Watchet Museum
Watchet Museum is a local museum in Watchet, Somerset. 22 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Dunster Castle (7.9 km). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.
Museum in Watchet
Inside Watchet
Watchet 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.
Which month to go
The warmest stretch in Watchet is June to September, at 19–21°C in the afternoon.
Watchet Museum
Local museum in Watchet, Somerset, United Kingdom.
In Watchet, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Watchet
- Official site
- watchetmuseum.co.uk
Before you set off
Its place on the map
The orange dot is Watchet Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Watchet’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Watchet Museum
Largest of the 5 is Watchet, home to 3,643. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Watchet
Williton
Washford
West Quantoxhead
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Watchet Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watchet | It’s in town | 3,643 | 11 |
| Williton | 1.7 km south of it | 2,433 | 10 |
| Washford | 2.9 km southwest of it | 584 | 11 |
| West Quantoxhead | 3.5 km southeast of it | 319 | 9 |
| Blue Anchor | 4.1 km west of it | 176 | 16 |
Also near Watchet Museum
Within 15 km are 22 places, among them 2 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle7.9 km away2
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle800 m away3
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey3.6 km away4
MuseumWatchet Boat Museum200 m away5
ZooTropiquaria2.8 km away6
MuseumBakelite Museum2.9 km away7
Historic houseOrchard Wyndham3.4 km away8
CastleStogursey Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Watchet Museum
Where is Watchet Museum?
Watchet Museum is in Watchet, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Watchet Museum?
Local museum in Watchet, Somerset, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Watchet 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 Museum?
Within 15 km: Dunster Castle (7.9 km), Daw's Castle (800 m), Cleeve Abbey (3.6 km) and Watchet Boat 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 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 Boat 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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