Near Hordle: Sammy Miller Museum and other places to visit
The best-known day out from Hordle is Osborne House, 24 km away. No place to visit is mapped inside Hordle’s built-up area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge.
Top of the list around Hordle
Once you have seen Sammy Miller Museum, try a museum.
MuseumSammy Miller Museum4.1 km outside town, to the west
MuseumSaint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery4.4 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to go
Furthest out is Saint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, at 5 km.
The dashed line is Hordle’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The list by type
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside Hordle. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
Here are the 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Saint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
Museum in Lymington, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
7 listed buildings are on Hordle’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Hordle →
Out of town
The pick of the 12 is Osborne House, 24 km off.
Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House24 km east
CathedralSalisbury Cathedral37 km north
Castle · English HeritageHurst Castle6.7 km southeast
Historic shipHMS Victory36 km east
Castle · English HeritageYarmouth Castle9.5 km southeast
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle34 km west · 190K visitors a year (2010)
Castle · English HeritageCarisbrooke Castle22 km east
MuseumMary Rose36 km east
Castle · English HeritageChristchurch Castle12 km west
Historic shipHMS Warrior36 km east
Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park22 km north · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)
Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle36 km eastPlaces well known beyond Hordle (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Hordle, answered
What is there to see near Hordle?
No attraction is mapped inside Hordle itself. Within 5 km of it are Sammy Miller Museum and Saint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery.
Does Hordle have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Hordle: Sammy Miller Museum and Saint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Hordle?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Osborne House (English Heritage), 24 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Hordle?
Within 40 km: Osborne House (24 km), Salisbury Cathedral (37 km), Hurst Castle (6.7 km), HMS Victory (36 km).
Where are Hordle’s historic buildings listed?
Hordle has 7 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Hordle when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (14)
- Sammy Miller Museum: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hurst Castle: Dave Pape, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Victory: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yarmouth Castle: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carisbrooke Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Rose: Mary Rose Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christchurch Castle: Ulli1105, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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