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Beaumont Palace

Beaumont Palace is a former palace in Oxford. Nearby, Ashmolean Museum (200 m) heads a list of 76 within 15 km. Wikipedia covers it in 17 languages.

Photo: Beaumont Palace (Public domain)

Where

In Oxford

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 4%

#334 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house in Oxford

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#334 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (17 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Oxford

Beaumont Palace is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 49 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

How the seasons run

Highs of 17–23°C mark May to September in Oxford.

Jan8° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun20° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 5°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

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

About

Beaumont Palace

Former palace in Oxford, England.

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

Type: Historic house
Wikipedias: Covered in 17 languages
Town: in Oxford

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

The map

Beaumont Palace at a glance

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Beaumont Palace is the orange one.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

By population, Oxford leads the 8 with 170,799. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km south of it

Kennington

4,595 people · 53 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km northwest of it

Wolvercote

1,328 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km south of it

Boars Hill

540 people · 52 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Beaumont Palace is	People	Places to visit
Oxford	It’s in town	170,799	55
Kennington	3.3 km south of it	4,595	53
Wolvercote	3.6 km northwest of it	1,328	49
Boars Hill	3.9 km south of it	540	52
Chawley	4.1 km southwest of it	1,127	49
Cumnor	5.3 km southwest of it	829	7
Sandford-on-Thames	5.5 km southeast of it	500	40
Farmoor	6.3 km west of it	518	2

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Our list has 76 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, a castle and a garden.

MuseumAshmolean Museum200 m away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History600 m away 3

CastleOxford Castle Motte300 m away 4

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum700 m away 5

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden1.1 km away 6

Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science500 m away 8

Art galleryChrist Church700 m away

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

Questions about Beaumont Palace

Where is Beaumont Palace?

Beaumont Palace is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Beaumont Palace?

Former palace in Oxford, England.

When is the best time to visit Beaumont Palace?

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

What else is there to see near Beaumont Palace?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (200 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (600 m), Oxford Castle Motte (300 m) and Pitt Rivers Museum (700 m).

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)

Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Christ Church: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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