Best of South East England
The 20 best museums in South East England
Our curated top 20 museums in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 870 museums see the full museums index for South East England.
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Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey is a country house in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England. There was an abbey of nuns on the site until 1539, and the house is a remodelling and extension of the abbey's cloister co
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Bath Preservation Trust
The Bath Preservation Trust (or "BPT") is a charity that is based in Bath, Somerset, England, which exists to safeguard for the public benefit the historic character and amenities of the city, a UNESC
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The Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester
The Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester — museum in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.
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Bath World Heritage Centre
Bath World Heritage Centre — a museum in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Southampton Tudor House and Garden
Southampton Tudor House and Garden — a Grade I-listed museum in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Berkshire
Berkshire ( BARK-sheer, -shər; abbreviated Berks.), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshir
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Chettle House
Chettle House is a Grade I listed country manor house with Queen Anne style architecture in Chettle, North Dorset, England, about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. It was built
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Fleet, Hampshire
Hampshire
Fleet is a town and civil parish in the Hart District of Hampshire, England, centred 38 miles (61 km) south-west of London and 13 miles (21 km) east of Basingstoke, near the towns of Farnborough, Alde
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Southsea
Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inn
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Radstock
Radstock is a town and civil parish on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Bath and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Frome. It is within the a
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Camberley
Surrey
Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles (47 kilometres) south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampsh
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Crawley
West Sussex
Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles (45 km) south of London, 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) north-east of the county town
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St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
Hampshire
St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery — museum in Lymington, United Kingdom.
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Beckford's Tower and Museum
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. The tower and its attached railings
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Basingstoke
Hampshire
Basingstoke ( BAY-zing-stohk) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest sett
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Fletching, East Sussex
East Sussex
Fletching is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located three miles (4.8 km) to the north-west of Uckfield, near one of the entrances to Sheffield Park.
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Christchurch, Dorset
Christchurch () is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England. The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east. Pa
