Museum · Jarrow · Tyne and Wear

Bede Museum

Bede Museum is a museum in Jarrow. Top of the 75 other places within 15 km is Arbeia Roman Fort Museum, 3.6 km off. It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.

Photo: Bede Museum, Orangeaurochs from Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Jarrow

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Jarrow

Inside Jarrow

Bede Museum is inside Jarrow’s built-up area, with 11 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

Weather by the month

For warmth, aim for June to September (17–20°C highs in Jarrow).

Jan7° / 2°47 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar10° / 3°39 mm

Apr12° / 5°49 mm

May15° / 8°42 mm

Jun17° / 10°62 mm

Jul20° / 12°59 mm

Aug19° / 12°66 mm

Sep17° / 10°53 mm

Oct13° / 8°63 mm

Nov10° / 5°74 mm

Dec8° / 2°57 mm

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

About

Bede Museum

Museum in Jarrow, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Jarrow
Official site: jarrowhall.com/bede-museum

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Bede Museum on the map

Bede Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns near Bede Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Newcastle upon Tyne, with 286,472 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Jarrow

29,467 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 700 m north of it

Tynemouth

60,611 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 800 m northwest of it

Wallsend

45,351 people · 42 places to visit

4 · 1.1 km east of it

South Shields

73,326 people · 23 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bede Museum is	People	Places to visit
Jarrow	It’s in town	29,467	19
Tynemouth	700 m north of it	60,611	18
Wallsend	800 m northwest of it	45,351	42
South Shields	1.1 km east of it	73,326	23
Hebburn	1.6 km southwest of it	21,341	24
Boldon Colliery	2.7 km south of it	6,071	8
Newcastle upon Tyne	3.8 km west of it	286,472	46
East Boldon and West Boldon	4 km southeast of it	6,795	16

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Around Bede Museum

Our list has 75 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 castles.

MuseumArbeia Roman Fort Museum3.6 km away 2

MuseumTurbinia9.7 km away 3

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey10 km away 4

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral8.9 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageTynemouth Priory and Castle5.3 km away 6

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle8.8 km away 7

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock8.9 km away · 638K visitors a year 8

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral9.4 km away

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

Bede Museum, answered

Where is Bede Museum?

Bede Museum is in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bede Museum?

Museum in Jarrow, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Bede Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Jarrow, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Bede Museum?

Within 15 km: Arbeia Roman Fort Museum (3.6 km), Turbinia (9.7 km), Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (10 km) and Newcastle Cathedral (8.9 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)

Bede Museum: Orangeaurochs from Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arbeia Roman Fort Museum: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tynemouth Priory and Castle: Chris McKenna (user:Thryduulf), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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