Museum · Higher Poynton · Cheshire

Anson Engine Museum

Anson Engine Museum is a museum based. It lies inside the built-up area of Higher Poynton. Look also at Lyme Hall, 2.7 km away, first of 53 more within 15 km.

Photo: Anson Engine Museum, Photograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. (www.clemrutter.net). (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Higher Poynton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Higher Poynton

Inside Higher Poynton

Anson Engine Museum is inside Higher Poynton’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

How the seasons run

For warmth, aim for June to August (17–19°C highs in Higher Poynton).

Jan7° / 2°83 mm

Feb6° / 1°92 mm

Mar9° / 2°78 mm

Apr12° / 3°72 mm

May15° / 6°71 mm

Jun17° / 9°87 mm

Jul19° / 11°102 mm

Aug19° / 11°99 mm

Sep16° / 9°94 mm

Oct13° / 6°118 mm

Nov9° / 3°107 mm

Dec6° / 1°116 mm

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

About

Anson Engine Museum

Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Higher Poynton
Official site: enginemuseum.org

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

The map

Its place on the map

The numbers show what else is near Anson Engine Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Among the 8, Hazel Grove is the biggest, home to 20,163 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Higher Poynton

335 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 400 m west of it

Poynton

13,015 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km northeast of it

High Lane

4,617 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Hazel Grove

20,163 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Anson Engine Museum is	People	Places to visit
Higher Poynton	It’s in town	335	11
Poynton	400 m west of it	13,015	14
High Lane	1.5 km northeast of it	4,617	10
Hazel Grove	2.1 km northwest of it	20,163	18
Woodford	2.8 km west of it	2,241	15
Disley	2.8 km east of it	3,891	9
Marple	3.2 km north of it	12,963	14
Bramhall	3.9 km west of it	17,201	20

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Also close at hand are 4 historic houses, 3 museums and an attraction, among 53 within 15 km.

Historic house · National TrustLyme Hall2.7 km away 2

Historic houseBramall Hall5.8 km away 3

Historic houseAdlington Hall4.8 km away 4

MuseumAvro Heritage Museum4.4 km away 5

MuseumHat Works8.1 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustHare Hill9.4 km away 7AttractionAttraction · National TrustThe Cage2.6 km away 8

MuseumChadkirk Chapel6.6 km away

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

Anson Engine Museum, answered

Where is Anson Engine Museum?

Anson Engine Museum is in Higher Poynton, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Anson Engine Museum?

Museum based in Poynton, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Anson Engine Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Higher Poynton, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Anson Engine Museum?

Within 15 km: Lyme Hall (2.7 km), Bramall Hall (5.8 km), Adlington Hall (4.8 km) and Avro Heritage Museum (4.4 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)

Anson Engine Museum: Photograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. (www.clemrutter.net)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lyme Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramall Hall: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adlington Hall: John Swallow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Avro Heritage Museum: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hat Works: Zzztriple2000 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Hare Hill: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chadkirk Chapel: Skinsmoke, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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