Bar Convent Museum
Set in York is Bar Convent Museum. Within 5 km there are 39 more places to visit. Worth the trip, York Minster is 1 km off.
Museum in York
Inside York
Bar Convent Museum is inside York’s built-up area, with 39 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.
Choosing a month
The warmest afternoons in York run June to September, at 18–22°C.
Bar Convent Museum
In York, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in York
- Official site
- bar-convent.org.uk
Know before you go
- EntryA fee is charged
Bar Convent Museum at a glance
Orange shows Bar Convent Museum; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is York’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
Of these 8 towns, the largest is York (141,696 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
York
Heslington
Nether Poppleton
Huntington
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Bar Convent Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | It’s in town | 141,696 | 46 |
| Heslington | 2.7 km southeast of it | 1,787 | 41 |
| Nether Poppleton | 2.9 km northwest of it | 727 | 38 |
| Huntington | 2.9 km northeast of it | 12,420 | 44 |
| Osbaldwick | 3.2 km east of it | 2,313 | 44 |
| Bishopthorpe | 3.4 km south of it | 3,333 | 40 |
| Upper Poppleton | 3.6 km northwest of it | 3,520 | 37 |
| Copmanthorpe | 4.6 km southwest of it | 3,671 | 9 |
Places to add to Bar Convent Museum
51 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, a church and a castle among them.
ChurchYork Minster1 km away2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum600 m away · 808K visitors a year3
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower700 m away4
MuseumYorkshire Museum800 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5
MuseumYork Castle Museum800 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6
FortYork city walls700 m away7
Art galleryYork Art Gallery900 m away8
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre700 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Bar Convent Museum: what to know
Where is Bar Convent Museum?
Bar Convent Museum is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Bar Convent Museum?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Bar Convent Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bar Convent Museum?
Within 15 km: York Minster (1 km), National Railway Museum (600 m), Clifford's Tower (700 m) and Yorkshire Museum (800 m).
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 (7)
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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