Market house
Market house is a local museum. It is within Castle Cary’s built-up area. This is a site of Castle Cary Town Council.
Museum in Castle Cary
Inside Castle Cary
Market house is inside Castle Cary’s built-up area, with 4 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 best months to visit
If warmth matters, go June to September: Castle Cary reaches 19–22°C.
Market house
Close by, Stourhead Park is 13 km away, one of 20 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Castle Cary Town Council
- Town
- in Castle Cary
- Official site
- castlecarymuseum.org.uk
Getting your bearings
The numbers show what else is near Market house, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Castle Cary’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Market house
Among the 5, Castle Cary is the biggest, home to 3,451 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Castle Cary
Galhampton
Bruton
Ditcheat
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Market house is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Cary | It’s in town | 3,451 | 5 |
| Galhampton | 2.5 km south of it | 328 | 6 |
| Bruton | 2.9 km northeast of it | 2,816 | 5 |
| Ditcheat | 3.8 km north of it | 392 | 2 |
| North Cadbury | 4.4 km south of it | 681 | 6 |
Combine it with these
20 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, a garden and an attraction among them.
Garden · National TrustStourhead Park13 km away2
Attraction · National TrustKing Alfred's Tower11 km away3
FortCadbury Castle7.4 km away4
MuseumHaynes International Motor Museum6.3 km away5
MuseumFleet Air Arm Museum12 km away6
Historic house · National TrustLytes Cary12 km away7
MuseumBruton Museum4.9 km away8
MuseumWincanton Museum8.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Market house?
Market house is in Castle Cary, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Market house?
Local museum in England.
Who runs Market house?
Castle Cary Town Council.
When is the best time to visit Market house?
June to September are the warmest months in Castle Cary, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Market house?
Within 15 km: Stourhead Park (13 km), King Alfred's Tower (11 km), Cadbury Castle (7.4 km) and Haynes International Motor Museum (6.3 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 (9)
- Market house: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stourhead Park: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- King Alfred's Tower: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cadbury Castle: Joe D, modified by JimChampion, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Haynes International Motor Museum: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fleet Air Arm Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lytes Cary: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruton Museum: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wincanton Museum: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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