Terracotta Warriors Museum
Terracotta Warriors Museum is a museum in Dorchester, Dorset. A short trip away is Maiden Castle, 3.5 km off, the first of 38 within 15 km.
Museum in Dorchester
Inside Dorchester
Terracotta Warriors Museum is inside Dorchester’s built-up area, with 9 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 year in Dorchester
Warmest in Dorchester are May to September, at 17–22°C.
Terracotta Warriors Museum
Museum in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.
In Dorchester, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Dorchester
- Official site
- terracottawarriors.co.uk
Practical details
- EntryA fee is charged
Finding Terracotta Warriors Museum
The places near Terracotta Warriors Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dorchester’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Terracotta Warriors Museum
With 21,358 people, Dorchester is the largest of the 7. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
- 1Dorchester
- 2Stinsford, Lower Bockhampton and Kingston Maurward
- 3Charminster
- 4Charlton Down
- 5West Knighton
- 6Winterborne St Martin
- 7Broadmayne
Dorchester
Stinsford, Lower Bockhampton and Kingston Maurward
Charminster
Charlton Down
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Terracotta Warriors Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester | It’s in town | 21,358 | 11 |
| Stinsford, Lower Bockhampton and Kingston Maurward | 1.5 km east of it | 315 | 11 |
| Charminster | 2 km northwest of it | 1,732 | 10 |
| Charlton Down | 3.8 km northwest of it | 1,487 | 9 |
| West Knighton | 4.6 km southeast of it | 719 | 10 |
| Winterborne St Martin | 4.6 km west of it | 484 | 9 |
| Broadmayne | 4.9 km southeast of it | 607 | 9 |
Around Terracotta Warriors Museum
5 museums, 2 historic houses and a fort are among the 38 within 15 km.
Fort · English HeritageMaiden Castle3.5 km away2
MuseumDinosaur Museum100 m away3
MuseumThe Tank Museum14 km away4
MuseumDorset Museum300 m away5
MuseumThe Teddy Bear Museum100 m away6
Historic house · National TrustMax Gate1.2 km away7
MuseumThe Keep Military Museum800 m away8
Historic houseWolfeton House2.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Terracotta Warriors Museum
Where is Terracotta Warriors Museum?
Terracotta Warriors Museum is in Dorchester, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Terracotta Warriors Museum?
Museum in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Terracotta Warriors Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Dorchester, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Terracotta Warriors Museum?
Within 15 km: Maiden Castle (3.5 km), Dinosaur Museum (100 m), The Tank Museum (14 km) and Dorset Museum (300 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)
- Maiden Castle: Major George Allen (1891–1940), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dinosaur Museum: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Tank Museum: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorset Museum: Cmyk at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Teddy Bear Museum: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Gate: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Keep Military Museum: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wolfeton House: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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