Museum · Bishop's Stortford · Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford Museum

Bishop's Stortford Museum is a local museum in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England incorporating the Rhodes birthplace. Officially, it is a Grade II listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 22 more places, Waytemore Castle (remains) (1 km) first on our list.

Where

In Bishop's Stortford

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Bishop's Stortford

Inside Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford Museum is inside Bishop's Stortford’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bishop's Stortford has 108 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

Weather, month by month

In Bishop's Stortford the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.

Jan7° / 1°56 mm

Feb8° / 1°46 mm

Mar11° / 3°37 mm

Apr14° / 4°42 mm

May17° / 7°46 mm

Jun20° / 10°51 mm

Jul23° / 12°51 mm

Aug23° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 7°69 mm

Nov11° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Bishop's Stortford Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Bishop's Stortford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Bishop's Stortford
Official site: southmillarts.co.uk/stortford-museum

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

The map

On this map, Bishop's Stortford Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns that count Bishop's Stortford Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Bishop's Stortford, with 40,916 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Bishop's Stortford

40,916 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km south of it

Little Hallingbury

1,434 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northeast of it

Birchanger

957 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km south of it

Spellbrook

318 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bishop's Stortford Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bishop's Stortford	It’s in town	40,916	10
Little Hallingbury	1.7 km south of it	1,434	6
Birchanger	2.7 km northeast of it	957	7
Spellbrook	2.8 km south of it	318	6
Burton End	2.8 km northeast of it	177	8
Stansted Mountfitchet	3.7 km northeast of it	8,629	7
Takeley Street	4.6 km east of it	570	7
Sawbridgeworth	4.7 km south of it	10,471	8

Make a day of it

While you are near Bishop's Stortford Museum

Our list has 22 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 2 historic houses and a museum.

CastleWaytemore Castle (remains)1 km away 2

MuseumSouth Mill Arts100 m away 3

Art galleryHenry Moore Foundation6.1 km away 4

CastleStansted Mountfitchet Castle5.1 km away 5

CastleClavering Castle12 km away 6

GardenHarlow Town Park10 km away 7

Historic houseDown Hall8.1 km away 8

Historic houseFanhams Hall13 km away

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

Know before you visit Bishop's Stortford Museum

Where is Bishop's Stortford Museum?

Bishop's Stortford Museum is in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bishop's Stortford Museum?

Local museum in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England incorporating the Rhodes birthplace.

When is the best time to visit Bishop's Stortford Museum?

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

Is Bishop's Stortford Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Bishop's Stortford Museum?

Within 15 km: Waytemore Castle (remains) (1 km), South Mill Arts (100 m), Henry Moore Foundation (6.1 km) and Stansted Mountfitchet Castle (5.1 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)

Waytemore Castle (remains): PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
South Mill Arts: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Henry Moore Foundation: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stansted Mountfitchet Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clavering Castle: Libby norman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harlow Town Park: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Down Hall: Polly, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fanhams Hall: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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