Museum · Banwell · Somerset

Banwell Fire Station Museum

Banwell Fire Station Museum is a history museum. Inside Banwell’s built-up area is where it stands. Add Banwell Castle, 500 m away, to a visit; it leads 35 places within 15 km.

Where

In Banwell

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Banwell

Inside Banwell

Banwell Fire Station Museum is inside Banwell’s built-up area, with 10 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

Warm weather in Banwell runs May to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

Jan9° / 2°88 mm

Feb9° / 3°64 mm

Mar11° / 4°58 mm

Apr14° / 5°57 mm

May18° / 8°64 mm

Jun20° / 11°61 mm

Jul22° / 13°69 mm

Aug22° / 13°82 mm

Sep19° / 11°72 mm

Oct15° / 8°98 mm

Nov12° / 5°102 mm

Dec9° / 3°102 mm

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

About

Banwell Fire Station Museum

Museum: history.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Banwell

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

The map

Getting to Banwell Fire Station Museum

The places near Banwell Fire Station Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Banwell Fire Station Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Weston-super-Mare, with 84,600 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Banwell

2,178 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southeast of it

Winscombe and Sandford

4,605 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km west of it

Locking

3,819 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km east of it

Churchill

1,989 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Banwell Fire Station Museum is	People	Places to visit
Banwell	It’s in town	2,178	15
Winscombe and Sandford	1.4 km southeast of it	4,605	15
Locking	2.2 km west of it	3,819	18
Churchill	3.1 km east of it	1,989	11
West Wick	3.4 km northwest of it	2,425	15
Hutton	3.8 km west of it	1,686	17
Cross	4 km south of it	290	10
Weston-super-Mare	4.2 km west of it	84,600	22

Make a day of it

More near Banwell Fire Station Museum

Also close at hand are 2 castles, 2 museums and an attraction, among 35 within 15 km.

CastleBanwell Castle500 m away 2

AttractionGough's Cave8.5 km away 3

Theme parkGrand Pier Main Pavilion8.9 km away 4

Museum · National TrustKing John's Hunting Lodge (Axbridge Museum)5.5 km away 5

Fort · National TrustDolebury Hill Fort5 km away 6

MuseumThe Helicopter Museum4.9 km away 7

CastleCastle Batch6 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustClevedon Court13 km away

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

Visiting Banwell Fire Station Museum: the answers

Where is Banwell Fire Station Museum?

Banwell Fire Station Museum is in Banwell, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Banwell Fire Station Museum?

Museum: history.

When is the best time to visit Banwell Fire Station Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Banwell, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Banwell Fire Station Museum?

Within 15 km: Banwell Castle (500 m), Gough's Cave (8.5 km), Grand Pier Main Pavilion (8.9 km) and King John's Hunting Lodge (Axbridge Museum) (5.5 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 (8)

Banwell Castle: This file was derived from: Banwell Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1126175.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gough's Cave: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Grand Pier Main Pavilion: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
King John's Hunting Lodge (Axbridge Museum): NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dolebury Hill Fort: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Helicopter Museum: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Batch: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clevedon Court: Arthur266, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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