Brightlingsea Museum
Brightlingsea Museum is a local museum in Brightlingsea. Our list has 34 more places within 15 km; first among them is Colchester Castle, at 12 km.
Museum in Brightlingsea
Inside Brightlingsea
Brightlingsea Museum is inside Brightlingsea’s built-up area, with 4 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.
The climate through the year
In Brightlingsea, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
Brightlingsea Museum
Local museum in Brightlingsea, United Kingdom.
In Brightlingsea, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Brightlingsea
- Official site
- brightlingseamuseum.co.uk
The way to Brightlingsea Museum
Orange is Brightlingsea Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Brightlingsea’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Brightlingsea Museum
Brightlingsea, with 8,678 people, is the largest of the 5. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Brightlingsea
Point Clear
Thorrington
St Osyth
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Brightlingsea Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightlingsea | It’s in town | 8,678 | 5 |
| Point Clear | 800 m southeast of it | 1,707 | 7 |
| Thorrington | 2.5 km north of it | 1,427 | 6 |
| St Osyth | 3.2 km east of it | 2,249 | 9 |
| Alresford | 4.5 km north of it | 2,462 | 5 |
Places to add to Brightlingsea Museum
Choose from 34 places within 15 km, such as 2 abbeys or priories, 2 forts and a castle.
CastleColchester Castle12 km away2
ZooColchester Zoo14 km away3
GardenBeth Chatto Gardens7.4 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory12 km away5
FortBalkerne Gate13 km away6
FortJaywick Martello Tower6.5 km away7
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse12 km away8
PierClacton Pier9.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Brightlingsea Museum
Where is Brightlingsea Museum?
Brightlingsea Museum is in Brightlingsea, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Brightlingsea Museum?
Local museum in Brightlingsea, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Brightlingsea Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Brightlingsea, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Brightlingsea Museum?
Within 15 km: Colchester Castle (12 km), Colchester Zoo (14 km), Beth Chatto Gardens (7.4 km) and St. Botolph's Priory (12 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)
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Chatto Gardens: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Botolph's Priory: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balkerne Gate: Tanya2501, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaywick Martello Tower: Martello Tower Caravan Park, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- St. John's Abbey Gatehouse: Saltmarsh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clacton Pier: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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