Chard Museum
Chard Museum is a small local museum in Chard, Somerset, England. It opened in 1970, in a converted 16th century listed building, with collections of exhibits about local history and displays related to the lives of notable local residents.Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: info@chardmuseum.co.uk
- Type: Museum
- Description: local museum in Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Chard & District Museum” and “Chard and District Museum”
- Address: High Street, Chard, TA20 1QB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Guildhall and Holyrood Academy.
The Guildhall
Town hall
Photo: RNE, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Guildhall is a town hall and community building in the town of Chard in the English county of Somerset. The Guildhall is situated 1,000 feet east of Chard Museum.
Holyrood Academy
School
Holyrood Academy, previously known as Holyrood Community School before September 2010, is a secondary school with academy status in Chard, Somerset, England. Holyrood Academy is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Chard Museum.
Chard School
School
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chard Prep School is a coeducational private school for children ages 4 to 11 located in the town of Chard in the English county of Somerset. The school is located on the site of the former Chard Grammar School. Chard School is situated 1,900 feet east of Chard Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chard and Tatworth.
Chard
Chard is a town of 14,000 people in Somerset. The town has a very unusual feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street. One stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other reaches the English Channel.
Tatworth
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tatworth is a village 2 miles south of Chard in the county of Somerset, England. It is within Tatworth and Forton civil parish. Tatworth is a large village, consisting of a number of smaller villages including South Chard, Perry Street and Chard Junction which are close together. Tatworth is situated 2 miles south of Chard Museum.
Combe St Nicholas
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combe St Nicholas is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles northwest of Chard and 10 miles from Taunton, on the edge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Combe St Nicholas is situated 2 miles northwest of Chard Museum.
Chard Museum
- Categories: local museum, museum building, thatched building, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Chard Town, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.87256° or 50° 52′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.96914° or 2° 58′ 9″ westLevels
2Open location code
9C2VV2FJ+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 1481601449OpenStreetMap feature
building=semidetached_houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5074193
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