Towcester Museum
Towcester Museum is a local history museum. You will find it inside Towcester’s built-up area. Within 15 km there are 57 more places to visit, starting with Bury Mount (200 m).
Museum in Towcester
Inside Towcester
Towcester Museum is inside Towcester’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 in Towcester
June to September are the warmest in Towcester, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.
Towcester Museum
Museum: local history.
In Towcester, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Towcester
- Official site
- towcestermuseum.co.uk
The area around Towcester Museum
The orange dot is Towcester Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Towcester’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Towcester tops the 7 for size, at 11,333 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Towcester
Greens Norton
Paulerspury
Whittlebury
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Towcester Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towcester | It’s in town | 11,333 | 5 |
| Greens Norton | 2.2 km northwest of it | 1,525 | 3 |
| Paulerspury | 3.7 km southeast of it | 720 | 4 |
| Whittlebury | 4.1 km south of it | 260 | 4 |
| Silverstone | 4.4 km southwest of it | 2,542 | 40 |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 4.4 km northwest of it | 1,081 | 3 |
| Stoke Bruerne | 4.7 km east of it | 398 | 5 |
Worth adding to a visit
Of the 57 within 15 km, look for 3 castles, 2 museums and a historic house.
CastleBury Mount200 m away2
Historic houseEaston Neston1.1 km away3
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral14 km away4
Museum · National TrustStowe House11 km away5
CastleAstwell Castle9.6 km away6
CastleNorthampton Castle13 km away7
MuseumThe Canal Museum5.2 km away8
Garden · National TrustStowe Park and Garden10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Towcester Museum
Where is Towcester Museum?
Towcester Museum is in Towcester, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Towcester Museum?
Museum: local history.
When is the best time to visit Towcester Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Towcester, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Towcester Museum?
Within 15 km: Bury Mount (200 m), Easton Neston (1.1 km), Northampton Cathedral (14 km) and Stowe House (11 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)
- Bury Mount: Cj1340, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Easton Neston: Cj1340 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Canal Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowe Park and Garden: Neoclassicist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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