Merton College
One of the places to visit in Oxford is Merton College, an attraction. Close by, within 5 km, are 50 more places to see. Management falls to Merton College.
Attraction in Oxford
Inside Oxford
Merton College is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 50 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 weather, month by month
Afternoons in Oxford reach 17–23°C from May to September.
Merton College
For a second stop, Ashmolean Museum is 800 m away.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Merton College
- Town
- in Oxford
- Official site
- merton.ox.ac.uk
Where Merton College is
Merton College is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Merton College
By population, Oxford leads the 6 with 170,799. The list runs from its own town outward.
Oxford
Kennington
Boars Hill
Wolvercote
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Merton College is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | It’s in town | 170,799 | 55 |
| Kennington | 2.8 km south of it | 4,595 | 53 |
| Boars Hill | 3.8 km southwest of it | 540 | 52 |
| Wolvercote | 4.4 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Sandford-on-Thames | 4.4 km south of it | 500 | 40 |
| Chawley | 4.6 km west of it | 1,127 | 49 |
Beyond Merton College
4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle are among the 76 within 15 km.
MuseumAshmolean Museum800 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History900 m away3
CastleOxford Castle Motte800 m away4
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden300 m away5
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum900 m away6
Historic houseBeaumont Palace900 m away7
Historic houseBlenheim Palace13 km away8
MuseumMuseum of the History of Science400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Merton College
Where is Merton College?
Merton College is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Merton College?
Attraction.
Who runs Merton College?
Merton College.
When is the best time to visit Merton College?
May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Merton College?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (800 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (900 m), Oxford Castle Motte (800 m) and University of Oxford Botanic Garden (300 m).
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)
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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