Wellington Museum
Hotel in Wellington, Taunton Deane, Somerset, England, UK.
Attractions in Milverton
Photo: Wellington Museum, roger geach (CC BY-SA 2.0)What is near Milverton: Wellington Museum first
The best-known day out from Milverton is Exeter Cathedral, 39 km away. With nothing inside Milverton’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
In Milverton
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known
Just outside Milverton, the best known
Then comes a museum, behind Wellington Museum.
MuseumWellington Museum4.9 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumGauge Museum Bishops Lydeard4.6 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
Around Milverton, mapped
The farthest of them, Wellington Museum, is 5.6 km out.
The dashed line is Milverton’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
Which kinds
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby
Green: inside Milverton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Everything to see
2 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
72 listed buildings are on Milverton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Milverton →
Big names nearby
A little further out
Out of town, Exeter Cathedral (39 km) leads 12 names to know.
CathedralExeter Cathedral39 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle22 km northwest
CastleTaunton Castle11 km east
Historic house · National TrustMontacute House39 km east · 120K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum39 km southwest · 340K visitors a year (2012)
Historic house · National TrustKnightshayes19 km southwest
CastleHemyock Castle13 km south
CastleTiverton Castle21 km southwest
FortAthelney23 km east
Castle · National TrustBurrow Mump24 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey17 km northwest
CastleStogursey Castle19 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Milverton (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.
Seeing Milverton: questions
What is there to see near Milverton?
No attraction is mapped inside Milverton itself. Within 5 km of it are Wellington Museum and Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard.
Does Milverton have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Milverton: Wellington Museum and Gauge Museum Bishops Lydeard.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Milverton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dunster Castle (National Trust), 22 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Milverton?
Within 40 km: Exeter Cathedral (39 km), Dunster Castle (22 km), Taunton Castle (11 km), Montacute House (39 km).
Where are Milverton’s historic buildings listed?
Milverton has 72 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. 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 Milverton 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 (13)
- Wellington Museum: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montacute House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Knightshayes: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hemyock Castle: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiverton Castle: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athelney: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burrow Mump: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stogursey Castle: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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