Watchet Boat Museum
Watchet Boat Museum is a maritime museum in Watchet. Look also at Dunster Castle, 7.9 km away, first of 22 more within 15 km. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
Museum in Watchet
Inside Watchet
Watchet Boat Museum is inside Watchet’s built-up area, with 10 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 through the year
Warmest in Watchet are June to September, at 19–21°C.
Watchet Boat Museum
Maritime museum in Watchet, England.
In Watchet, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Watchet
- Official site
- lovewatchet.co.uk/boat-museum
Getting your bearings
Orange is Watchet Boat Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Watchet’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Among the 6, Watchet is the biggest, home to 3,643 people. The list runs from its own town outward.
Watchet
Williton
Washford
West Quantoxhead
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Watchet Boat Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watchet | It’s in town | 3,643 | 11 |
| Williton | 1.5 km south of it | 2,433 | 10 |
| Washford | 2.8 km southwest of it | 584 | 11 |
| West Quantoxhead | 3.4 km east of it | 319 | 9 |
| Blue Anchor | 4.2 km west of it | 176 | 16 |
| Bicknoller | 4.9 km southeast of it | 373 | 7 |
Close to Watchet Boat Museum
Also close at hand are 2 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums, among 22 within 15 km.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle7.9 km away2
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle900 m away3
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey3.5 km away4
MuseumWatchet Museum200 m away5
ZooTropiquaria2.6 km away6
MuseumBakelite Museum2.6 km away7
Historic houseOrchard Wyndham3.2 km away8
CastleStogursey Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Watchet Boat Museum in questions
Where is Watchet Boat Museum?
Watchet Boat Museum is in Watchet, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Watchet Boat Museum?
Maritime museum in Watchet, England.
When is the best time to visit Watchet Boat Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Watchet, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Watchet Boat Museum?
Within 15 km: Dunster Castle (7.9 km), Daw's Castle (900 m), Cleeve Abbey (3.5 km) and Watchet Museum (200 m).
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)
- Watchet Boat Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daw's Castle: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Watchet Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tropiquaria: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bakelite Museum: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orchard Wyndham: (Lobsterthermidor 12:20, 26 August 2014 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stogursey Castle: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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