Museum · Nailsworth · Gloucestershire

Dunkirk Mill Museum

Dunkirk Mill Museum is a museum in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Care of the site is provided by English Heritage. Close by, Gatcombe Park is 3.8 km away, one of 40 within 15 km.

Photo: Dunkirk Mill Museum, OrangeStarling1997 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Nailsworth

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 49%

#4,147 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Nailsworth

Inside Nailsworth

Dunkirk Mill Museum is inside Nailsworth’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Expect highs of 17–22°C in Nailsworth from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°86 mm

Feb8° / 2°61 mm

Mar11° / 3°58 mm

Apr14° / 5°54 mm

May17° / 7°67 mm

Jun20° / 10°61 mm

Jul22° / 12°61 mm

Aug21° / 12°72 mm

Sep19° / 10°62 mm

Oct15° / 7°88 mm

Nov11° / 4°93 mm

Dec8° / 2°93 mm

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

About

Dunkirk Mill Museum

Museum in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

It is run by English Heritage.

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

Type: Museum
Run by: English Heritage
Town: in Nailsworth
Official site: stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/dunkirk-mill-museum

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

The map

Mapping Dunkirk Mill Museum

The places near Dunkirk Mill Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Nailsworth is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (5,657 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Nailsworth

5,657 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 300 m north of it

Amberley

1,300 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 900 m north of it

Woodchester

912 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km east of it

Box

307 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dunkirk Mill Museum is	People	Places to visit
Nailsworth	It’s in town	5,657	15
Amberley	300 m north of it	1,300	12
Woodchester	900 m north of it	912	13
Box	1.2 km east of it	307	10
Minchinhampton	1.8 km east of it	3,412	12
Horsley	2 km south of it	442	9
Brimscombe and Thrupp	2.3 km northeast of it	2,187	10
Bagpath	2.3 km north of it	310	11

Make a day of it

Beyond Dunkirk Mill Museum

The 40 places within 15 km include 6 historic houses, a garden and a castle.

Historic houseGatcombe Park3.8 km away 2

Historic houseHighgrove House9.5 km away 3

GardenWestonbirt Arboretum11 km away 4CastleCastleBeverston Castle6.8 km away 5

Historic houseOwlpen Manor5 km away 6

Historic houseWoodchester Mansion3.6 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustNewark Park9.8 km away 8

Historic houseChavenage House6 km away

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

Your questions on Dunkirk Mill Museum

Where is Dunkirk Mill Museum?

Dunkirk Mill Museum is in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dunkirk Mill Museum?

Museum in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

Who runs Dunkirk Mill Museum?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Dunkirk Mill Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Nailsworth, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Dunkirk Mill Museum?

Within 15 km: Gatcombe Park (3.8 km), Highgrove House (9.5 km), Westonbirt Arboretum (11 km) and Beverston Castle (6.8 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)

Dunkirk Mill Museum: OrangeStarling1997, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gatcombe Park: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Highgrove House: Sherwood, Jones & Co, London, 1825, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Westonbirt Arboretum: Photo taken by and copyright Stuz., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Owlpen Manor: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Woodchester Mansion: Matthew Lister Ttamhew, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newark Park: Nancy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chavenage House: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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