Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden Museum is part of what Saffron Walden has to see. Around it, within 5 km, are 7 more places on our list. For a second stop, Audley End House is 1.5 km away.
Museum in Saffron Walden
Inside Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden Museum is inside Saffron Walden’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.
Weather, month by month
Expect highs of 19–22°C in Saffron Walden from June to September.
Saffron Walden Museum
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Saffron Walden
- Official site
- saffronwaldenmuseum.org
Saffron Walden Museum and what surrounds it
The map puts Saffron Walden Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Saffron Walden’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
The most populous of the 7 is Saffron Walden, at 16,609. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Saffron Walden
Littlebury
Sewards End
Elder Street
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Saffron Walden Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffron Walden | It’s in town | 16,609 | 10 |
| Littlebury | 2.1 km northwest of it | 605 | 8 |
| Sewards End | 2.4 km east of it | 530 | 9 |
| Elder Street | 3.7 km southeast of it | 541 | 9 |
| Newport | 4 km southwest of it | 2,945 | 10 |
| Great Chesterford | 4.6 km northwest of it | 1,775 | 10 |
| Debden | 5.9 km south of it | 320 | 2 |
Next door to Saffron Walden Museum
3 castles, a historic house and a museum are among the 35 within 15 km.
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House1.5 km away2
CastleSaffron Walden Castle100 m away3
MuseumIWM Duxford11 km away · 401K visitors a year (2019)4
Art galleryFry Art Gallery200 m away5
CastleClavering Castle9.6 km away6Park or estatePark or estate · English HeritageAudley End Estate1.3 km away7
CastleStansted Mountfitchet Castle14 km away8GardenGarden · English HeritageOrganic Kitchen Garden1.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Saffron Walden Museum
Where is Saffron Walden Museum?
Saffron Walden Museum is in Saffron Walden, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Saffron Walden Museum?
Museum in Essex, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Saffron Walden Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Saffron Walden, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Saffron Walden Museum?
Within 15 km: Audley End House (1.5 km), Saffron Walden Castle (100 m), IWM Duxford (11 km) and Fry Art Gallery (200 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 (7)
- Saffron Walden Museum: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fry Art Gallery: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clavering Castle: Libby norman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stansted Mountfitchet Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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