Museum · Shrivenham and Watchfield · Oxfordshire

Royal Army Chaplains' Museum

Royal Army Chaplains' Museum is a military museum. Within the built-up area of Shrivenham and Watchfield, it is one of the places to visit. Add Uffington Castle, 6.2 km away, to a visit; it leads 23 places within 15 km.

Where

In Shrivenham and Watchfield

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 46%

#3,928 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Shrivenham and Watchfield

Inside Shrivenham and Watchfield

Royal Army Chaplains' Museum is inside Shrivenham and Watchfield’s built-up area, with 2 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

The climate through the year

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–22°C highs in Shrivenham and Watchfield).

Jan7° / 2°63 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr14° / 4°48 mm

May17° / 7°54 mm

Jun20° / 10°59 mm

Jul22° / 12°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 7°67 mm

Nov11° / 4°68 mm

Dec8° / 2°65 mm

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

About

Royal Army Chaplains' Museum

Military museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

In Shrivenham and Watchfield, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Shrivenham and Watchfield
Official site: armymuseums.org.uk/listing/museum-of-army-chaplaincy

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

The map

Its place on the map

The map centres on Royal Army Chaplains' Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Staying near Royal Army Chaplains' Museum

The 5 towns are led in size by Highworth, with 7,932 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Shrivenham and Watchfield

5,353 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km southwest of it

Bourton

363 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northeast of it

Longcot

614 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km south of it

Ashbury

588 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Royal Army Chaplains' Museum is	People	Places to visit
Shrivenham and Watchfield	It’s in town	5,353	9
Bourton	2.6 km southwest of it	363	5
Longcot	2.7 km northeast of it	614	6
Ashbury	4.1 km south of it	588	7
Highworth	4.6 km northwest of it	7,932	3

Make a day of it

While you are near Royal Army Chaplains' Museum

There are 23 within 15 km, 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a fort among them.

Fort · English HeritageUffington Castle6.2 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustBuscot House7.3 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustAshdown Park8.5 km away 4

MuseumSTEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway11 km away 5

Historic houseKelmscott Manor9.3 km away 6

MuseumTom Brown's School Museum5.5 km away 7Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustGreat Coxwell Barn5 km away 8MuseumMuseumMuseum & Art Swindon10 km away

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

Questions people have about Royal Army Chaplains' Museum

Where is Royal Army Chaplains' Museum?

Royal Army Chaplains' Museum is in Shrivenham and Watchfield, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Royal Army Chaplains' Museum?

Military museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Royal Army Chaplains' Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Shrivenham and Watchfield, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Royal Army Chaplains' Museum?

Within 15 km: Uffington Castle (6.2 km), Buscot House (7.3 km), Ashdown Park (8.5 km) and STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway (11 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 (6)

Uffington Castle: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buscot House: Rictor Norton & David Allen from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashdown Park: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway: BazzaDaRambler, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelmscott Manor: Boerkevitz at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tom Brown's School Museum: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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