Museum · Burford · Oxfordshire

Tolsey Museum

Tolsey Museum is a museum, formerly town hall and market hall, in Burford, West Oxfordshire. It is on the official list as a Grade II* listed building. Look also at Cotswold Wildlife Park, 4.1 km away, first of 23 more within 15 km.

Photo: Tolsey Museum, Colin Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Burford

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Burford

Inside Burford

Tolsey Museum is inside Burford’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Burford has 248 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

The warmest afternoons in Burford run June to September, at 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°76 mm

Feb8° / 1°56 mm

Mar11° / 3°51 mm

Apr14° / 4°58 mm

May17° / 7°63 mm

Jun20° / 10°58 mm

Jul22° / 12°69 mm

Aug22° / 12°65 mm

Sep19° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°85 mm

Nov10° / 4°85 mm

Dec8° / 2°87 mm

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

About

Tolsey Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Burford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Burford
Official site: burfordtolsey.org

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The area around Tolsey Museum

Use the numbers to match each place near Tolsey Museum with the list.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Of these 3 towns, the largest is Carterton (17,951 people). Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Burford

1,522 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 600 m northeast of it

Fulbrook

457 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 4.3 km southeast of it

Carterton

17,951 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Tolsey Museum is	People	Places to visit
Burford	It’s in town	1,522	3
Fulbrook	600 m northeast of it	457	3
Carterton	4.3 km southeast of it	17,951	5

Make a day of it

Also within reach

A visit can add 3 zoos, 3 historic houses and 2 museums, from 23 places within 15 km.

ZooCotswold Wildlife Park4.1 km away 2ZooZooCrocodiles of the World4.9 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustLodge Park and Sherborne Estate NT9.6 km away 4

Historic houseKelmscott Manor13 km away 5

ZooBirdland Park and Gardens11 km away 6

MuseumSwinford Museum8 km away 7

MuseumCotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection12 km away 8

Historic houseCornbury Park12 km away

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

Visiting Tolsey Museum: the answers

Where is Tolsey Museum?

Tolsey Museum is in Burford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tolsey Museum?

Museum, formerly town hall and market hall, in Burford, West Oxfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Tolsey Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Burford, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Tolsey Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Tolsey Museum?

Within 15 km: Cotswold Wildlife Park (4.1 km), Crocodiles of the World (4.9 km), Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate NT (9.6 km) and Kelmscott Manor (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)

Tolsey Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cotswold Wildlife Park: ciukes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate NT: Edratzer at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kelmscott Manor: Boerkevitz at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birdland Park and Gardens: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Swinford Museum: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cornbury Park: Andrew Blades, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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