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Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard

Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard is a railway museum. Visitors find it 300 m southwest of Bishops Lydeard. This is a site of West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust.

Where

300 m

southwest of Bishops Lydeard

Run by

West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum near Bishops Lydeard

Just outside Bishops Lydeard

Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard is 300 m southwest of Bishops Lydeard. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

The weather, month by month

Aim for May to September, when Bishops Lydeard reaches 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°87 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar11° / 3°63 mm

Apr14° / 4°59 mm

May17° / 7°55 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°65 mm

Sep19° / 10°65 mm

Oct15° / 8°101 mm

Nov11° / 5°98 mm

Dec9° / 3°98 mm

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

About

Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard

Close by, Taunton Castle is 7.6 km away, one of 22 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust
Town: 300 m southwest of Bishops Lydeard
Official site: wsrht.co.uk/museums

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

The map

Where to find Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard

On this map, Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard

The biggest base of the 6 is Taunton (61,667 people). Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · 300 m northeast of it

Bishops Lydeard

2,050 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km south of it

Cotford St Luke

2,411 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Halse

296 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km southeast of it

Norton Fitzwarren

3,770 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard is	People	Places to visit
Bishops Lydeard	300 m northeast of it	2,050	3
Cotford St Luke	1.4 km south of it	2,411	4
Halse	2.2 km southwest of it	296	2
Norton Fitzwarren	3.9 km southeast of it	3,770	12
Milverton	4.6 km southwest of it	1,112	2
Taunton	5 km southeast of it	61,667	14

Make a day of it

Pair Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard with these

Among the 22 within 15 km are 3 castles, 3 museums and 2 gardens.

CastleTaunton Castle7.6 km away 2

MuseumThe Mill House600 m away 3

Garden · National TrustFyne Court6.6 km away 4

MuseumHestercombe House7.7 km away 5

CastleStogursey Castle14 km away 6

CastleStowey Castle11 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of Somerset7.6 km away 8

GardenHestercombe Gardens7.7 km away

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

Your questions on Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard

Where is Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard?

Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard is 300 m southwest of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset.

What is Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard?

Museum: railway.

Who runs Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard?

West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust.

When is the best time to visit Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard?

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

What else is there to see near Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard?

Within 15 km: Taunton Castle (7.6 km), The Mill House (600 m), Fyne Court (6.6 km) and Hestercombe House (7.7 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)

Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
The Mill House: Jim Woodward-Nutt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fyne Court: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hestercombe House: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stogursey Castle: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stowey Castle: Editor - W.Page; Chapter on Ancient Earthworks - C.H.Bothamley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Somerset: Chris Jeanes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hestercombe Gardens: xlibber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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