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Somerset Cricket Museum

Somerset Cricket Museum is a museum in Taunton, Somerset. It counts as a Grade II* listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 25 more places, Taunton Castle (500 m) first on our list.

Photo: Somerset Cricket Museum, Harrias (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Taunton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Taunton

Inside Taunton

Somerset Cricket Museum is inside Taunton’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Taunton has 375 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Taunton

Aim for May to September, when Taunton reaches 17–22°C.

Jan9° / 2°82 mm

Feb9° / 2°66 mm

Mar12° / 4°56 mm

Apr14° / 4°56 mm

May17° / 7°51 mm

Jun20° / 11°56 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug22° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 11°61 mm

Oct15° / 8°88 mm

Nov12° / 5°94 mm

Dec9° / 3°94 mm

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

About

Somerset Cricket Museum

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.

Taunton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Taunton
Official site: somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/index.html

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

The map

Somerset Cricket Museum at a glance

The orange dot is Somerset Cricket Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

In size, Taunton comes first of the 8, with 61,667 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Taunton

61,667 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Staplegrove

280 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km east of it

Bathpool

367 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km west of it

Norton Fitzwarren

3,770 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Somerset Cricket Museum is	People	Places to visit
Taunton	It’s in town	61,667	14
Staplegrove	1.8 km northwest of it	280	10
Bathpool	2.2 km east of it	367	9
Norton Fitzwarren	2.5 km west of it	3,770	12
Monkton Heathfield	2.5 km northeast of it	4,584	8
Trull	2.7 km southwest of it	1,427	7
Ruishton	3 km east of it	1,476	9
Creech St Michael	3.7 km east of it	2,327	9

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Somerset Cricket Museum

Nearby, 25 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 forts.

CastleTaunton Castle500 m away 2

MuseumMuseum of Somerset500 m away 3

MuseumHestercombe House3.9 km away 4

FortTaunton Stop Line7.2 km away 5

FortAthelney12 km away 6

GardenHestercombe Gardens4 km away 7

Castle · National TrustBurrow Mump14 km away 8

Garden · National TrustFyne Court7.2 km away

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

Know before you visit Somerset Cricket Museum

Where is Somerset Cricket Museum?

Somerset Cricket Museum is in Taunton, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Somerset Cricket Museum?

Museum in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Somerset Cricket Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Taunton, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Somerset Cricket Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Somerset Cricket Museum?

Within 15 km: Taunton Castle (500 m), Museum of Somerset (500 m), Hestercombe House (3.9 km) and Taunton Stop Line (7.2 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)

Somerset Cricket Museum: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Somerset: Chris Jeanes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hestercombe House: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Taunton Stop Line: Gaius Cornelius, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Athelney: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hestercombe Gardens: xlibber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Burrow Mump: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fyne Court: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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