Minehead Museum
Minehead Museum is a history museum. Look for it within Minehead’s built-up area. Within 15 km there are 24 more places to visit, starting with Dunster Castle (3.4 km).
Museum in Minehead
Inside Minehead
Minehead Museum is inside Minehead’s built-up area, with 7 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 Minehead
Highs of 18–20°C mark June to September in Minehead.
Minehead Museum
Museum: history.
In Minehead, inside the town’s built-up area.
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Visit details
Finding Minehead Museum
The orange dot is Minehead Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Minehead’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Minehead Museum
The largest of the 4 towns is Minehead, with 11,752 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Minehead
Dunster
Wootton Courtenay
Carhampton
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Minehead Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minehead | It’s in town | 11,752 | 12 |
| Dunster | 2.8 km southeast of it | 389 | 9 |
| Wootton Courtenay | 4 km southwest of it | 269 | 11 |
| Carhampton | 4.5 km southeast of it | 794 | 13 |
Make a day of it near Minehead Museum
Choose from 24 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle3.4 km away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey9.2 km away3
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle9.4 km away4MuseumMuseumDunster Doll Museum3.2 km away5
Historic houseHolnicote Estate6.4 km away6
ZooTropiquaria10 km away7
MuseumDovery Manor Museum8.6 km away8
MuseumWatchet Museum10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Minehead Museum
Where is Minehead Museum?
Minehead Museum is in Minehead, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Minehead Museum?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit Minehead Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Minehead, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Minehead Museum?
Within 15 km: Dunster Castle (3.4 km), Cleeve Abbey (9.2 km), Daw's Castle (9.4 km) and Dunster Doll Museum (3.2 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)
- 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
- Holnicote Estate: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tropiquaria: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dovery Manor Museum: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Watchet Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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