Museum · Dartmouth · Devon

Dartmouth Museum

Dartmouth Museum is a local museum. Inside Dartmouth’s built-up area is where it stands. A short trip away is Dartmouth Castle, 1.4 km off, the first of 32 within 15 km.

Photo: Dartmouth Museum, PJMarriott (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Dartmouth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Museum in Dartmouth

Inside Dartmouth

Dartmouth Museum is inside Dartmouth’s built-up area, with 10 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, month by month

Afternoons in Dartmouth reach 19–21°C from June to September.

Jan10° / 4°141 mm

Feb10° / 4°93 mm

Mar11° / 5°80 mm

Apr14° / 6°69 mm

May16° / 8°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°66 mm

Jul21° / 13°63 mm

Aug21° / 13°78 mm

Sep19° / 11°71 mm

Oct16° / 9°120 mm

Nov13° / 7°127 mm

Dec11° / 5°132 mm

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

About

Dartmouth Museum

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Dartmouth
Official site: dartmouthmuseum.org

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Dartmouth Museum is

Find Dartmouth Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Dartmouth Museum

Brixham tops the 5 for size, at 17,839 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Dartmouth

5,260 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 500 m east of it

Kingswear

422 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km southwest of it

Stoke Fleming

767 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km northwest of it

Dittisham

191 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Dartmouth Museum is	People	Places to visit
Dartmouth	It’s in town	5,260	12
Kingswear	500 m east of it	422	11
Stoke Fleming	2.4 km southwest of it	767	10
Dittisham	3.2 km northwest of it	191	12
Brixham	4.2 km northeast of it	17,839	21

Make a day of it

More near Dartmouth Museum

Within 15 km are 32 places, among them 5 castles, 2 historic houses and a zoo.

Castle · English HeritageDartmouth Castle1.4 km away 2

CastleKingswear Castle1.7 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustGreenway House3.4 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageBayard's Cove Fort400 m away 5

Historic house · National TrustNational Trust - Coleton Fishacre3.2 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageBerry Pomeroy Castle12 km away 7

Castle · English HeritageTotnes Castle12 km away 8

ZooPaignton Zoo8.3 km away

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

Dartmouth Museum, answered

Where is Dartmouth Museum?

Dartmouth Museum is in Dartmouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dartmouth Museum?

Local museum in Devon, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Dartmouth Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Dartmouth Museum?

Within 15 km: Dartmouth Castle (1.4 km), Kingswear Castle (1.7 km), Greenway House (3.4 km) and Bayard's Cove Fort (400 m).

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)

Dartmouth Museum: PJMarriott, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dartmouth Castle: Troxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kingswear Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Greenway House: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bayard's Cove Fort: Troxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
National Trust - Coleton Fishacre: Waterborough, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berry Pomeroy Castle: J Morley (Smalljim), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Totnes Castle: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Paignton Zoo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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