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 Church of the Good Shepherd.

The Guildhall

Town hall

Photo: Mike Smith, 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.

Church of the Good Shepherd

Church

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Good Shepherd is situated 2,300 feet east 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

Photo: Dbown100, CC BY 3.0.

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, nonprofit organization, 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″ north

Longitude

-2.96914° or 2° 58′ 9″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C2VV2FJ+28

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1481601449

OpenStreetMap feature

building=semidetached_house

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5074193

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