59 mm

Jun20° / 9°50 mm

Jul22° / 11°55 mm

Aug22° / 12°68 mm

Sep19° / 9°56 mm

Oct14° / 7°76 mm

Nov10° / 4°73 mm

Dec7° / 1°67 mm

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

About

Banbury Museum

Museum in Banbury, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Banbury
Official site: banburymuseum.org

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Banbury Museum at a glance

The map centres on Banbury Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Banbury Museum

Largest of the 8 is Banbury, home to 52,041. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Banbury

52,041 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km south of it

Bodicote

4,752 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km east of it

Middleton Cheney

4,127 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 4 km northeast of it

Chacombe

705 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Banbury Museum is	People	Places to visit
Banbury	It’s in town	52,041	4
Bodicote	2.2 km south of it	4,752	4
Middleton Cheney	3.6 km east of it	4,127	2
Chacombe	4 km northeast of it	705	2
Broughton	4 km southwest of it	284	5
Wroxton	4 km west of it	307	4
Adderbury and Twyford	4.3 km south of it	3,318	5
Bloxham	4.3 km southwest of it	3,681	5

Make a day of it

Beyond Banbury Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 12 more, including 4 historic houses, 3 castles and a museum.

Historic houseBroughton Castle4.8 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageDeddington Castle9.3 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustUpton House10 km away 4

CastleAynhoe Park9.5 km away 5

MuseumBloxham Village Museum5.9 km away 6

Historic houseFarnborough Hall8.6 km away 7

CastleCompton Wynyates13 km away 8

Historic houseSulgrave Manor11 km away

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

Good to know about Banbury Museum

Where is Banbury Museum?

Banbury Museum is in Banbury, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Banbury Museum?

Museum in Banbury, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Banbury Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Banbury, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Banbury Museum?

Within 15 km: Broughton Castle (4.8 km), Deddington Castle (9.3 km), Upton House (10 km) and Aynhoe Park (9.5 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)

Banbury Museum: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Broughton Castle: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Deddington Castle: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Upton House: Lee Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aynhoe Park: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bloxham Village Museum: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Farnborough Hall: Nicholas Jackson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Compton Wynyates: Norman Crump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sulgrave Manor: Christina Burford, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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