Museum · Wantage · Oxfordshire

The Sack House

The Sack House is a history museum. It lies inside the built-up area of Wantage. Its operator is Wilts and Berks Canal Trust.

Where

In Wantage

inside the built-up area

Run by

Wilts and Berks Canal Trust

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Wantage

Inside Wantage

The Sack House is inside Wantage’s built-up area, with 1 more place 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

Which month to go

Highs of 17–22°C mark May to September in Wantage.

Jan8° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 1°51 mm

Mar11° / 3°48 mm

Apr14° / 4°54 mm

May17° / 7°55 mm

Jun20° / 10°51 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug22° / 12°60 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°75 mm

Nov11° / 4°80 mm

Dec8° / 2°72 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Wantage, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Wantage. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Wantage’s full climate →

About

The Sack House

Our list has 22 more places within 15 km; first among them is Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre, at 300 m.

Type: Museum
Run by: Wilts and Berks Canal Trust
Town: in Wantage
Official site: wbct.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The way to The Sack House

The Sack House is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns near The Sack House

Wantage tops the 8 for size, at 13,100 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Wantage

13,100 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 1 km north of it

Grove

7,942 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km west of it

East Challow

1,031 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km southwest of it

Letcombe Regis

661 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Sack House is	People	Places to visit
Wantage	It’s in town	13,100	3
Grove	1 km north of it	7,942	2
East Challow	1.1 km west of it	1,031	2
Letcombe Regis	1.8 km southwest of it	661	2
Childrey	3.2 km west of it	527	3
West Hanney	4.6 km north of it	601	4
East Hanney	4.7 km northeast of it	1,233	4
West Hendred	4.9 km east of it	357	6

Make a day of it

Also near The Sack House

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a fort.

MuseumVale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre300 m away 2

Fort · English HeritageUffington Castle9.8 km away 3

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay12 km away 4

Abbey or prioryAbingdon Abbey14 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustAshdown Park13 km away 6

MuseumDidcot Railway Centre13 km away 7

Museum · English HeritageAbingdon County Hall Museum13 km away 8

MuseumTom Brown's School Museum9.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting The Sack House

Where is The Sack House?

The Sack House is in Wantage, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Sack House?

Museum: history.

Who runs The Sack House?

Wilts and Berks Canal Trust.

When is the best time to visit The Sack House?

May to September are the warmest months in Wantage, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near The Sack House?

Within 15 km: Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre (300 m), Uffington Castle (9.8 km), The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay (12 km) and Abingdon Abbey (14 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)

Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre: Alec Samler, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Uffington Castle: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon Abbey: Claire Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashdown Park: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Didcot Railway Centre: Taken January 2005 by William M. Connolley with a nikon 5700, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon County Hall Museum: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tom Brown's School Museum: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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