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Boxted Airfield Museum

Boxted Airfield Museum is a local World War II museum in Langham, Essex. Our list has 34 more places within 15 km; first among them is Colchester Castle, at 5.4 km.

Where

900 m

southwest of Langham

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum near Langham

Just outside Langham

Boxted Airfield Museum is 900 m southwest of Langham. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

Warmest in Langham are May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan7° / 1°50 mm

Feb8° / 1°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°36 mm

Apr14° / 4°38 mm

May18° / 7°46 mm

Jun21° / 10°49 mm

Jul23° / 12°45 mm

Aug23° / 12°57 mm

Sep20° / 10°47 mm

Oct15° / 7°59 mm

Nov11° / 4°61 mm

Dec8° / 2°57 mm

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

About

Boxted Airfield Museum

Local World War II museum in Langham, Essex.

900 m southwest of Langham.

Type: Museum
Town: 900 m southwest of Langham
Official site: boxted-airfield.com/boxted-airfield-museum

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

The map

Finding Boxted Airfield Museum

The numbers show what else is near Boxted Airfield Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Boxted Airfield Museum

The 8 towns are led in size by Colchester, with 130,259 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 900 m northeast of it

Langham

783 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 900 m northwest of it

Boxted

703 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km south of it

Colchester

130,259 people · 22 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km north of it

Boxted Cross

726 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Boxted Airfield Museum is	People	Places to visit
Langham	900 m northeast of it	783	4
Boxted	900 m northwest of it	703	5
Colchester	1.2 km south of it	130,259	22
Boxted Cross	1.5 km north of it	726	4
Great Horkesley	2.8 km west of it	2,232	15
Ardleigh	3.8 km east of it	1,042	5
Stratford St Mary	4.5 km northeast of it	753	5
Dedham Heath	4.8 km east of it	601	5

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Boxted Airfield Museum

Also close at hand are 2 abbeys or priories, a castle and a fort, among 34 within 15 km.

CastleColchester Castle5.4 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory5.7 km away 3

FortBalkerne Gate5.6 km away 4

ZooColchester Zoo10 km away 5

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse5.9 km away 6

MuseumThe Munnings Art Museum5.2 km away 7

Art galleryFirstsite5.5 km away 8

GardenBeth Chatto Gardens8.9 km away

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

Planning a visit to Boxted Airfield Museum

Where is Boxted Airfield Museum?

Boxted Airfield Museum is 900 m southwest of Langham, Essex.

What is Boxted Airfield Museum?

Local World War II museum in Langham, Essex.

When is the best time to visit Boxted Airfield Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Langham, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Boxted Airfield Museum?

Within 15 km: Colchester Castle (5.4 km), St. Botolph's Priory (5.7 km), Balkerne Gate (5.6 km) and Colchester Zoo (10 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)

Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. Botolph's Priory: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Balkerne Gate: Tanya2501, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. John's Abbey Gatehouse: Saltmarsh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Munnings Art Museum: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Firstsite: Alexis Ip, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beth Chatto Gardens: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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