Sherborne Museum
Look for Sherborne Museum in Sherborne. Nearby, 3 more places to visit are within 5 km. On the official register, it is a Grade II listed building.
Museum in Sherborne
Inside Sherborne
Sherborne Museum is inside Sherborne’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Sherborne has 377 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
In Sherborne the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.
Sherborne Museum
Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages. Around it, Sherborne Castle (1.1 km) comes first on our list.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Sherborne
- Official site
- sherbornemuseum.com
Practical information
Where it sits
Use the numbers to match each place near Sherborne Museum with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Sherborne’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Sherborne Museum
The 5 towns are led in size by Sherborne, with 10,359 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Sherborne
Longburton
Nether Compton
Milborne Port
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Sherborne Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherborne | It’s in town | 10,359 | 4 |
| Longburton | 3 km south of it | 525 | 4 |
| Nether Compton | 3 km west of it | 402 | 6 |
| Milborne Port | 3.6 km northeast of it | 3,207 | 5 |
| Thornford | 4.2 km southwest of it | 899 | 4 |
Pair Sherborne Museum with these
A visit can add 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 historic houses, from 26 places within 15 km.
Castle · English HeritageSherborne Castle1.1 km away2
Historic house · National TrustMontacute House14 km away · 120K visitors a year (2011)3
Castle · English HeritageSherborne Old Castle1.1 km away4
FortCadbury Castle8.7 km away5
MuseumFleet Air Arm Museum11 km away6
MuseumYeovil Railway Centre7.3 km away7
Historic houseNewton Surmaville7.4 km away8
MuseumHaynes International Motor Museum11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Sherborne Museum: questions
Where is Sherborne Museum?
Sherborne Museum is in Sherborne, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Sherborne Museum?
Museum in Dorset, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Sherborne Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Sherborne, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Sherborne Museum a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Sherborne Museum?
Within 15 km: Sherborne Castle (1.1 km), Montacute House (14 km), Sherborne Old Castle (1.1 km) and Cadbury Castle (8.7 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 (9)
- Sherborne Museum: SMCurator, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherborne Castle: JackPeasePhotography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montacute House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherborne Old Castle: Pengannel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cadbury Castle: Joe D, modified by JimChampion, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Fleet Air Arm Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yeovil Railway Centre: William, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newton Surmaville: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Haynes International Motor Museum: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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