Museum · Beccles · Suffolk

Beccles and District Museum

Beccles counts Beccles and District Museum among its places to visit. A short trip away is Bungay Castle, 8.4 km off, the first of 28 within 15 km.

Photo: Beccles and District Museum, Ashley Dace (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Beccles

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Beccles

Inside Beccles

Beccles and District Museum is inside Beccles’ built-up area. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Weather through the year

From May to September, Beccles sees highs of 17–23°C.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 1°44 mm

Mar10° / 3°42 mm

Apr14° / 4°36 mm

May17° / 7°47 mm

Jun20° / 10°50 mm

Jul23° / 12°56 mm

Aug23° / 13°60 mm

Sep19° / 11°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°66 mm

Nov11° / 4°64 mm

Dec8° / 2°59 mm

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

About

Beccles and District Museum

Museum in United Kingdom.

In Beccles, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Beccles
Official site: becclesmuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Where to find Beccles and District Museum

Beccles and District Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Beccles and District Museum

Of these 5 towns, the largest is Beccles (9,807 people). Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Beccles

9,807 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km east of it

Worlingham

3,618 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km northwest of it

Gillingham

697 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Geldeston

408 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Beccles and District Museum is	People	Places to visit
Beccles	It’s in town	9,807	2
Worlingham	1.5 km east of it	3,618	3
Gillingham	1.6 km northwest of it	697	3
Geldeston	2.7 km northwest of it	408	3
Barnby and North Cove	4.5 km east of it	906	5

Make a day of it

Close to Beccles and District Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 28 more, including 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 historic houses.

CastleBungay Castle8.4 km away 2

CastleMettingham Castle6.1 km away 3

MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum11 km away · 40K visitors a year 4

Historic house · English HeritageRaveningham Hall6.6 km away 5

Historic houseSomerleyton Hall and Gardens11 km away 6

MuseumEast Anglia Transport Museum8.6 km away 7

Theme parkPleasurewood Hills14 km away 8ZooZooAfrica Alive11 km away

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

Beccles and District Museum: common questions

Where is Beccles and District Museum?

Beccles and District Museum is in Beccles, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Beccles and District Museum?

Museum in United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Beccles and District Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Beccles and District Museum?

Within 15 km: Bungay Castle (8.4 km), Mettingham Castle (6.1 km), Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum (11 km) and Raveningham Hall (6.6 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)

Beccles and District Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Raveningham Hall: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Somerleyton Hall and Gardens: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
East Anglia Transport Museum: Spsmiler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pleasurewood Hills: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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