Shaw House
Shaw House is a grade I listed historic house museum. It stands inside Newbury’s built-up area. Add Donnington Castle, 1.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 14 places within 15 km.
Historic house in Newbury
Inside Newbury
Shaw House is inside Newbury’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Newbury has 273 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
Afternoons in Newbury reach 17–23°C from May to September.
Shaw House
Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Historic house
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Newbury
- Official site
- westberkshireheritage.org/shaw-house
The area around Shaw House
Find Shaw House in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Newbury’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
Newbury is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (42,262 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Newbury
Thatcham
Ashmore Green
Greenham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Shaw House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | It’s in town | 42,262 | 10 |
| Thatcham | 1.9 km east of it | 25,537 | 11 |
| Ashmore Green | 2.6 km east of it | 350 | 8 |
| Greenham | 2.8 km south of it | 986 | 9 |
| Curridge | 3.3 km northeast of it | 410 | 5 |
| Cold Ash | 3.5 km northeast of it | 2,267 | 7 |
| Hermitage | 4.7 km northeast of it | 2,224 | 3 |
| Burghclere Common | 4.8 km south of it | 658 | 9 |
What else is near Shaw House
The 14 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 zoos.
CastleHighclere Castle10 km away3
MuseumWest Berkshire Museum1.3 km away4MuseumMuseumThatcham Nature Discovery Centre3.3 km away5
ZooBucklebury Farm Park7.8 km away6
Abbey or prioryDouai Abbey10 km away7
ZooThe Living Rain Forest10 km away8Historic siteHistoric site · English HeritageCruise missile shelter complex, Greenham Common Airbase3.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Shaw House: common questions
Where is Shaw House?
Shaw House is in Newbury, Berkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Shaw House?
Grade I listed historic house museum in West Berkshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Shaw House?
May to September are the warmest months in Newbury, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Shaw House a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Shaw House?
Within 15 km: Donnington Castle (1.7 km), Highclere Castle (10 km), West Berkshire Museum (1.3 km) and Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre (3.3 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)
- Shaw House: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Highclere Castle: Richard Munckton from Windsor, Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- West Berkshire Museum: Tom Bastin from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bucklebury Farm Park: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douai Abbey: Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Living Rain Forest: Tsl09, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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