The Rifles Museum
The Rifles Museum is a military museum in Salisbury. Close by, Salisbury Cathedral is 200 m away, one of 25 within 15 km. It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
Museum in Salisbury
Inside Salisbury
The Rifles Museum is inside Salisbury’s built-up area, with 11 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.
Month by month in Salisbury
Expect highs of 18–22°C in Salisbury from May to September.
The Rifles Museum
Military museum in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom.
In Salisbury, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Salisbury
- Official site
- thewardrobe.org.uk
The Rifles Museum on the map
The orange dot is The Rifles Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Salisbury’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to The Rifles Museum
Salisbury is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (47,690 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
- 1Salisbury
- 2Britford
- 3Old Sarum
- 4Wilton
- 5Coombe Bissett
- 6Whaddon
- 7Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls
Salisbury
Britford
Old Sarum
Wilton
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where The Rifles Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | It’s in town | 47,690 | 13 |
| Britford | 2 km south of it | 452 | 10 |
| Old Sarum | 3.6 km north of it | 4,013 | 11 |
| Wilton | 3.8 km west of it | 4,300 | 11 |
| Coombe Bissett | 4 km southwest of it | 200 | 8 |
| Whaddon | 4.6 km southeast of it | 2,283 | 9 |
| Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls | 4.6 km northeast of it | 669 | 11 |
Pair The Rifles Museum with these
A visit can add 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and 2 historic houses, from 25 places within 15 km.
CathedralSalisbury Cathedral200 m away2
Museum · National TrustMompesson House100 m away3
Historic houseWilton House4.4 km away4
CastleClarendon Palace4.1 km away5
Historic houseArundells100 m away6
MuseumSalisbury Museum200 m away7
CathedralOld Sarum Cathedral3.1 km away8
CastleOld Sarum Castle3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting The Rifles Museum
Where is The Rifles Museum?
The Rifles Museum is in Salisbury, Wiltshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Rifles Museum?
Military museum in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit The Rifles Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Salisbury, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Rifles Museum?
Within 15 km: Salisbury Cathedral (200 m), Mompesson House (100 m), Wilton House (4.4 km) and Clarendon Palace (4.1 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 (8)
- Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mompesson House: Seb Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilton House: Kachii (Katy) from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarendon Palace: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arundells: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Salisbury Museum: SalisburyMuseum1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Sarum Cathedral: hugh llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Sarum Castle: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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