Abinger Castle

Abinger Castle is an earthwork motte and bailey that was topped with a small wooden fortress. It is located in Abinger Common, between Guildford and Dorking in Surrey, England.

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  Abinger Castle ⓘ
  castle in Surrey, England, UK

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  Farnham Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK  

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  Guildford Castle ⓘ
  castle in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK  

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  Borde Hill Garden ⓘ
  botanical garden in England

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  Claremont ⓘ
  country house and gardens in Esher, Surrey, England, UK

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  Claremont Landscape Garden ⓘ
  historic garden in Surrey, England, UK

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  Nymans ⓘ
  English garden to the south of the village of Handcross, and in the civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England, UK

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  Painshill ⓘ
  18th-century English landscape park in Cobham, Surrey, England, UK

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  Runnymede ⓘ
  water-meadow alongside the River Thames in Surrey, England

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  Selsdon Wood ⓘ
  Woodland in Croydon, England

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  Wakehurst ⓘ
  house and botanic gardens in Ardingly, West Sussex, England, UK

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  Winkworth Arboretum ⓘ
  Arboretum in Surrey, England

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  Bourne Hall Museum ⓘ
  museum in Ewell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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  British Wildlife Centre ⓘ
  nature center

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  Clandon Park ⓘ
  country house and museum in Surrey, England, UK

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  East Grinstead Museum ⓘ
  Local history museum in East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom

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  Egham Museum ⓘ
  local museum in United Kingdom

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  Godalming Museum ⓘ
  museum in Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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  Guildford Cathedral Treasury ⓘ
  museum in Guildford Cathedral, England, UK

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  Guildford House ⓘ
  house in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

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  Guildford Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Guildford, England, United Kingdom

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  Hatchlands Park ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in East Clandon, Surrey, United Kingdom (National Trust property)

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  Hobbledown ⓘ
  British attraction and zoo

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  Kingston Museum ⓘ
  history museum in Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

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  London Bus Museum ⓘ
  transport museum located at Brooklands, Weybridge, England, United Kingdom

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  Mesolithic Museum ⓘ
  museum in nr Dorking, England, UK

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  Oakhurst Cottage ⓘ
  a Grade II listed building located in Hambledon, Surrey, in the United Kingdom

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  Polesden Lacey ⓘ
  country house in Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK

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  Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum ⓘ
  museum in Aldershot, United Kingdom

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  Rural Life Living Museum ⓘ
  open air museum of rural life near Farnham in Surrey, United Kingdom

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  Southside House ⓘ
  historic house museum in the London Borough of Merton, UK

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  St George's Museum and Archives ⓘ
  museum in London

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  The Homewood ⓘ
  UK modernist house in Esher, Surrey, England designed by Patrick Gwynne

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  Tilgate Nature Centre ⓘ
  small BIAZA-accredited zoo

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  Whitehall ⓘ
  house museum in Cheam, Greater London, England, UK

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  Wimbledon Museum ⓘ
  history museum in London, United Kingdom

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  Wings Museum ⓘ
  aviation museum in Balcombe, West Sussex

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  Priest House ⓘ
  historical house and museum in Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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  Hampton Court Palace ⓘ
  historic royal palace in Richmond, Greater London

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  Loseley Park ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Artington, United Kingdom

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  Ham House ⓘ
  historic house museum in Ham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, UK

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  Dapdune Wharf ⓘ
  wharf and boat-builders yard in Wharf Road, Guildford

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  Petworth House ⓘ
  historic estate museum in West Sussex, England, UK

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  Strawberry Hill House ⓘ
  villa and house museum in Twickenham, London, United Kingdom

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  Haslemere Educational Museum ⓘ
  geology, natural and human history museum, United Kingdom

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  Standen ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Mid Sussex, England, UK

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  Horsham Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum in Horsham, West Sussex, England, UK

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  Watts Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in Compton, United Kingdom

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  Elmbridge Museum ⓘ
  museum in Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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  Surrey Heath Museum ⓘ
  museum in Camberley, Surrey, England, UK

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  Dorich House Museum ⓘ
  

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  Museum of Farnham ⓘ
  museum in Farnham, England, United Kingdom

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  Chertsey Museum ⓘ
  local museum in the United Kingdom

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  Orleans House Gallery ⓘ
  building and art gallery in Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

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  Wimbledon Windmill Museum ⓘ
  museum in Wimbledon, London, England, UK

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  Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum ⓘ
  museum in England

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  Leatherhead Museum ⓘ
  local history museum in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK

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  Cuckfield Museum ⓘ
  museum in Cuckfield, England, United Kingdom

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  Museum of Military Medicine ⓘ
  military museum in Mytchett, Surrey, United Kingdom  

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  World Rugby Museum ⓘ
  sports museum in Twickenham, United Kingdom

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  Wandle Industrial Museum ⓘ
  museum in Mitcham, England, United Kingdom

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  Aldershot Military Museum ⓘ
  military museum in South East England

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  Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum ⓘ
  museum in East Moseley, England, UK

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  Gatwick Aviation Museum ⓘ
  aviation museum in Charlwood, Surrey

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  Challenge at Aldershot (Military & Aerospace Museums) ⓘ
  museum in Aldershot, England, UK

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  Museum of Army Music ⓘ
  museum in London, England, United Kingdom (as of 2025, museum closed: collection in storage)

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  Honeywood Museum ⓘ
  museum in Carshalton, England, UK

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  Brooklands Museum ⓘ
  sports museum in Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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  Crawley Museum ⓘ
  museum in Crawley, England, United Kingdom

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  Send and Ripley History Society Museum ⓘ
  museum in Woking, England, United Kingdom

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  Twickenham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Twickenham, London

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  Kempton Steam Museum ⓘ
  history museum in London

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  Croydon Airport Visitor Centre ⓘ
  museum in Croydon, England, UK

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  Surrey Police Museum ⓘ
  museum in Guildford, England, UK

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  Museum of Croydon ⓘ
  local and social history museum in Croydon, London

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  Shere Museum ⓘ
  museum in Guildford, England, UK

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  FAST Museum ⓘ
  aviation museum in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Eel Pie Island Museum ⓘ
  music museum in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK

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1500 Priest House

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1891 Standen

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1893 Horsham Museum and Art Gallery

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1904 Watts Gallery

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1909 Elmbridge Museum

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1930 Surrey Heath Museum

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1936 Dorich House Museum

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1961 Museum of Farnham

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1965 Chertsey Museum

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1972 Orleans House Gallery

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1976 Wimbledon Windmill Museum

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1977 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

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1980 Leatherhead Museum

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1981 Cuckfield Museum

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1982 Museum of Military Medicine

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1982 World Rugby Museum

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1983 Wandle Industrial Museum

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1984 Aldershot Military Museum

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1986 Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum

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1987 Gatwick Aviation Museum

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1989 Challenge at Aldershot (Military & Aerospace Museums)

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1989 Museum of Army Music

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1990 Honeywood Museum

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1991 Brooklands Museum

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1992 Crawley Museum

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1993 Send and Ripley History Society Museum

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1993 Twickenham Museum

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1995 Kempton Steam Museum

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2000 Croydon Airport Visitor Centre

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2001 Surrey Police Museum

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2006 Museum of Croydon

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2009 Shere Museum

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2009 FAST Museum

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2018 Eel Pie Island Museum

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Frameless

• Pottery from the Abinger motte - section published in 1950, online
• The Norman motte at Abinger, Surrey and its wooden castle - chapter published in 1956, online
• William Fitz Ansculf and the Abinger Motte - scientific article published in January 1981
• The Excavation of a Motte at Abinger in Surrey - article published in 1950

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Gatehouse Gazetteer page@		Wikidata
site	castle		Abinger Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Farnham Castle	castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1100	Guildford Castle	castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Borde Hill Garden	botanical garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Claremont	English garden, English country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Claremont Landscape Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Nymans	garden, tourist attraction	Wikidata
site	garden		Painshill	English garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Runnymede	water-meadow, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Selsdon Wood	urban park, local nature reserve	Wikidata
site	garden		Wakehurst	house, botanical garden, history museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Winkworth Arboretum	botanical garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Bourne Hall Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		British Wildlife Centre	nature center	Wikidata
site	museum		Clandon Park	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		East Grinstead Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Egham Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Godalming Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildford Cathedral Treasury	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildford House	house, museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildford Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hatchlands Park	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hobbledown	zoo, tourist attraction	Wikidata
site	museum		Kingston Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		London Bus Museum	transport museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Mesolithic Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Oakhurst Cottage	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Polesden Lacey	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum	military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rural Life Living Museum	open-air museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Southside House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		St George's Museum and Archives	medical museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Homewood	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tilgate Nature Centre	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Whitehall	historic house museum, independent museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Wimbledon Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Wings Museum	aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1500	Priest House	house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1515	Hampton Court Palace	palace, theatre building, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1568	Loseley Park	historic house museum, English country house, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1610	Ham House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1651	Dapdune Wharf	maritime museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1688	Petworth House	art museum, mansion, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1749	Strawberry Hill House	house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1888	Haslemere Educational Museum	charitable organization, didactic museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1891	Standen	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1893	Horsham Museum and Art Gallery	local museum, heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1904	Watts Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1909	Elmbridge Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1930	Surrey Heath Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1936	Dorich House Museum	university museum, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1961	Museum of Farnham	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1965	Chertsey Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Orleans House Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1976	Wimbledon Windmill Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Leatherhead Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Cuckfield Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1982	Museum of Military Medicine	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1982	World Rugby Museum	sports museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	Wandle Industrial Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Aldershot Military Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Gatwick Aviation Museum	aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Challenge at Aldershot (Military & Aerospace Museums)	military museum, aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Museum of Army Music	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Honeywood Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Brooklands Museum	automobile museum, transport museum, independent museum, sports museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Crawley Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Send and Ripley History Society Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Twickenham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Kempton Steam Museum	museum, nonprofit organization, waterworks museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Croydon Airport Visitor Centre	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Surrey Police Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2006	Museum of Croydon	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Shere Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	FAST Museum	aviation museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2018	Eel Pie Island Museum	museum	Wikidata