Gauge Museum Blue Anchor
Gauge Museum Blue Anchor is a railway museum. Its place is inside Blue Anchor’s built-up area. It is managed by West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust.
Museum in Blue Anchor
Inside Blue Anchor
Gauge Museum Blue Anchor is inside Blue Anchor’s built-up area, with 15 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.
The year in Blue Anchor
From June to September, Blue Anchor sees highs of 19–21°C.
Gauge Museum Blue Anchor
Within 15 km there are 25 more places to visit, starting with Dunster Castle (3 km).
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust
- Town
- in Blue Anchor
- Official site
- wsrht.co.uk/museums
Mapping Gauge Museum Blue Anchor
The numbers show what else is near Gauge Museum Blue Anchor, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Blue Anchor’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
The biggest base of the 6 is Minehead (11,752 people). Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Blue Anchor
Carhampton
Dunster
Washford
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Gauge Museum Blue Anchor is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Anchor | It’s in town | 176 | 16 |
| Carhampton | 1.1 km southwest of it | 794 | 13 |
| Dunster | 2.8 km west of it | 389 | 9 |
| Washford | 3.1 km southeast of it | 584 | 11 |
| Minehead | 4.1 km northwest of it | 11,752 | 12 |
| Watchet | 4.1 km east of it | 3,643 | 11 |
What else is near Gauge Museum Blue Anchor
Choose from 25 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, a historic house and an abbey or priory.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle3 km away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey3.7 km away3
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle4.1 km away4
ZooTropiquaria4.4 km away5
MuseumWatchet Museum4.9 km away6
MuseumWatchet Boat Museum5 km away7MuseumMuseumDunster Doll Museum3.1 km away8
MuseumBakelite Museum5.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Gauge Museum Blue Anchor
Where is Gauge Museum Blue Anchor?
Gauge Museum Blue Anchor is in Blue Anchor, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Gauge Museum Blue Anchor?
Museum: railway.
Who runs Gauge Museum Blue Anchor?
West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust.
When is the best time to visit Gauge Museum Blue Anchor?
June to September are the warmest months in Blue Anchor, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Gauge Museum Blue Anchor?
Within 15 km: Dunster Castle (3 km), Cleeve Abbey (3.7 km), Daw's Castle (4.1 km) and Tropiquaria (4.4 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 (7)
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daw's Castle: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tropiquaria: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Watchet Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Watchet Boat Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bakelite Museum: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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