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New Forest Museum

New Forest Museum is a museum in Lyndhurst. Our list has 51 more places within 15 km; first among them is Paultons Park, at 8.6 km.

Where

In Lyndhurst

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Lyndhurst

Inside Lyndhurst

New Forest Museum is inside Lyndhurst’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

Month by month in Lyndhurst

Warm weather in Lyndhurst runs May to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°109 mm

Feb9° / 2°74 mm

Mar11° / 3°65 mm

Apr14° / 5°61 mm

May18° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°58 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug22° / 12°65 mm

Sep20° / 10°71 mm

Oct16° / 8°105 mm

Nov12° / 5°115 mm

Dec9° / 2°111 mm

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

About

New Forest Museum

Museum in Lyndhurst, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Lyndhurst
Official site: newforestheritage.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Before you set off

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The area around New Forest Museum

Numbered points are the places near New Forest Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Where people come from

The most populous of the 4 is Lyndhurst, at 2,462. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Lyndhurst

2,462 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 3.4 km northeast of it

Woodlands

770 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km north of it

Cadnam and Bartley

2,023 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 3.8 km northeast of it

Ashurst

2,370 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where New Forest Museum is	People	Places to visit
Lyndhurst	It’s in town	2,462	7
Woodlands	3.4 km northeast of it	770	14
Cadnam and Bartley	3.8 km north of it	2,023	14
Ashurst	3.8 km northeast of it	2,370	6

Make a day of it

Also near New Forest Museum

Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, a theme park and an abbey or priory.

Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park8.6 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)2

MuseumNational Motor Museum10 km away 3

Abbey or prioryBeaulieu Abbey10 km away 4

CastleSouthampton Castle12 km away 5

Historic housePalace House10 km away 6

Museum · English HeritageMedieval Merchants House12 km away 7

MuseumSeaCity Museum12 km away 8

Art gallerySouthampton City Art Gallery12 km away

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

Quick answers on New Forest Museum

Where is New Forest Museum?

New Forest Museum is in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is New Forest Museum?

Museum in Lyndhurst, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit New Forest Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Lyndhurst, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near New Forest Museum?

Within 15 km: Paultons Park (8.6 km), National Motor Museum (10 km), Beaulieu Abbey (10 km) and Southampton Castle (12 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 (8)

Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Motor Museum: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaulieu Abbey: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Palace House: This photo was taken by Przemysław Jahr Autorem zdjęcia jest Przemysław Jahr Wykorzystując zdjęcie proszę podać jako autora: Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Medieval Merchants House: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SeaCity Museum: hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton City Art Gallery: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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