Shears Mill
Shears Mill is a history museum. Look for it within Eastleigh’s built-up area. A short trip away is Winchester Cathedral, 10 km off, the first of 61 within 15 km.
Museum in Eastleigh
Inside Eastleigh
Shears Mill is inside Eastleigh’s built-up area, with 4 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.
The seasons here
In Eastleigh, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–23°C.
Shears Mill
Museum: history.
In Eastleigh, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Eastleigh
How to visit
Mapping Shears Mill
The map centres on Shears Mill, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Eastleigh’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Shears Mill
Home to 249,633 people, Southampton is the largest of these 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Eastleigh
Southampton
Colden Common
Chandler's Ford
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Shears Mill is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh | It’s in town | 48,355 | 10 |
| Southampton | 1.6 km southwest of it | 249,633 | 31 |
| Colden Common | 2.3 km northeast of it | 3,827 | 4 |
| Chandler's Ford | 2.4 km northwest of it | 31,965 | 6 |
| Horton Heath | 2.9 km southeast of it | 3,047 | 5 |
| West End | 3.4 km south of it | 10,865 | 20 |
| Otterbourne | 3.6 km north of it | 1,252 | 4 |
| Chilworth | 4.2 km west of it | 1,169 | 9 |
Make a day of it near Shears Mill
Around it, within 15 km, lie 61 more, including 4 castles, a cathedral and a zoo.
CathedralWinchester Cathedral10 km away2
CastleWinchester Castle10 km away3
Castle · English HeritageWolvesey Castle10 km away4
CastleSouthampton Castle9 km away5
ZooMarwell Zoo4.8 km away6MuseumMuseumEastleigh Museum1.2 km away7ChurchChurchOld Minster10 km away8
CastleNetley Castle10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Shears Mill
Where is Shears Mill?
Shears Mill is in Eastleigh, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Shears Mill?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit Shears Mill?
May to September are the warmest months in Eastleigh, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Shears Mill?
Within 15 km: Winchester Cathedral (10 km), Winchester Castle (10 km), Wolvesey Castle (10 km) and Southampton Castle (9 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)
- Winchester Cathedral: http://www.wyrdlight.com Author: Antony McCallum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winchester Castle: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wolvesey Castle: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marwell Zoo: User:Urshankov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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