Rhodes House
Rhodes House is an attraction you can visit in Oxford. Another 49 places to visit lie within 5 km. Our list goes on with Ashmolean Museum, 400 m away.
Attraction in Oxford
Inside Oxford
Rhodes House is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 49 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 climate through the year
The warmest stretch in Oxford is May to September, at 17–23°C in the afternoon.
Rhodes House
Attraction.
In Oxford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Oxford
Where it sits
Orange: Rhodes House.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
Oxford is the biggest of the 5 bases nearby (170,799 people). The list runs from its own town outward.
Oxford
Kennington
Wolvercote
Boars Hill
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Rhodes House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | It’s in town | 170,799 | 55 |
| Kennington | 3.5 km south of it | 4,595 | 53 |
| Wolvercote | 3.7 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Boars Hill | 4.3 km south of it | 540 | 52 |
| Chawley | 4.7 km southwest of it | 1,127 | 49 |
Also near Rhodes House
There are 76 within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle among them.
MuseumAshmolean Museum400 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History100 m away3
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum100 m away4
CastleOxford Castle Motte800 m away5
Historic houseBeaumont Palace600 m away6
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden900 m away7
Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away8
MuseumMuseum of the History of Science400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Rhodes House
Where is Rhodes House?
Rhodes House is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Rhodes House?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Rhodes House?
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 Rhodes House?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (400 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (100 m), Pitt Rivers Museum (100 m) and Oxford Castle Motte (800 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
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, 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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