Museum · Tenterden · Kent

Colonel Stephens Railway Museum

Colonel Stephens Railway Museum is a railway heritage museum in Tenterden, Kent. It is run by Kent and East Sussex Railway. Top of the 26 other places within 15 km is Bodiam Castle, 12 km off.

Where

In Tenterden

inside the built-up area

Run by

Kent and East Sussex Railway

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Tenterden

Inside Tenterden

Colonel Stephens Railway Museum is inside Tenterden’s built-up area, with 8 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

Seasons in Tenterden

Expect highs of 17–23°C in Tenterden from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°76 mm

Feb8° / 2°59 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°44 mm

May17° / 8°47 mm

Jun20° / 11°48 mm

Jul23° / 13°40 mm

Aug23° / 13°52 mm

Sep20° / 11°50 mm

Oct16° / 8°85 mm

Nov11° / 5°84 mm

Dec8° / 2°82 mm

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

About

Colonel Stephens Railway Museum

Railway heritage museum in Tenterden, Kent, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Run by: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Town: in Tenterden
Official site: kesr.org.uk/museum

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

The map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Colonel Stephens Railway Museum is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns close to Colonel Stephens Railway Museum

Tenterden tops the 5 for size, at 7,775 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Tenterden

7,775 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km north of it

High Halden

974 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 3.5 km north of it

Woolpack Corner

579 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 3.8 km southwest of it

Rolvenden

813 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Colonel Stephens Railway Museum is	People	Places to visit
Tenterden	It’s in town	7,775	11
High Halden	3.3 km north of it	974	7
Woolpack Corner	3.5 km north of it	579	7
Rolvenden	3.8 km southwest of it	813	11
Rolvenden Layne	4 km southwest of it	378	10

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

A visit can add 2 castles, 2 gardens and 2 historic houses, from 26 places within 15 km.

Castle · National TrustBodiam Castle12 km away 2Heritage railwayHeritage railwayKent and East Sussex Railway100 m away 3

Garden · National TrustSissinghurst Castle and Garden8.8 km away 4

Historic house · National TrustSmallhythe Place3.7 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustLamb House14 km away 6

FortRoyal Military Canal11 km away 7

GardenGreat Dixter10 km away 8

CastleRye Castle14 km away

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

Colonel Stephens Railway Museum: common questions

Where is Colonel Stephens Railway Museum?

Colonel Stephens Railway Museum is in Tenterden, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Colonel Stephens Railway Museum?

Railway heritage museum in Tenterden, Kent, UK.

Who runs Colonel Stephens Railway Museum?

Kent and East Sussex Railway.

When is the best time to visit Colonel Stephens Railway Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Colonel Stephens Railway Museum?

Within 15 km: Bodiam Castle (12 km), Kent and East Sussex Railway (100 m), Sissinghurst Castle and Garden (8.8 km) and Smallhythe Place (3.7 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 (7)

Bodiam Castle: Antony McCallum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sissinghurst Castle and Garden: Hans Bernhard (Schnobby), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Smallhythe Place: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lamb House: Elizabeth B. Thomsen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Military Canal: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great Dixter: Miles Berry, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rye Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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