The Painted Room
Set in Oxford, The Painted Room is an attraction. Its neighbours on our list number 50 within 5 km. Management falls to Oxford Preservation Trust.
Attraction in Oxford
Inside Oxford
The Painted Room is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 50 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
In Oxford the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.
The Painted Room
Ashmolean Museum comes next on our list, 400 m away.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Oxford Preservation Trust
- Town
- in Oxford
- Official site
- oxfordpreservation.org.uk/painted-room
The Painted Room on the map
The Painted Room is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near The Painted Room
Home to 170,799 people, Oxford is the largest of these 6. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Oxford
Kennington
Boars Hill
Wolvercote
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where The Painted Room is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | It’s in town | 170,799 | 55 |
| Kennington | 2.9 km south of it | 4,595 | 53 |
| Boars Hill | 3.7 km south of it | 540 | 52 |
| Wolvercote | 4.1 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Chawley | 4.3 km southwest of it | 1,127 | 49 |
| Sandford-on-Thames | 4.7 km southeast of it | 500 | 40 |
More to see nearby
Around it, within 15 km, lie 76 more, including 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.
MuseumAshmolean Museum400 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History700 m away3
CastleOxford Castle Motte400 m away4
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum700 m away5
Historic houseBeaumont Palace500 m away6
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden700 m away7
Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away8
MuseumMuseum of the History of Science300 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on The Painted Room
Where is The Painted Room?
The Painted Room is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Painted Room?
Attraction.
Who runs The Painted Room?
Oxford Preservation Trust.
When is the best time to visit The Painted Room?
May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Painted Room?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (400 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (700 m), Oxford Castle Motte (400 m) and Pitt Rivers Museum (700 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)
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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