The Merchants House
The Merchants House is a museum in Marlborough. It is conserved by English Heritage. Add Barbury Castle, 8.1 km away, to a visit; it leads 21 places within 15 km.
Museum in Marlborough
Inside Marlborough
The Merchants House is inside Marlborough’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by English Heritage
One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
Highs of 18–21°C mark June to September in Marlborough.
The Merchants House
Museum in Marlborough, England, UK.
It is run by English Heritage.
In Marlborough, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- English Heritage
- Town
- in Marlborough
- Official site
- themerchantshouse.co.uk
Where it sits
The places near The Merchants House are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Marlborough’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which towns are near The Merchants House
Of the 5, Marlborough is the largest, at 8,829 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Marlborough
Manton
Mildenhall
Ogbourne Maizey
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where The Merchants House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough | It’s in town | 8,829 | 2 |
| Manton | 1.5 km west of it | 297 | 2 |
| Mildenhall | 2 km east of it | 473 | 1 |
| Ogbourne Maizey | 2.1 km north of it | 379 | 1 |
| Ogbourne St George | 5 km north of it | 531 | 2 |
Make a day of it near The Merchants House
Within 15 km are 21 places, among them 5 museums, a fort and a historic house.
FortBarbury Castle8.1 km away2Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustAvebury Manor8.9 km away3MuseumMuseum · National TrustAlexander Keiller Museum8.9 km away4
MuseumCrofton Pumping Station10 km away5
MuseumAldbourne Heritage Centre10 km away6
MuseumNational Collections Centre12 km away7Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustThe Coombes14 km away8
MuseumRichard Jefferies Museum14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting The Merchants House
Where is The Merchants House?
The Merchants House is in Marlborough, Wiltshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Merchants House?
Museum in Marlborough, England, UK.
Who runs The Merchants House?
English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit The Merchants House?
June to September are the warmest months in Marlborough, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Merchants House?
Within 15 km: Barbury Castle (8.1 km), Avebury Manor (8.9 km), Alexander Keiller Museum (8.9 km) and Crofton Pumping Station (10 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 (5)
- Barbury Castle: Geotrekker72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crofton Pumping Station: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldbourne Heritage Centre: John Dymond, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Collections Centre: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Jefferies Museum: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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