Best places: Historical place museums in Southampton

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Corfe Castle
Castle
1000-year-old royal castle shaped by warfare, with ruins to explore, views and a wildlife walk.
$$ $$
4.70 (9.6K reviews) (~54.5 km from centre)
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Ashmolean Museum
Museum
Ancient & modern art & antiquities covering world civilisations, plus fine & applied arts.
4.70 (8.4K reviews) (~95.36 km from centre)
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D-Day Centre & WW2 Museum - Portland, Dorset
War museum
👍👍 What an amazing museum, absolutely fantastic. Extremely informative with guides willing to answer any questions you may have. Stunning displays of military equipment most of which you can sit in, guns and weapons you can hold. The tank, the spitfire, the hospital truck, all the vehicles, truly amazi...
4.80 (745 reviews) (~82.06 km from centre)
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Osborne
Historical landmark
Italian-inspired mansion amid lush gardens and filled with Victoria and Albert's former possessions.
4.60 (8.4K reviews) (~19.39 km from centre)
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Glastonbury Abbey
Abbey
Fabled remains of a wealthy monastery with links to King Arthur and Guinevere and a visitor centre.
4.60 (5.4K reviews) (~95.61 km from centre)
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Portchester Castle
Castle
Commanding castle crucial to Solent defences for centuries, with audio-tours and picnic space.
4.60 (4.4K reviews) (~21.56 km from centre)
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National Trust - Petworth House and Park
Park
Vast 17th-century mansion in a 700-acre deer park immortalised in the paintings of J.M.W. Turner.
$$ $$
4.60 (3.9K reviews) (~56.4 km from centre)
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Army Flying Museum
Army museum
Fighter planes, attack helicopters & other aircraft illustrate the history of British Army aviation.
4.60 (1.5K reviews) (~29.96 km from centre)
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Greenham Control Tower and Cafe
Historical landmark
👍👍 A very interesting place to visit, and a place I remember from watching the news back in the 1980s. As kids, we were sat scared stiff, waiting for Russian nuclear missiles to rain down on us and destroy our world - literally! It's great to see the history and that the place has been returned to nat...
4.60 (1.1K reviews) (~53.99 km from centre)
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Strawberry Hill House & Garden
Historical place museum
Restored Gothic castle, once home to Horace Walpole, with a landscaped garden, tours & a cafe.
4.60 (619 reviews) (~95.43 km from centre)
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Bignor Roman Villa
Historical place museum
Open-air museum featuring a restored Roman villa with artifacts, ancient mosaics & lush grounds.
4.60 (464 reviews) (~56.73 km from centre)
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Willsbridge Mill
Nature preserve
👍👍 Great walk about in some woods. Also fantastic ponds with a superb cafe for coffee and sandwich after.
4.60 (408 reviews) (~95.77 km from centre)
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Marble Hill
Historical place museum
Palladian villa in riverside parkland, with hand-painted Chinese wallpaper & Georgian artworks.
4.60 (399 reviews) (~97.37 km from centre)
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Volk's Electric Railway
Heritage railroad
Electric railway dating to 1883, now operating along the seashore as a seasonal tourist experience.
4.50 (632 reviews) (~89.71 km from centre)
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Arundells
Historical place museum
Medieval house where former Prime Minister Edward Heath lived, with many personal items on display.
4.90 (129 reviews) (~33.08 km from centre)
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Bishop's Waltham Palace
Historical place museum
👍👍 Free to enter the ruins, with parking on the adjacent station road. This Palace was quite a big concern, as you can tell from the extensive ruins. Currently some parts are under restoration, but all still clearly visible. Information boards detail the Palace, what remains and how it would've looke...
4.50 (373 reviews) (~14.47 km from centre)
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Appuldurcombe House
Historical landmark
Grand, baroque-style stately home in gardens designed by 'Capability' Brown, plus a gift shop.
4.40 (624 reviews) (~33.95 km from centre)
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The Grange at Northington
Historical place museum
👍 It's a very large building rather in the middle of nowhere! A beautiful "nowhere" though. We disbelieved Google Maps at first and missed the entrance and ended up driving all the way along a pretty but gravelly track! Google has it right! As soon as you are off the main road turn right. Could not ge...
4.50 (300 reviews) (~28.32 km from centre)
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Abingdon County Hall Museum
Local history museum
A restored 17th-century Baroque building overlooking the market, with exhibitions on local history.
4.50 (271 reviews) (~85.77 km from centre)
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Turner's House (Sandycombe Lodge)
Historical place museum
👍👍 My name is Marc A Turner and on my recent visit to Turner’s house I was greeted with, “Welcome back Mr Turner, I knew then how J M W Turner would have felt when his Farther said those same words, it made me feel at home, our tour guide was perfect and was so enthusiastic, I was lucky enough to meet...
4.50 (196 reviews) (~97.51 km from centre)
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