Museum · Basingstoke · Hampshire

Willis Museum

Willis Museum is a museum in Basingstoke. Officially, it is a Grade II listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 23 more places, The Vyne Estate (4.3 km) first on our list.

Photo: Willis Museum, Sebastian Ballard (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Basingstoke

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Basingstoke

Inside Basingstoke

Willis Museum is inside Basingstoke’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Basingstoke has 86 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

Seasons in Basingstoke

From May to September, Basingstoke sees highs of 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°85 mm

Feb8° / 2°63 mm

Mar11° / 3°53 mm

Apr14° / 5°58 mm

May17° / 7°51 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug22° / 12°61 mm

Sep19° / 10°60 mm

Oct15° / 7°88 mm

Nov11° / 4°93 mm

Dec8° / 2°86 mm

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

About

Willis Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Basingstoke’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Basingstoke
Official site: hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/willis-museum

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

Plan your visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Around Willis Museum, mapped

Orange shows Willis Museum; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases near Willis Museum

The largest of the 5 towns is Basingstoke, with 117,211 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Basingstoke

117,211 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km south of it

Cliddesden

521 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km east of it

Old Basing

3,834 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km northwest of it

Sherborne St John

951 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Willis Museum is	People	Places to visit
Basingstoke	It’s in town	117,211	11
Cliddesden	2.2 km south of it	521	7
Old Basing	2.4 km east of it	3,834	12
Sherborne St John	3.4 km northwest of it	951	11
Monk Sherborne	4.9 km northwest of it	261	7

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Also close at hand are 4 historic houses, 2 castles and a fort, among 23 within 15 km.

1Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustThe Vyne Estate4.3 km away 2

Fort · English HeritageCalleva Atrebatum11 km away 3

CastleBasing House2.5 km away 4

CastleOdiham Castle8.7 km away 5

MuseumMilestones Museum1.7 km away 6

Historic houseBramshill House14 km away 7

Historic houseStratfield Saye House11 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustWest Green House12 km away

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

Good to know about Willis Museum

Where is Willis Museum?

Willis Museum is in Basingstoke, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Willis Museum?

Museum in Basingstoke, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Willis Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Basingstoke, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Willis Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Willis Museum?

Within 15 km: The Vyne Estate (4.3 km), Calleva Atrebatum (11 km), Basing House (2.5 km) and Odiham Castle (8.7 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)

Willis Museum: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Calleva Atrebatum: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Basing House: Sandy B, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Odiham Castle: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Milestones Museum: Simon Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramshill House: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stratfield Saye House: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
West Green House: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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