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Buckinghamshire County Museum

Buckinghamshire County Museum is a museum in Aylesbury. Around it, within 15 km, lie 44 more places, Chequers (8.5 km) first on our list. Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Photo: Buckinghamshire County Museum, Nigel Cox (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Aylesbury

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Aylesbury

Inside Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire County Museum is inside Aylesbury’s built-up area, with 4 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

Choosing a month

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Aylesbury).

Jan7° / 2°57 mm

Feb8° / 2°44 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°45 mm

May17° / 8°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°47 mm

Jul23° / 12°48 mm

Aug22° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 10°50 mm

Oct15° / 8°67 mm

Nov11° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Buckinghamshire County Museum

Museum in Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Aylesbury
Official site: buckscountymuseum.org

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

The map

Buckinghamshire County Museum on the map

On this map, Buckinghamshire County Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns that list Buckinghamshire County Museum

The biggest base of the 8 is Aylesbury (87,966 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Aylesbury

87,966 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km northeast of it

Bierton

1,251 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Stoke Mandeville

2,855 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km east of it

Broughton

2,168 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Buckinghamshire County Museum is	People	Places to visit
Aylesbury	It’s in town	87,966	19
Bierton	1.7 km northeast of it	1,251	5
Stoke Mandeville	1.8 km southeast of it	2,855	16
Broughton	2.1 km east of it	2,168	5
Stone	2.9 km southwest of it	2,081	8
Bishopstone	3.5 km southwest of it	326	5
Weedon	4 km north of it	264	4
Weston Turville	4.5 km southeast of it	1,835	12

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

A visit can add 5 historic houses, 2 museums and a castle, from 44 places within 15 km.

Historic houseChequers8.5 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor8.9 km away 3

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring11 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)4

Historic houseMentmore Towers10 km away 5

MuseumRoald Dahl Children's Gallery100 m away 6

Historic houseHalton House7.3 km away 7

CastleDinton Folly5.7 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustAscott House12 km away

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

Your questions on Buckinghamshire County Museum

Where is Buckinghamshire County Museum?

Buckinghamshire County Museum is in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Buckinghamshire County Museum?

Museum in Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Buckinghamshire County Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Buckinghamshire County Museum?

Within 15 km: Chequers (8.5 km), Waddesdon Manor (8.9 km), Natural History Museum at Tring (11 km) and Mentmore Towers (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 (9)

Buckinghamshire County Museum: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Waddesdon Manor: Mattlever, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Roald Dahl Children's Gallery: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Halton House: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dinton Folly: D Gore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ascott House: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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