Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium
Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium is an uK charitable organization. Look for it 1.2 km east of Winchester. Add Winchester Cathedral, 3.4 km away, to a visit; it leads 33 places within 15 km.
Museum near Winchester
Just outside Winchester
Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium is 1.2 km east of Winchester. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
Afternoons in Winchester peak at 18–23°C, May to September.
Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium
It has articles in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1.2 km east of Winchester
- Official site
- winchestersciencecentre.org
The map
Orange marks Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium
The biggest base of the 4 is Winchester (48,486 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.
Winchester
Itchen Abbas
Kings Worthy
Twyford
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | 1.2 km west of it | 48,486 | 24 |
| Itchen Abbas | 3.4 km north of it | 519 | 7 |
| Kings Worthy | 3.7 km northwest of it | 4,631 | 20 |
| Twyford | 4.5 km southwest of it | 1,482 | 19 |
While you are near Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium
Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral, among 33 within 15 km.
CathedralWinchester Cathedral3.4 km away2
CastleWinchester Castle3.8 km away3
Castle · English HeritageWolvesey Castle3.1 km away4ChurchChurchOld Minster3.4 km away5
MuseumGurkha Museum3.8 km away6
MuseumRoyal Green Jackets Museum3.9 km away7
ZooMarwell Zoo7.4 km away8
MuseumSerle's House3.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium
Where is Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium?
Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium is 1.2 km east of Winchester, Hampshire.
What is Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium?
UK charitable organization.
When is the best time to visit Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium?
May to September are the warmest months in Winchester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium?
Within 15 km: Winchester Cathedral (3.4 km), Winchester Castle (3.8 km), Wolvesey Castle (3.1 km) and Old Minster (3.4 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)
- Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Marwell Zoo: User:Urshankov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Serle's House: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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