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Benson Veteran Cycle Museum

Benson Veteran Cycle Museum is a veteran cycle museum in Benson, Oxfordshire. Close by, Wallingford Castle is 2.6 km away, one of 30 within 15 km.

Where

In Benson

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 49%

#4,147 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Benson

Inside Benson

Benson Veteran Cycle Museum is inside Benson’s built-up area, with 6 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

Month by month in Benson

The warmest afternoons in Benson run May to September, at 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 1°60 mm

Feb8° / 1°44 mm

Mar11° / 2°42 mm

Apr14° / 4°51 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°47 mm

Jul23° / 12°48 mm

Aug22° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 9°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°71 mm

Nov10° / 4°73 mm

Dec8° / 1°60 mm

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

About

Benson Veteran Cycle Museum

Veteran cycle museum in Benson, Oxfordshire, England.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Benson

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

The map

Where to find Benson Veteran Cycle Museum

The map centres on Benson Veteran Cycle Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Benson Veteran Cycle Museum

Largest of the 8 is Wallingford, home to 8,455. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Benson

5,236 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km east of it

Ewelme

611 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km south of it

Crowmarsh Gifford

1,329 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Wallingford

8,455 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Benson Veteran Cycle Museum is	People	Places to visit
Benson	It’s in town	5,236	10
Ewelme	1.6 km east of it	611	6
Crowmarsh Gifford	1.8 km south of it	1,329	6
Wallingford	2.3 km southwest of it	8,455	9
Warborough and Shillingford	2.4 km northwest of it	946	10
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell	3.3 km west of it	1,244	10
Drayton St Leonard	4.6 km northwest of it	368	6
Dorchester	4.6 km northwest of it	996	10

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Close to Benson Veteran Cycle Museum

Our list has 30 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 3 historic houses and a museum.

CastleWallingford Castle2.6 km away 2

Castle · National TrustGreys Court (National Trust)13 km away 3

MuseumWallingford Museum3 km away 4

Historic house · National TrustBasildon Park14 km away 5

CastleShirburn Castle8.4 km away 6

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay12 km away 7

Heritage railwayCholsey and Wallingford Railway3.6 km away 8

Historic houseBraziers Park7.7 km away

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

Visiting Benson Veteran Cycle Museum

Where is Benson Veteran Cycle Museum?

Benson Veteran Cycle Museum is in Benson, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Benson Veteran Cycle Museum?

Veteran cycle museum in Benson, Oxfordshire, England.

When is the best time to visit Benson Veteran Cycle Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Benson Veteran Cycle Museum?

Within 15 km: Wallingford Castle (2.6 km), Greys Court (National Trust) (13 km), Wallingford Museum (3 km) and Basildon Park (14 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)

Wallingford Castle: Pitou250, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Greys Court (National Trust): Dennis Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wallingford Museum: Photograph by David Hemming, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Basildon Park: grumpylumixuser, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shirburn Castle: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Braziers Park: Sciencebloke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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