Swinford Museum
Swinford Museum is a museum in Filkins, West Oxfordshire. 17 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Cotswold Wildlife Park (4 km). Articles on it exist in 2 languages.
Museum in Filkins
Inside Filkins
Swinford Museum is inside Filkins’ built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
Warm weather in Filkins runs June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.
Swinford Museum
Museum in Filkins, West Oxfordshire, England, UK.
In Filkins, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Filkins
- Official site
- filkins.org.uk/village-facilities/swinford-museum
Where it sits
Spot Swinford Museum in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Filkins’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Staying near Swinford Museum
Largest of the 8 is Carterton, home to 17,951. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Filkins
Kencot
Alvescot
Eastleach Turville
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Swinford Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filkins | It’s in town | 426 | 2 |
| Kencot | 1.2 km east of it | 110 | 4 |
| Alvescot | 2.9 km east of it | 466 | 3 |
| Eastleach Turville | 3.4 km west of it | 307 | 2 |
| Carterton | 3.5 km northeast of it | 17,951 | 5 |
| Southrop | 3.5 km west of it | 275 | 1 |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 4 km southwest of it | 2,208 | 3 |
| Black Bourton | 4.6 km east of it | 271 | 2 |
Also near Swinford Museum
Among the 17 within 15 km are 3 historic houses, 2 zoos and a museum.
ZooCotswold Wildlife Park4 km away2
Historic houseKelmscott Manor5.5 km away3
Historic house · National TrustBuscot House7.4 km away4ZooZooCrocodiles of the World6.8 km away5
Historic house · National TrustLodge Park and Sherborne Estate NT12 km away6
MuseumTolsey Museum8 km away7Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustGreat Coxwell Barn11 km away8CastleCastle · English HeritageMinster Lovell Hall and Dovecot11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Swinford Museum
Where is Swinford Museum?
Swinford Museum is in Filkins, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Swinford Museum?
Museum in Filkins, West Oxfordshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Swinford Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Filkins, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Swinford Museum?
Within 15 km: Cotswold Wildlife Park (4 km), Kelmscott Manor (5.5 km), Buscot House (7.4 km) and Crocodiles of the World (6.8 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)
- Swinford Museum: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cotswold Wildlife Park: ciukes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelmscott Manor: Boerkevitz at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buscot House: Rictor Norton & David Allen from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate NT: Edratzer at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tolsey Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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