History Hut
History Hut is a history museum. It lies inside the built-up area of Witney. A short trip away is Blenheim Palace, 11 km off, the first of 26 within 15 km.
Museum in Witney
Inside Witney
History Hut is inside Witney’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.
Which month to go
Afternoons in Witney peak at 17–23°C, May to September.
History Hut
Museum: history.
In Witney, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Witney
Mapping History Hut
The numbers show what else is near History Hut, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Witney’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around History Hut
Witney, with 30,167 people, is the largest of the 6. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Witney
Ducklington
Curbridge
Hailey
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where History Hut is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witney | It’s in town | 30,167 | 7 |
| Ducklington | 700 m south of it | 1,585 | 5 |
| Curbridge | 2.3 km west of it | 298 | 6 |
| Hailey | 2.8 km north of it | 762 | 7 |
| Minster Lovell | 4 km west of it | 1,270 | 6 |
| North Leigh | 4 km northeast of it | 1,733 | 7 |
Combine it with these
There are 26 within 15 km, 5 historic houses, 2 zoos and a castle among them.
Historic houseBlenheim Palace11 km away2
Historic houseWoodstock Palace11 km away3ZooZooCrocodiles of the World7 km away4
Historic houseEynsham Hall4.8 km away5
ZooCotswold Wildlife Park12 km away6
Historic houseKelmscott Manor15 km away7CastleCastle · English HeritageMinster Lovell Hall and Dovecot3.9 km away8
Historic houseCornbury Park9.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on History Hut
Where is History Hut?
History Hut is in Witney, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is History Hut?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit History Hut?
May to September are the warmest months in Witney, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near History Hut?
Within 15 km: Blenheim Palace (11 km), Woodstock Palace (11 km), Crocodiles of the World (7 km) and Eynsham Hall (4.8 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 (6)
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodstock Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eynsham Hall: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cotswold Wildlife Park: ciukes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelmscott Manor: Boerkevitz at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornbury Park: Andrew Blades, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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