Cowper and Newton Museum, Milton Keynes

Name: Cowper and Newton Museum
Address: Orchard Side, Milton Keynes, MK46 4AJ, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1234 711516

#13 among attractions in Milton Keynes

Museum, Specialty museum, Garden, History museum, More...

Gallery (1)

Map

Map

Facts and practical information

The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Borough of Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowper a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton, a prominent slave trader who was curate in the local church. Together, Cowper and Newton wrote the Olney Hymns, including one of the world's most popular hymns, Amazing Grace. ()

Elevation: 180 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°9'9"N, 0°42'3"W

Address

Orchard SideMilton Keynes MK46 4AJ United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1234 711516

Website

Social media

Add

Milton Keynes

Day trips

Cowper and Newton Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Ashby House, Tickford Bridge, Church of All Saints, Church of St Peter.

5.2 miN
Forts and castles
Castle Ashby House
134 min walk • Castle Ashby House is a country house at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. It is one of the seats of the Marquess of Northampton. The house, church, formal gardens and landscaped park are Grade I listed.
4.7 miS
Bridge
Tickford Bridge, Milton Keynes
120 min walk • Tickford Bridge, over the River Ouzel in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, was built in 1810. It is one of the last cast iron bridge in Britain that still carries modern road traffic, and is the oldest bridge in the Borough of Milton Keynes.
6.3 miNE
Church
Church of All Saints
162 min walk • Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964. The church is a fine example of a 15th-century church built all at the same time.
5.2 miNE
Church
Church of St Peter
133 min walk • Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in Harrold, Bedfordshire, England.
5.6 miNE
Park
Harrold-Odell Country Park
144 min walk • The Harrold-Odell Country Park is a 59.3 hectare Country park and Local Nature Reserve between the villages of Odell and Harrold in Bedfordshire. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council, and it has a cafe, toilets and an information room.
0.7 miSW
Park
Emberton, Milton Keynes
18 min walk • Emberton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire in England. The village is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, just to the south of Olney and four miles north of Newport Pagnell.
5.7 miW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Piddington Roman Villa
145 min walk • Piddington Roman Villa is the remains of a large Roman villa at Piddington, Northamptonshire, about 6 miles south-east of Northampton, a county in the East Midlands of England.
5.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Salcey Forest
138 min walk • Salcey Forest is a fragment of a former medieval hunting forest east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire.
5.8 miS
Synagogue
Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue, Milton Keynes
149 min walk • Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue, also known as Beit Echud, is a Reform Jewish community on Hainault Avenue in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Its current synagogue building was opened in 2002.
4.7 miS
Town, Area
Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes
119 min walk • Newport Pagnell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Office for National Statistics records Newport Pagnell as part of the Milton Keynes urban area.
4 miS
Church
All Saints Church, Milton Keynes
103 min walk • All Saints' Church is a 12th-century parish church in Lathbury in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966.