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ST Lee Gallery and Treasury

ST Lee Gallery and Treasury is a history museum. The built-up area of Oxford includes it. It is run by Bodleian Libraries;University of Oxford.

Where

In Oxford

inside the built-up area

Run by

Bodleian Libraries;University of Oxford

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Oxford

Inside Oxford

ST Lee Gallery and Treasury is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 49 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

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Oxford).

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

ST Lee Gallery and Treasury

Top of the 76 other places within 15 km is Ashmolean Museum, 400 m off.

Type: Museum
Run by: Bodleian Libraries;University of Oxford
Town: in Oxford
Official site: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/events-exhibitions

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The way to ST Lee Gallery and Treasury

The map centres on ST Lee Gallery and Treasury, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from ST Lee Gallery and Treasury

With 170,799 people, Oxford is the largest of the 6. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 3.2 km south of it

Kennington

4,595 people · 53 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km northwest of it

Wolvercote

1,328 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km south of it

Boars Hill

540 people · 52 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where ST Lee Gallery and Treasury is	People	Places to visit
Oxford	It’s in town	170,799	55
Kennington	3.2 km south of it	4,595	53
Wolvercote	3.9 km northwest of it	1,328	49
Boars Hill	4.1 km south of it	540	52
Chawley	4.6 km southwest of it	1,127	49
Sandford-on-Thames	4.9 km southeast of it	500	40

Make a day of it

Also near ST Lee Gallery and Treasury

Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle, among 76 within 15 km.

MuseumAshmolean Museum400 m away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History400 m away 3

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum400 m away 4

CastleOxford Castle Motte600 m away 5

Historic houseBeaumont Palace500 m away 6

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden700 m away 7

Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away 8

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science100 m away

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

ST Lee Gallery and Treasury in questions

Where is ST Lee Gallery and Treasury?

ST Lee Gallery and Treasury is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is ST Lee Gallery and Treasury?

Museum: history.

Who runs ST Lee Gallery and Treasury?

Bodleian Libraries;University of Oxford.

When is the best time to visit ST Lee Gallery and Treasury?

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 ST Lee Gallery and Treasury?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (400 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (400 m), Pitt Rivers Museum (400 m) and Oxford Castle Motte (600 m).

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

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