The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum is a military museum. Inside Wool’s built-up area is where it stands. Management falls to The Tank Museum.
Museum in Wool
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#161 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (23 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Wool
The Tank Museum is inside Wool’s built-up area, with 2 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
May to September are the warmest in Wool, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C.
The Tank Museum
It has articles in 23 Wikipedias. Close by, Corfe Castle is 14 km away, one of 33 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- The Tank Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 23 languages
- Town
- in Wool
- Official site
- tankmuseum.org
Useful details
- EntryA fee is charged
Finding The Tank Museum
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; The Tank Museum is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Wool’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from The Tank Museum
The 8 towns are led in size by Wool, with 5,044 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Wool
Winfrith Newburgh
Briantspuddle
Crossways
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Tank Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wool | It’s in town | 5,044 | 6 |
| Winfrith Newburgh | 3.8 km southwest of it | 310 | 5 |
| Briantspuddle | 4.7 km north of it | 218 | 4 |
| Crossways | 6.2 km west of it | 2,494 | 5 |
| Bere Regis | 6.7 km north of it | 1,320 | 1 |
| Owermoigne | 7 km southwest of it | 359 | 3 |
| Tolpuddle | 7.1 km northwest of it | 518 | 3 |
| West Lulworth | 7.6 km south of it | 313 | 7 |
Close to The Tank Museum
33 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 museums among them.
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle14 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)2
Historic house · National TrustClouds Hill2.7 km away3
ZooMonkey World1.6 km away4
Castle · English HeritageLulworth Castle6.6 km away5
MuseumDinosaur Museum14 km away6
CastleWoodsford Castle7.5 km away7
Historic house · National TrustMax Gate13 km away8
MuseumDorset Museum14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about The Tank Museum
Where is The Tank Museum?
The Tank Museum is in Wool, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Tank Museum?
Military museum in Bovington, United Kingdom.
Who runs The Tank Museum?
The Tank Museum.
When is the best time to visit The Tank Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Wool, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Tank Museum?
Within 15 km: Corfe Castle (14 km), Clouds Hill (2.7 km), Monkey World (1.6 km) and Lulworth Castle (6.6 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 Tank Museum: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clouds Hill: LordHarris at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Monkey World: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lulworth Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dinosaur Museum: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodsford Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Gate: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorset Museum: Cmyk at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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