Museum · North Weald Bassett · Essex

Epping And Ongar Railway

One of the places to visit in North Weald Bassett is Epping And Ongar Railway, a museum. Our list has 5 more places within 5 km. Epping Ongar Railway comes next on our list, 1.4 km away.

Where

In North Weald Bassett

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in North Weald Bassett

Inside North Weald Bassett

Epping And Ongar Railway is inside North Weald Bassett’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

Seasons in North Weald Bassett

Afternoons in North Weald Bassett reach 17–23°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°61 mm

Feb8° / 1°49 mm

Mar11° / 3°41 mm

Apr14° / 4°45 mm

May17° / 7°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul23° / 12°54 mm

Aug23° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°55 mm

Oct15° / 7°74 mm

Nov11° / 4°70 mm

Dec8° / 2°63 mm

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

About

Epping And Ongar Railway

Museum.

In North Weald Bassett, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in North Weald Bassett
Official site: eorailway.co.uk

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

The map

Finding Epping And Ongar Railway

Orange: Epping And Ongar Railway.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Epping And Ongar Railway

Among the 8, Harlow is the biggest, home to 93,570 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

North Weald Bassett

4,323 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km northwest of it

Thornwood Common

1,030 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km west of it

Coopersale

1,067 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km southwest of it

Epping

10,693 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Epping And Ongar Railway is	People	Places to visit
North Weald Bassett	It’s in town	4,323	7
Thornwood Common	1.6 km northwest of it	1,030	7
Coopersale	1.8 km west of it	1,067	7
Epping	2.6 km southwest of it	10,693	7
Moreton	4.3 km northeast of it	433	5
Harlow	4.6 km northwest of it	93,570	10
Shelley	4.9 km east of it	2,405	5
Chipping Ongar	5 km east of it	3,922	4

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Also close at hand are 2 historic houses, a heritage railway and a cathedral, among 30 within 15 km.

Heritage railwayEpping Ongar Railway1.4 km away 2

CathedralBrentwood Cathedral14 km away 3

Historic houseHill Hall4.2 km away 4

GardenHarlow Town Park8.6 km away 5

Historic houseCopped Hall6.9 km away 6

FortKelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker7.7 km away 7

Art galleryHenry Moore Foundation15 km away 8

MuseumNorth Weald Airfield Museum600 m away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Epping And Ongar Railway?

Epping And Ongar Railway is in North Weald Bassett, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Epping And Ongar Railway?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Epping And Ongar Railway?

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

What else is there to see near Epping And Ongar Railway?

Within 15 km: Epping Ongar Railway (1.4 km), Brentwood Cathedral (14 km), Hill Hall (4.2 km) and Harlow Town Park (8.6 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)

Epping Ongar Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood Cathedral: Brentwood_Cathedral_-_Rfry.jpg: Rhyddfrydol derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hill Hall: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harlow Town Park: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Copped Hall: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker: Genesisman26 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Henry Moore Foundation: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
North Weald Airfield Museum: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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