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Abington Park Museum

Abington Park Museum is a stately home, now a museum. It stands inside Northampton’s built-up area. Officially, it is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Abington Park Museum, John Preston Neale (Public domain)

Where

In Northampton

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Northampton

Inside Northampton

Abington Park Museum is inside Northampton’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Northampton has 413 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

In Northampton the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°44 mm

Mar11° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 4°46 mm

May17° / 7°51 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul23° / 12°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°61 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°62 mm

Dec8° / 2°62 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Northampton, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Northampton. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Northampton’s full climate →

About

Abington Park Museum

There are 25 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Northampton Cathedral (2.2 km).

Northampton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Town: in Northampton
Official site: northamptonmuseums.com/info/6/visit/8/abington-park-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Abington Park Museum

Find Abington Park Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Largest of the 7 is Northampton, home to 243,527. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Northampton

243,527 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km southeast of it

Great Houghton

648 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 3 km southeast of it

Little Houghton

487 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.8 km north of it

Moulton

4,953 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Abington Park Museum is	People	Places to visit
Northampton	It’s in town	243,527	18
Great Houghton	2.7 km southeast of it	648	8
Little Houghton	3 km southeast of it	487	6
Moulton	3.8 km north of it	4,953	7
Boughton	4.3 km northwest of it	623	8
Cogenhoe	4.4 km east of it	1,475	3
Brafield-on-the-Green	4.8 km southeast of it	654	4

Make a day of it

What else is near Abington Park Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 25 more, including 2 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums.

CathedralNorthampton Cathedral2.2 km away 2

Historic houseAlthorp9.9 km away 3

CastleNorthampton Castle2.8 km away 4

MuseumCentral Museum2.2 km away 5

Museum78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House2 km away 6Heritage railwayHeritage railwayNorthampton and Lamport Railway6.5 km away 7

CastleCastle Ashby House9 km away 8

Historic houseEaston Neston14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about Abington Park Museum

Where is Abington Park Museum?

Abington Park Museum is in Northampton, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Abington Park Museum?

Stately home, now museum, in Abington Park, Northampton, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Abington Park Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Northampton, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Abington Park Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Abington Park Museum?

Within 15 km: Northampton Cathedral (2.2 km), Althorp (9.9 km), Northampton Castle (2.8 km) and Central Museum (2.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Abington Park Museum: John Preston Neale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Althorp: Andrew Walker (walker44), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Central Museum: StJaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Easton Neston: Cj1340 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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