The Commandery
The Commandery is a historic building open to visitors and located in the city of Worcester, England. It opened as a museum in 1977 and was for a while the only museum in England dedicated solely to the Civil Wars.Photo: Derek Bradley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Grade I listed building and museum in Worcester, United Kingdom
- Address: Sidbury, Worcester, WR1 2HU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Worcester Cathedral and Museum of Royal Worcester.
Worcester Cathedral
Church
Photo: SimonWiseman, CC0.
Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the mother church of the diocese of Worcester; it is administered by its dean and chapter. Worcester Cathedral is situated 950 feet west of The Commandery.
Museum of Royal Worcester
Museum
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museum of Royal Worcester is a ceramics museum located in the Royal Worcester porcelain factory's former site in Worcester, England. Museum of Royal Worcester is situated 550 feet southwest of The Commandery.
Fort Royal Hill
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Royal Hill is a park in Worcester, England, and the site of the remains of an English Civil War fort. Fort Royal Hill is situated 560 feet southeast of The Commandery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Worcester and Diglis.
Worcester
Worcester is an historic English cathedral city on the river Severn. Worcester is the county town of Worcestershire.
Diglis
Suburb
Diglis is an inner-city area and suburb of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is located around half a mile south of the city centre on the banks of River Severn.
St John’s
Suburb
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's is a western suburb of Worcester in Worcestershire, England, lying west of the city centre and the River Severn. St. John's is referred to locally as the "Village in the City", which is partly due to being an independent township, before joining the city in 1837.
The Commandery
- Categories: architectural structure, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Worcester District, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.18786° or 52° 11′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.21679° or 2° 13′ 0″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C4V5QQM+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 266149681OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7521880Wikidata ID
Q7726974
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In Other Languages
“The Commandery” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Коммандери”
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