Museums · West Midlands
Swinford Museum
Swinford Museum — museum in Filkins, West Oxfordshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Swinford Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Filkins, West Oxfordshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.7363°, -1.6565°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Swinford Museum is a small local museum in the village of Filkins, west Oxfordshire, England. The collection covers local domestic, agricultural, trade, and craft tools. The museum is housed in a 17th-century cottage. It was founded by George Swinford in 1931, hence the name, with the help of Sir Stafford Cripps.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.7363, -1.6565
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- Parish
- Filkins and Broughton Poggs
- Postcode
- GL7 3JB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Witney
- Established
- 1931
- Official site
- filkins.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q39047961 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Swinford Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Swinford Museum?
- Swinford Museum is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL7 3JB), in the parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs.
- When was Swinford Museum built?
- Built or established in 1931.
- Who owns Swinford Museum?
- Swinford Museum is owned by | employees =.
- Is Swinford Museum a protected site?
- Yes — Swinford Museum is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Swinford Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL7 3JB. It sits within the Witney parliamentary constituency.