Saxmundham Museum
Saxmundham Museum is a museum in Saxmundham, Suffolk. Nearby, Framlingham Castle (9.9 km) heads a list of 17 within 15 km.
Museum in Saxmundham
Inside Saxmundham
Saxmundham Museum is inside Saxmundham’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
For warmth, aim for June to September (19–22°C highs in Saxmundham).
Saxmundham Museum
Museum in Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, UK.
In Saxmundham, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Saxmundham
- Official site
- saxmundhammuseum.org.uk
Saxmundham Museum on the map
Saxmundham Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Saxmundham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Saxmundham Museum
Leiston is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (5,919 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Saxmundham
Kelsale
Benhall Green
Leiston
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Saxmundham Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxmundham | It’s in town | 4,778 | 2 |
| Kelsale | 600 m north of it | 618 | 1 |
| Benhall Green | 1.6 km south of it | 295 | 3 |
| Leiston | 4.5 km east of it | 5,919 | 6 |
| Snape | 4.6 km south of it | 668 | 4 |
| Yoxford | 4.8 km north of it | 782 | 1 |
| Coldfair Green | 4.8 km southeast of it | 794 | 7 |
While you are near Saxmundham Museum
The 17 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory.
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle9.9 km away2
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle14 km away · 31K visitors a year (2017)3
Abbey or priory · English HeritageLeiston Abbey5.9 km away4
Historic houseGlemham Hall5.7 km away5
MuseumParham Airfield Museum6.4 km away6
MuseumBentwaters Cold War Museum10 km away7
MuseumDunwich Museum12 km away8
MuseumHalesworth Museum15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Saxmundham Museum: questions
Where is Saxmundham Museum?
Saxmundham Museum is in Saxmundham, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Saxmundham Museum?
Museum in Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Saxmundham Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Saxmundham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Saxmundham Museum?
Within 15 km: Framlingham Castle (9.9 km), Orford Castle (14 km), Leiston Abbey (5.9 km) and Glemham Hall (5.7 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 (8)
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leiston Abbey: Dave Briggs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glemham Hall: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parham Airfield Museum: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bentwaters Cold War Museum: Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunwich Museum: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Halesworth Museum: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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