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Science Oxford Centre

Science Oxford Centre is a science museum. Look for it within Oxford’s built-up area. The site is in the hands of The Oxford Trust.

Where

In Oxford

inside the built-up area

Run by

The Oxford Trust

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Oxford

Inside Oxford

Science Oxford Centre is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 47 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

Choosing a month

Afternoons in Oxford reach 17–23°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun20° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 5°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

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

About

Science Oxford Centre

Nearby, Ashmolean Museum (4.4 km) heads a list of 72 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: The Oxford Trust
Town: in Oxford
Official site: scienceoxford.com/centre

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Science Oxford Centre is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Oxford, with 170,799 people, is the largest of the 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 2 km southeast of it

Horspath

1,467 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km east of it

Wheatley

4,305 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km east of it

Forest Hill

557 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Science Oxford Centre is	People	Places to visit
Oxford	It’s in town	170,799	55
Horspath	2 km southeast of it	1,467	8
Wheatley	2.4 km east of it	4,305	6
Forest Hill	2.6 km east of it	557	5
Stanton St John	3.2 km northeast of it	466	3
Garsington	3.8 km southeast of it	1,295	5
Beckley	4.3 km north of it	421	3
Kennington	4.8 km southwest of it	4,595	53

Make a day of it

Around Science Oxford Centre

Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle, among 72 within 15 km.

MuseumAshmolean Museum4.4 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History4.1 km away 3

Historic houseBlenheim Palace15 km away 4

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum4 km away 5

CastleOxford Castle Motte4.5 km away 6

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden3.5 km away 7

Historic houseBeaumont Palace4.5 km away 8

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science4 km away

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

Science Oxford Centre, answered

Where is Science Oxford Centre?

Science Oxford Centre is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Science Oxford Centre?

Museum: science.

Who runs Science Oxford Centre?

The Oxford Trust.

When is the best time to visit Science Oxford Centre?

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 Science Oxford Centre?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (4.4 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (4.1 km), Blenheim Palace (15 km) and Pitt Rivers Museum (4 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)

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
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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