Museum · Long Wittenham · Oxfordshire

Pendon Museum

Pendon Museum is one of the places to visit in Long Wittenham. Add any of 7 more places within 5 km to a visit. A drive of 13 km reaches Ashmolean Museum.

Photo: Pendon Museum, William Grimes at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Where

In Long Wittenham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Long Wittenham

Inside Long Wittenham

Pendon Museum is inside Long Wittenham’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.

When to go

Which month to go

In Long Wittenham, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°57 mm

Feb9° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May18° / 8°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°47 mm

Aug22° / 13°54 mm

Sep19° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 7°65 mm

Nov11° / 4°67 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Pendon Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Long Wittenham
Official site: pendonmuseum.com

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

Plan your visit

Visit details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Pendon Museum and what surrounds it

Orange is Pendon Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Pendon Museum

Of the 8, Didcot is the largest, at 34,600 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Long Wittenham

824 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southwest of it

Didcot

34,600 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km northeast of it

Burcot

345 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3 km west of it

Sutton Courtenay

3,055 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Pendon Museum is	People	Places to visit
Long Wittenham	It’s in town	824	9
Didcot	1.4 km southwest of it	34,600	13
Burcot	2.6 km northeast of it	345	6
Sutton Courtenay	3 km west of it	3,055	10
Dorchester	3.3 km east of it	996	10
Culham	3.5 km northwest of it	467	8
Berinsfield	3.6 km northeast of it	2,773	6
Milton	3.6 km west of it	659	10

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Pendon Museum

A visit can add 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 historic houses, from 77 places within 15 km.

MuseumAshmolean Museum13 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History14 km away 3

CastleOxford Castle Motte13 km away 4

CastleWallingford Castle7.7 km away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum14 km away 6

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden13 km away 7

Historic houseBeaumont Palace13 km away 8

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay4 km away

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

What people ask about Pendon Museum

Where is Pendon Museum?

Pendon Museum is in Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Pendon Museum?

Museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Pendon Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Long Wittenham, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Pendon Museum?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (13 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (14 km), Oxford Castle Motte (13 km) and Wallingford Castle (7.7 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)

Pendon Museum: William Grimes at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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
Wallingford Castle: Pitou250, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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