Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre
Set in Thatcham, Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre is a museum. Our list has 7 more places within 5 km. Further out, Donnington Castle is 5 km away.
Museum in Thatcham
Inside Thatcham
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre is inside Thatcham’s built-up area, with 7 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.
Warm months and wet ones
In Thatcham, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Thatcham
- Official site
- bbowt.org.uk/nature-discovery-centre
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre at a glance
The orange dot is Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Thatcham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, by distance
With 42,262 people, Newbury is the largest of the 8. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Thatcham
Newbury
Greenham
Ashmore Green
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcham | It’s in town | 25,537 | 11 |
| Newbury | 800 m west of it | 42,262 | 10 |
| Greenham | 1.8 km southwest of it | 986 | 9 |
| Ashmore Green | 2 km north of it | 350 | 8 |
| Cold Ash | 2 km north of it | 2,267 | 7 |
| Upper Bucklebury | 3.3 km northeast of it | 1,036 | 3 |
| Headley | 4 km south of it | 711 | 5 |
| Curridge | 4.7 km north of it | 410 | 5 |
Other places close by
Nearby, 16 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 historic houses and a fort.
CastleHighclere Castle10 km away3
Fort · English HeritageCalleva Atrebatum14 km away4
Historic houseShaw House3.3 km away5
MuseumWest Berkshire Museum3.4 km away6
ZooBucklebury Farm Park5.5 km away7
Abbey or prioryDouai Abbey7.1 km away8
Historic houseEnglefield House13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre: what to know
Where is Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre?
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre is in Thatcham, Berkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre?
May to September are the warmest months in Thatcham, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre?
Within 15 km: Donnington Castle (5 km), Highclere Castle (10 km), Calleva Atrebatum (14 km) and Shaw House (3.3 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 (7)
- Highclere Castle: Richard Munckton from Windsor, Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calleva Atrebatum: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaw House: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- West Berkshire Museum: Tom Bastin from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bucklebury Farm Park: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douai Abbey: Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Englefield House: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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