Museum · Birmingham · West Midlands

Aston Hall

Aston Hall is a jacobean house. The built-up area of Birmingham includes it. On the official register, it is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Aston Hall, Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Birmingham City Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Birmingham

Aston Hall is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Birmingham has 1,410 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

Month by month in Birmingham

The warmest stretch in Birmingham is June to September, at 19–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Aston Hall

It is run by Birmingham City Council. Its story is told in 10 languages on Wikipedia. A short trip away is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 3.2 km off, the first of 79 within 15 km.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Birmingham City Council
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birminghammuseums.org.uk/aston

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

The map

Getting to Aston Hall

The map centres on Aston Hall, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Aston Hall

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Birmingham (1,121,367 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 4 km west of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km northwest of it

West Bromwich

103,099 people · 38 places to visit

4 · 4.5 km northeast of it

Royal Sutton Coldfield

93,392 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Aston Hall is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	4 km west of it	56,343	42
West Bromwich	4.2 km northwest of it	103,099	38
Royal Sutton Coldfield	4.5 km northeast of it	93,392	6
Pheasey	5.8 km north of it	9,498	4
Streetly	8.2 km north of it	16,790	5
Oldbury	8.8 km west of it	45,188	30
Water Orton	10 km east of it	3,484	2

Make a day of it

Places to add to Aston Hall

79 more lie within 15 km, 5 museums and 3 cathedrals among them.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery3.2 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral3 km away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral2.5 km away 4

MuseumSoho House Museum2.7 km away 5

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum2.7 km away 6

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts6.9 km away 7

CathedralBirmingham Orthodox Cathedral3.3 km away 8

Museum · National TrustBack To Backs3.7 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Aston Hall?

Aston Hall is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Aston Hall?

Jacobean house in Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

Who runs Aston Hall?

Birmingham City Council.

When is the best time to visit Aston Hall?

June to September are the warmest months in Birmingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Aston Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Aston Hall?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (3.2 km), St Philip's Cathedral (3 km), St Chad's Cathedral (2.5 km) and Soho House Museum (2.7 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 (9)

Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Back To Backs: User Oosoom on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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