Museum · Leighton Buzzard · Bedfordshire

Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum

Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum is an independent transport museum. It is within Leighton Buzzard’s built-up area. Top of the 41 other places within 15 km is Bletchley Park, 12 km off.

Where

In Leighton Buzzard

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Leighton Buzzard

Inside Leighton Buzzard

Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum is inside Leighton Buzzard’s built-up area, with 3 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

The seasons here

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–22°C highs in Leighton Buzzard).

Jan7° / 2°54 mm

Feb8° / 2°44 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 4°45 mm

May17° / 7°47 mm

Jun20° / 10°51 mm

Jul22° / 12°46 mm

Aug22° / 12°54 mm

Sep19° / 10°47 mm

Oct15° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°63 mm

Dec8° / 2°57 mm

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

About

Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum

Independent transport museum in England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Leighton Buzzard
Official site: buzzrail.uk/help-us/greensand-railway-museum-trust

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

The map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns close to Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum

Leighton Buzzard, with 42,736 people, is the largest of the 8. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Leighton Buzzard

42,736 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southeast of it

Billington

359 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km south of it

Slapton

308 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km east of it

Stanbridge

445 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum is	People	Places to visit
Leighton Buzzard	It’s in town	42,736	5
Billington	1.5 km southeast of it	359	5
Slapton	2.8 km south of it	308	6
Stanbridge	3.3 km east of it	445	3
Heath and Reach	3.4 km north of it	1,451	4
Eaton Bray and Edlesborough	4.2 km southeast of it	4,201	14
Wing	4.2 km west of it	2,979	4
Tilsworth	4.5 km east of it	371	5

Make a day of it

Also near Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum

41 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, 3 historic houses and a heritage railway among them.

MuseumBletchley Park12 km away 2Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey9.1 km away 3

Heritage railwayLeighton Buzzard Light Railway100 m away 4

Historic houseMentmore Towers5.2 km away 5

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring13 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)6

ZooWhipsnade Zoo10 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustAscott House3.8 km away 8

MuseumThe National Museum of Computing12 km away

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

Asked about Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum

Where is Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum?

Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum is in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum?

Independent transport museum in England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum?

Within 15 km: Bletchley Park (12 km), Woburn Abbey (9.1 km), Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (100 m) and Mentmore Towers (5.2 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)

Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ascott House: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The National Museum of Computing: Computid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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