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Bolling Hall Museum

Bolling Hall Museum is a grade I listed historic house museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire. A short trip away is National Science and Media Museum, 1.7 km off, the first of 70 within 15 km. Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia.

Photo: Bolling Hall Museum, StuartBurrows (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Bradford

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 Bradford

Inside Bradford

Bolling Hall Museum is inside Bradford’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bradford has 959 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

A month-by-month guide

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Bradford.

Jan6° / 1°87 mm

Feb7° / 2°74 mm

Mar9° / 3°66 mm

Apr12° / 4°59 mm

May15° / 7°56 mm

Jun18° / 10°74 mm

Jul20° / 12°68 mm

Aug20° / 12°75 mm

Sep17° / 10°72 mm

Oct13° / 7°85 mm

Nov9° / 4°91 mm

Dec7° / 2°98 mm

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

About

Bolling Hall Museum

Grade I listed historic house museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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

Bradford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Bradford
Official site: bradfordmuseums.org/bolling-hall-museum-library

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

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

The numbers show what else is near Bolling Hall Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Bolling Hall Museum

Bradford is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (333,968 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Bradford

333,968 people · 34 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km south of it

Oakenshaw

1,571 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km southeast of it

Gomersal and Birkenshaw

13,948 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km northeast of it

Pudsey

34,853 people · 21 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bolling Hall Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bradford	It’s in town	333,968	34
Oakenshaw	2.6 km south of it	1,571	11
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	2.7 km southeast of it	13,948	16
Pudsey	3.3 km northeast of it	34,853	21
Cleckheaton	4.1 km south of it	11,607	8
Shelf and Northowram	4.7 km southwest of it	9,191	15
Shipley	4.8 km northwest of it	29,228	19
Drighlington	5 km southeast of it	5,280	6

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

70 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and an abbey or priory among them.

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum1.7 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)2

CathedralBradford Cathedral1.9 km away 3

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)9.8 km away 4

CathedralLeeds Cathedral13 km away 5MuseumMuseumBD1 Gallery2 km away 6

Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery13 km away 7

MuseumBradford Industrial Museum3.8 km away 8

MuseumRoyal Armouries14 km away

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

Bolling Hall Museum in questions

Where is Bolling Hall Museum?

Bolling Hall Museum is in Bradford, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bolling Hall Museum?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Bolling Hall Museum?

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

Is Bolling Hall Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Bolling Hall Museum?

Within 15 km: National Science and Media Museum (1.7 km), Bradford Cathedral (1.9 km), Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (9.8 km) and Leeds Cathedral (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 (8)

Bolling Hall Museum: StuartBurrows, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Industrial Museum: Linda Spashett, Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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