Butser Ancient Farm
Butser Ancient Farm is an archaeological open-air museum. It is 800 m northeast of Horndean. Look also at Uppark House, 6.1 km away, first of 20 more within 15 km.
Museum near Horndean
Just outside Horndean
Butser Ancient Farm is 800 m northeast of Horndean. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
In Horndean the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.
Butser Ancient Farm
5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 800 m northeast of Horndean
- Official site
- butserancientfarm.co.uk
Locating Butser Ancient Farm
The places near Butser Ancient Farm are numbered on the map in the order below.
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Towns that list Butser Ancient Farm
Of the 4, Horndean is the largest, at 34,046 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Horndean
Clanfield
Buriton
Rowlands Castle
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Butser Ancient Farm is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horndean | 800 m southwest of it | 34,046 | 8 |
| Clanfield | 1.9 km west of it | 1,254 | 2 |
| Buriton | 3.8 km northeast of it | 539 | 3 |
| Rowlands Castle | 4.8 km south of it | 2,969 | 5 |
More to see nearby
The 20 places within 15 km include 2 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 forts.
Historic house · National TrustUppark House6.1 km away2
CastleWarblingon Castle11 km away3Historic houseHistoric houseSouthwick House12 km away4
MuseumPetersfield Museum7.2 km away5
FortFort Widley12 km away6
MuseumSpring Arts and Heritage Centre10 km away7
Abbey or prioryChithurst Buddhist Monastery14 km away8
FortOld Winchester Hill Iron Age Fort8.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Butser Ancient Farm: questions
Where is Butser Ancient Farm?
Butser Ancient Farm is 800 m northeast of Horndean, Hampshire.
What is Butser Ancient Farm?
Archaeological open-air museum in Windmill Hill, Hampshire.
When is the best time to visit Butser Ancient Farm?
May to September are the warmest months in Horndean, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Butser Ancient Farm?
Within 15 km: Uppark House (6.1 km), Warblingon Castle (11 km), Southwick House (12 km) and Petersfield Museum (7.2 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)
- Butser Ancient Farm: Midnightblueowl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Uppark House: EccentricRichard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warblingon Castle: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Petersfield Museum: Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Widley: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spring Arts and Heritage Centre: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chithurst Buddhist Monastery: Chithurst, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Winchester Hill Iron Age Fort: Midnightblueowl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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