The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is a museum and research facility at the University of Exeter. It is managed by University of Exeter. Add Exeter Cathedral, 1.2 km away, to a visit; it leads 39 places within 15 km.
Museum in Exeter
Inside Exeter
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is inside Exeter’s built-up area, with 10 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
Aim for June to September, when Exeter reaches 19–22°C.
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- University of Exeter
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Exeter
- Official site
- bdcmuseum.org.uk
Entry, hours, address
Getting your bearings
Orange marks The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Exeter’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
In size, Exeter comes first of the 5, with 126,181 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Exeter
Ide
Brampford Speke
Stoke Canon
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | It’s in town | 126,181 | 22 |
| Ide | 3.4 km southwest of it | 586 | 12 |
| Brampford Speke | 3.8 km north of it | 398 | 12 |
| Stoke Canon | 4.3 km northeast of it | 666 | 13 |
| West Clyst | 4.7 km east of it | 2,683 | 16 |
Nearby, too
Among the 39 within 15 km are 2 museums, 2 castles and 2 abbeys or priories.
CathedralExeter Cathedral1.2 km away2
MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum900 m away · 340K visitors a year (2012)3
CastleRougemont Castle900 m away4
CastlePowderham Castle11 km away5
Abbey or priorySt Nicholas Priory1.3 km away6
Historic house · National TrustKillerton House8.4 km away7
Abbey or prioryPolsloe Priory2.3 km away8
MuseumCricklepit Mill With Secondary Wheel Attached1.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
Where is The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is in Exeter, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
Museum and research facility at the University of Exeter.
Who runs The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
University of Exeter.
When is the best time to visit The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Exeter, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
Within 15 km: Exeter Cathedral (1.2 km), Royal Albert Memorial Museum (900 m), Rougemont Castle (900 m) and Powderham Castle (11 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)
- The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rougemont Castle: Rougemont_Castle_gatehouse,_2010.jpg: Juan J. Martínez from Exeter, UK derivative work: Nev1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powderham Castle: raymond cocks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Nicholas Priory: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Killerton House: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Polsloe Priory: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cricklepit Mill With Secondary Wheel Attached: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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