WWII Museum
WWII Museum is a history museum. Its setting is 500 m south of Gobowen. Within 15 km there are 24 more places to visit, starting with Chirk Castle (7.4 km).
Museum near Gobowen
Just outside Gobowen
WWII Museum is 500 m south of Gobowen. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
Warm weather in Gobowen runs June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.
WWII Museum
Museum: history.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- 500 m south of Gobowen
WWII Museum on the map
Orange: WWII Museum.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from WWII Museum
Oswestry, with 17,500 people, is the largest of the 6. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Gobowen
Oswestry
Whittington
Morda
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where WWII Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobowen | 500 m north of it | 3,046 | 11 |
| Oswestry | 900 m southwest of it | 17,500 | 11 |
| Whittington | 1.5 km east of it | 1,618 | 8 |
| Morda | 3.7 km south of it | 1,976 | 10 |
| Weston Rhyn | 4.4 km northwest of it | 1,381 | 5 |
| St Martins | 4.7 km north of it | 2,692 | 6 |
What else is near WWII Museum
Among the 24 within 15 km are 5 castles, a fort and a historic house.
Castle · National TrustChirk Castle7.4 km away2
CastleWhittington Castle2.2 km away3
Fort · English HeritageOld Oswestry1.1 km away4
CastleOswestry Castle2.3 km away5
CastleCastell Dinas Brân14 km away6
CastleSycharth Castle11 km away7
Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall6.3 km away8
Heritage railwayCambrian Heritage Railways8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about WWII Museum
Where is WWII Museum?
WWII Museum is 500 m south of Gobowen, Shropshire.
What is WWII Museum?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit WWII Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Gobowen, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near WWII Museum?
Within 15 km: Chirk Castle (7.4 km), Whittington Castle (2.2 km), Old Oswestry (1.1 km) and Oswestry Castle (2.3 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)
- Chirk Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whittington Castle: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Oswestry: Oswestry Borderland Tourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oswestry Castle: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Dinas Brân: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sycharth Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brynkinalt Hall: Tony Teperek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambrian Heritage Railways: Cambrian Railways Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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