Tom Brown’s School Museum
Tom Brown's School Museum is a local museum in the village of Uffington, Oxfordshire, England. It was opened in 1984. The museum covers local history, archaeology, the author Thomas Hughes, the poet laureate Sir John Betjeman, and the nearby ancient Uffington White Horse.Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Uffington, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Uffington Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Fox and Hounds and Dragon Hill.
The Fox and Hounds
Pub
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fox and Hounds is a pub, which is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Tom Brown’s School Museum.
Dragon Hill
Peak
Photo: Frasmacon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire.
Uffington Castle
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end. Uffington Castle is situated 2 miles south of Tom Brown’s School Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uffington and Woolstone.
Uffington
Village
Photo: Ballista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles south of Faringdon and 6 miles west of Wantage. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 783.
Woolstone
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolstone is a village and civil parish about 4+1⁄2 miles south of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse. Woolstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 210.
Kingston Lisle
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston Lisle is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 4+1⁄2 miles west of Wantage and 5 miles south-southeast of Faringdon. Kingston Lisle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Tom Brown’s School Museum.
Tom Brown’s School Museum
- Categories: building, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Uffington, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.60121° or 51° 36′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.56504° or 1° 33′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3WJC2M+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 409571124OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q26309408
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In Other Languages
“Tom Brown’s School Museum” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “トム・ブラウンの学校博物館”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s and Uffington Church of England Primary School.
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