Wareham Town Museum
Wareham Town Museum is a museum in Wareham, Dorset. Our list has 52 more places within 15 km; first among them is Corfe Castle, at 6.3 km.
Museum in Wareham
Inside Wareham
Wareham Town Museum is inside Wareham’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.
Seasons in Wareham
The warmest afternoons in Wareham run May to September, at 17–22°C.
Wareham Town Museum
Museum in Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom.
In Wareham, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Wareham
- Official site
- wtm.org.uk
Before you go
The area around Wareham Town Museum
Orange shows Wareham Town Museum; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Wareham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Wareham Town Museum
Largest of the 5 is Wareham, home to 5,876. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Wareham
Stoborough
Ridge
Sandford
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Wareham Town Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wareham | It’s in town | 5,876 | 3 |
| Stoborough | 900 m south of it | 868 | 9 |
| Ridge | 1.2 km southeast of it | 305 | 9 |
| Sandford | 1.4 km north of it | 2,004 | 3 |
| Holton Heath | 3.5 km northeast of it | 270 | 7 |
Around Wareham Town Museum
52 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 historic houses among them.
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle6.3 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)2
MuseumThe Tank Museum9.3 km away3
Castle · English HeritageLulworth Castle8.7 km away4
Historic house · National TrustKingston Lacy Estate15 km away5
CastleBrownsea Castle11 km away6
Historic house · National TrustClouds Hill11 km away7
ZooMonkey World7.7 km away8
MuseumPurbeck Mining Museum5.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Wareham Town Museum: the answers
Where is Wareham Town Museum?
Wareham Town Museum is in Wareham, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Wareham Town Museum?
Museum in Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Wareham Town Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Wareham, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Wareham Town Museum?
Within 15 km: Corfe Castle (6.3 km), The Tank Museum (9.3 km), Lulworth Castle (8.7 km) and Kingston Lacy Estate (15 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)
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Tank Museum: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lulworth Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston Lacy Estate: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Purbeck Mining Museum: John Rowley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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