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Winchester City Museum

Winchester City Museum is a museum in Winchester, Hampshire. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building. There are 34 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Winchester Cathedral (200 m).

Photo: Winchester City Museum, BabelStone (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Winchester

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Winchester

Inside Winchester

Winchester City Museum is inside Winchester’s built-up area, with 19 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Winchester has 488 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

Picking your season

Afternoons in Winchester peak at 18–23°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°99 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar12° / 3°62 mm

Apr15° / 5°63 mm

May18° / 8°52 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 13°52 mm

Aug23° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 10°65 mm

Oct16° / 8°97 mm

Nov12° / 5°105 mm

Dec9° / 2°89 mm

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

About

Winchester City Museum

Museum in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK.

In Winchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

Winchester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Town: in Winchester
Official site: historicwinchester.co.uk/city-museum-winchester

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

Plan your visit

Visit details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Where it sits

Orange is Winchester City Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 48,486 people, Winchester is the largest of these 7. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Winchester

48,486 people · 24 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km north of it

Kings Worthy

4,631 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Littleton

1,506 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km southwest of it

Shawford

416 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Winchester City Museum is	People	Places to visit
Winchester	It’s in town	48,486	24
Kings Worthy	2.3 km north of it	4,631	20
Littleton	3.1 km northwest of it	1,506	18
Shawford	3.1 km southwest of it	416	17
Twyford	3.5 km south of it	1,482	19
Compton	4.3 km south of it	1,307	20
Sparsholt	4.6 km west of it	434	16

Make a day of it

After Winchester City Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 34 more, including 4 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral.

CathedralWinchester Cathedral200 m away 2

CastleWinchester Castle300 m away 3

Castle · English HeritageWolvesey Castle500 m away 4ChurchChurchOld Minster100 m away 5

MuseumGurkha Museum400 m away 6

MuseumRoyal Green Jackets Museum400 m away 7

MuseumSerle's House200 m away 8

MuseumMuseum of the Adjutant General's Corps500 m away

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

Before visiting Winchester City Museum

Where is Winchester City Museum?

Winchester City Museum is in Winchester, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Winchester City Museum?

Museum in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Winchester City Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Winchester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Winchester City Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Winchester City Museum?

Within 15 km: Winchester Cathedral (200 m), Winchester Castle (300 m), Wolvesey Castle (500 m) and Old Minster (100 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 (8)

Winchester City Museum: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Winchester Cathedral: http://www.wyrdlight.com Author: Antony McCallum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Winchester Castle: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wolvesey Castle: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gurkha Museum: Anwpwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Green Jackets Museum: Major J Pearson - museum photographer., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Serle's House: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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