Museum · Batley · West Yorkshire

Bagshaw Museum

Bagshaw Museum is a local museum in Batley, West Yorkshire. The site is in the hands of Kirklees Council. Top of the 71 other places within 15 km is National Science and Media Museum, 10 km off.

Photo: Bagshaw Museum, Nigel Homer (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Batley

inside the built-up area

Run by

Kirklees Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Batley

Inside Batley

Bagshaw Museum is inside Batley’s built-up area, with 3 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

Month by month in Batley

Expect highs of 18–21°C in Batley from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°51 mm

Apr13° / 4°49 mm

May16° / 7°48 mm

Jun19° / 10°65 mm

Jul21° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°69 mm

Dec7° / 2°70 mm

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

About

Bagshaw Museum

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: Kirklees Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Batley
Official site: kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/bagshaw-museum.aspx

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Numbered points are the places near Bagshaw Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Bagshaw Museum

The most populous of the 8 is Dewsbury, at 63,730. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Batley

44,494 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km northeast of it

Morley

32,562 people · 21 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km southwest of it

Heckmondwike

13,368 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2 km northwest of it

Gomersal and Birkenshaw

13,948 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bagshaw Museum is	People	Places to visit
Batley	It’s in town	44,494	8
Morley	1.3 km northeast of it	32,562	21
Heckmondwike	1.6 km southwest of it	13,368	6
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	2 km northwest of it	13,948	16
Drighlington	2.1 km north of it	5,280	6
Gildersome	2.3 km north of it	6,278	6
Dewsbury	2.3 km south of it	63,730	7
Liversedge	2.6 km southwest of it	17,519	7

Make a day of it

More near Bagshaw Museum

There are 71 within 15 km, 3 cathedrals, 2 museums and a castle among them.

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum10 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)2

MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park14 km away · 300K visitors a year 3

CathedralBradford Cathedral10 km away 4

CastleSandal Castle13 km away 5

CathedralWakefield Cathedral11 km away 6

CathedralLeeds Cathedral10 km away 7

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)11 km away 8

Historic houseOakwell Hall2.2 km away

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

Bagshaw Museum: what to know

Where is Bagshaw Museum?

Bagshaw Museum is in Batley, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bagshaw Museum?

Local museum in Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Who runs Bagshaw Museum?

Kirklees Council.

When is the best time to visit Bagshaw Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Batley, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Bagshaw Museum?

Within 15 km: National Science and Media Museum (10 km), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (14 km), Bradford Cathedral (10 km) and Sandal Castle (13 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)

Bagshaw Museum: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sandal Castle: Abcdef123456 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wakefield Cathedral: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Oakwell Hall: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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