Museum · Pimperne · Dorset

Royal Signals Museum

Royal Signals Museum is a regimental museum. It stands inside Pimperne’s built-up area. Our list has 19 more places within 15 km; first among them is Kingston Lacy Estate, at 9.1 km.

Photo: Royal Signals Museum (Public domain)

Where

In Pimperne

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Pimperne

Inside Pimperne

Royal Signals Museum is inside Pimperne’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

The best months to visit

In Pimperne, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°104 mm

Feb9° / 2°71 mm

Mar11° / 3°69 mm

Apr14° / 4°64 mm

May17° / 7°55 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul22° / 12°59 mm

Aug22° / 12°69 mm

Sep19° / 10°71 mm

Oct15° / 7°112 mm

Nov11° / 4°116 mm

Dec9° / 2°113 mm

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

About

Royal Signals Museum

Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Pimperne
Official site: royalsignalsshop.com

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

The map

Around Royal Signals Museum, mapped

Royal Signals Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Royal Signals Museum

Blandford Forum tops the 5 for size, at 11,805 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Pimperne

2,770 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km west of it

Blandford Forum

11,805 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 3.5 km southwest of it

Charlton Marshall

1,084 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km west of it

Bryanston

999 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Royal Signals Museum is	People	Places to visit
Pimperne	It’s in town	2,770	5
Blandford Forum	1.8 km west of it	11,805	5
Charlton Marshall	3.5 km southwest of it	1,084	4
Bryanston	3.5 km west of it	999	5
Spetisbury	4.7 km south of it	587	6

Make a day of it

Around Royal Signals Museum

Choose from 19 places within 15 km, such as 4 historic houses, 2 forts and a museum.

Historic house · National TrustKingston Lacy Estate9.1 km away 2

Fort · National TrustBadbury Rings6.8 km away 3

Fort · National TrustHod Hill6.6 km away 4

Historic house · English HeritageFiddleford Manor13 km away 5

Historic houseCranborne Manor15 km away 6

Historic houseSt Giles House, Wimborne St Giles12 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of East Dorset12 km away 8CastleCastleSturminster Castle14 km away

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

Good to know about Royal Signals Museum

Where is Royal Signals Museum?

Royal Signals Museum is in Pimperne, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Royal Signals Museum?

Regimental museum in Tarrant Monkton, Dorset, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Royal Signals Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Royal Signals Museum?

Within 15 km: Kingston Lacy Estate (9.1 km), Badbury Rings (6.8 km), Hod Hill (6.6 km) and Fiddleford Manor (13 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)

Royal Signals Museum: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kingston Lacy Estate: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Badbury Rings: Simaron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hod Hill: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fiddleford Manor: Marilyn Peddle from England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cranborne Manor: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles: Justin Barton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of East Dorset: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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