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Dorchester Abbey Museum

Dorchester Abbey Museum is a local museum in Dorchester. There are 78 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Ashmolean Museum (14 km). It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

Photo: Dorchester Abbey Museum, Colin Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Dorchester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Dorchester

Inside Dorchester

Dorchester Abbey Museum is inside Dorchester’s built-up area, with 6 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

Month by month in Dorchester

In Dorchester, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb8° / 1°43 mm

Mar11° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 4°49 mm

May17° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°47 mm

Jul23° / 12°45 mm

Aug22° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°69 mm

Nov11° / 4°69 mm

Dec8° / 2°60 mm

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

About

Dorchester Abbey Museum

Local museum in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Dorchester
Official site: dorchester-abbey.org.uk/museum

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

The map

Where it sits

The numbers show what else is near Dorchester Abbey Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Benson (5,236 people). Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Dorchester

996 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km southeast of it

Warborough and Shillingford

946 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km north of it

Berinsfield

2,773 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Burcot

345 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dorchester Abbey Museum is	People	Places to visit
Dorchester	It’s in town	996	10
Warborough and Shillingford	1.6 km southeast of it	946	10
Berinsfield	1.7 km north of it	2,773	6
Burcot	1.8 km northwest of it	345	6
Drayton St Leonard	2.6 km northeast of it	368	6
Long Wittenham	2.6 km west of it	824	9
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell	2.8 km south of it	1,244	10
Benson	3.8 km southeast of it	5,236	10

Make a day of it

Beyond Dorchester Abbey Museum

Our list has 78 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 historic houses.

MuseumAshmolean Museum14 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History14 km away 3

CastleWallingford Castle5.4 km away 4

CastleOxford Castle Motte14 km away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum14 km away 6

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden13 km away 7

Historic houseBeaumont Palace14 km away 8

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay7.6 km away

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

Asked about Dorchester Abbey Museum

Where is Dorchester Abbey Museum?

Dorchester Abbey Museum is in Dorchester, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dorchester Abbey Museum?

Local museum in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Dorchester Abbey Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Dorchester Abbey Museum?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (14 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (14 km), Wallingford Castle (5.4 km) and Oxford Castle Motte (14 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)

Dorchester Abbey Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wallingford Castle: Pitou250, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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