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Cowbridge & District Museum

Cowbridge & District Museum is a museum in Cowbridge. Our list has 74 more places within 15 km; first among them is St Quintin's Castle, at 800 m.

Where

In Cowbridge

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Museum in Cowbridge

Inside Cowbridge

Cowbridge & District Museum is inside Cowbridge’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.

When to go

Weather through the year

For warmth, aim for June to September (19–21°C highs in Cowbridge).

Jan8° / 2°118 mm

Feb8° / 2°85 mm

Mar10° / 4°79 mm

Apr13° / 5°69 mm

May16° / 8°70 mm

Jun19° / 11°75 mm

Jul21° / 13°88 mm

Aug20° / 13°105 mm

Sep19° / 11°91 mm

Oct15° / 8°128 mm

Nov11° / 5°132 mm

Dec9° / 3°135 mm

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

About

Cowbridge & District Museum

Museum in Cowbridge, Wales, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Cowbridge
Official site: visitthevale.com/attractions/CowbridgeDistrictMuseum

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

The map

Where to find Cowbridge & District Museum

Numbered points are the places near Cowbridge & District Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Cowbridge & District Museum

With 3,649 people, Cowbridge is the largest of the 4. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Cowbridge

3,649 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 3.2 km northeast of it

Ystradowen

803 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 4.6 km south of it

Llanmaes

413 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 5 km west of it

Colwinston

619 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Cowbridge & District Museum is	People	Places to visit
Cowbridge	It’s in town	3,649	7
Ystradowen	3.2 km northeast of it	803	4
Llanmaes	4.6 km south of it	413	10
Colwinston	5 km west of it	619	5

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Choose from 74 places within 15 km, such as 6 castles, a museum and a historic house.

Castle · CadwSt Quintin's Castle800 m away 2

Castle · CadwOld Beaupre Castle3 km away 3

Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre12 km away · 610K visitors a year 4

Castle · CadwCastell Coety9.9 km away 5

Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd11 km away 6

Castle · CadwOgmore Castle12 km away 7

CastleSt Donats Castle9 km away 8

Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle13 km away

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

Visiting Cowbridge & District Museum: the answers

Where is Cowbridge & District Museum?

Cowbridge & District Museum is in Cowbridge, South Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cowbridge & District Museum?

Museum in Cowbridge, Wales, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Cowbridge & District Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Cowbridge, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Cowbridge & District Museum?

Within 15 km: St Quintin's Castle (800 m), Old Beaupre Castle (3 km), St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (12 km) and Castell Coety (9.9 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)

St Quintin's Castle: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Beaupre Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Donats Castle: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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