The Wilson
The Wilson is a museum in Cheltenham. There are 45 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Gloucester Cathedral (12 km). 3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
Museum in Cheltenham
Inside Cheltenham
The Wilson is inside Cheltenham’s built-up area, with 5 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.
Weather by the month
Warm weather in Cheltenham runs May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
The Wilson
Museum in Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
In Cheltenham, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Cheltenham
- Official site
- cheltenhammuseum.org.uk
Useful details
Mapping The Wilson
The map puts The Wilson in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Cheltenham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
With 115,941 people, Cheltenham is the largest of the 7. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Cheltenham
Prestbury
Swindon
Bishop's Cleeve
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where The Wilson is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | It’s in town | 115,941 | 9 |
| Prestbury | 1.7 km northeast of it | 4,078 | 7 |
| Swindon | 2.5 km northwest of it | 517 | 4 |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 3.4 km north of it | 16,323 | 8 |
| Southam | 3.4 km northeast of it | 938 | 11 |
| Shurdington | 3.8 km southwest of it | 1,888 | 7 |
| Golden Valley | 3.9 km west of it | 210 | 4 |
Combine it with these
Our list has 45 more within 15 km, among them 4 abbeys or priories, 2 castles and a cathedral.
CathedralGloucester Cathedral12 km away2
CastleSudeley Castle9.8 km away3
Abbey or prioryTewkesbury Abbey11 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageHailes Abbey13 km away5
CastleGloucester Castle12 km away6
Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester12 km away7
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester12 km away8MuseumMuseumBritish Steeplechasing Hall of Fame2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about The Wilson
Where is The Wilson?
The Wilson is in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Wilson?
Museum in Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit The Wilson?
May to September are the warmest months in Cheltenham, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Wilson?
Within 15 km: Gloucester Cathedral (12 km), Sudeley Castle (9.8 km), Tewkesbury Abbey (11 km) and Hailes Abbey (13 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)
- The Wilson: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sudeley Castle: Wdejager, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tewkesbury Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hailes Abbey: Bill Tyne from Oxford, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greyfriars, Gloucester: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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