Chepstow Museum
Chepstow Museum is a local museum in Chepstow. This is a site of Monmouthshire County Council. Nearby, Chepstow Castle (200 m) heads a list of 23 within 15 km.
Museum in Chepstow
Inside Chepstow
Chepstow Museum is inside Chepstow’s built-up area, with 5 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.
Which month to go
Warm weather in Chepstow runs June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.
Chepstow Museum
3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Chepstow
- Official site
- monlife.co.uk/heritage/chepstow-museum
Map of Chepstow Museum and nearby
Chepstow Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Chepstow’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
The 4 towns are led in size by Chepstow, with 11,939 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Chepstow
Tutshill and Sedbury
Beachley
St Arvans
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Chepstow Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | It’s in town | 11,939 | 8 |
| Tutshill and Sedbury | 300 m east of it | 3,618 | 7 |
| Beachley | 1.7 km southeast of it | 1,120 | 6 |
| St Arvans | 2.7 km northwest of it | 704 | 6 |
Nearby, too
23 more lie within 15 km, 6 castles, an abbey or priory and a fort among them.
Castle · CadwChepstow Castle200 m away2
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey5.9 km away3
Fort · CadwChepstow Port Wall400 m away4
CastleCaldicot Castle7.5 km away5
Castle · English HeritageSt Briavels Castle11 km away6
CastleThornbury Castle10 km away7
CastlePenhow Castle12 km away8
CastleMoynes Court3.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Chepstow Museum
Where is Chepstow Museum?
Chepstow Museum is in Chepstow, Gwent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Chepstow Museum?
Local museum in Chepstow.
Who runs Chepstow Museum?
Monmouthshire County Council.
When is the best time to visit Chepstow Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Chepstow, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Chepstow Museum?
Within 15 km: Chepstow Castle (200 m), Tintern Abbey (5.9 km), Chepstow Port Wall (400 m) and Caldicot Castle (7.5 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)
- Chepstow Museum: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Port Wall: Pasicles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caldicot Castle: Nick, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Briavels Castle: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thornbury Castle: nick sarebi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penhow Castle: Brassknocker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moynes Court: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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