Museum · Brighton and Hove · East Sussex

British Engineerium

British Engineerium, a museum, stands in Brighton and Hove. Nearby, 30 more places to visit are within 5 km. It is protected as a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: British Engineerium, The Voice of Hassocks (Public domain)

Where

In Brighton and Hove

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Museum in Brighton and Hove

Inside Brighton and Hove

British Engineerium is inside Brighton and Hove’s built-up area, with 30 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Brighton and Hove has 1,208 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

The year in Brighton and Hove

Warmest in Brighton and Hove are June to September, at 19–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°87 mm

Feb8° / 3°62 mm

Mar10° / 4°52 mm

Apr13° / 6°48 mm

May16° / 9°48 mm

Jun19° / 12°53 mm

Jul21° / 14°57 mm

Aug21° / 14°64 mm

Sep19° / 12°62 mm

Oct15° / 9°97 mm

Nov11° / 6°102 mm

Dec9° / 4°99 mm

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

About

British Engineerium

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. The first to add nearby is Royal Pavilion, at 3.6 km.

Brighton and Hove’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Brighton and Hove
Official site: thebritishengineerium.com

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

The map

Mapping British Engineerium

The orange dot is British Engineerium; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of British Engineerium

Among the 3, Brighton and Hove is the biggest, home to 277,096 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Brighton and Hove

277,096 people · 54 places to visit

2 · 3.2 km west of it

Southwick

12,242 people · 29 places to visit

3 · 4.8 km west of it

Shoreham-by-Sea

23,659 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where British Engineerium is	People	Places to visit
Brighton and Hove	It’s in town	277,096	54
Southwick	3.2 km west of it	12,242	29
Shoreham-by-Sea	4.8 km west of it	23,659	16

Make a day of it

More near British Engineerium

A visit can add 3 museums, a historic house and a theme park, from 67 places within 15 km.

Historic houseRoyal Pavilion3.6 km away 2

Theme parkBrighton Pier4.1 km away 3

MuseumBrighton Museum & Art Gallery3.6 km away · 200K visitors a year 4

PierWest Pier3.2 km away 5

AttractionBrighton i3603.1 km away 6

MuseumBrighton Toy and Model Museum3 km away 7

MuseumBooth Museum of Natural History1.8 km away 8

Heritage railwayVolk's Electric Railway4.4 km away

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

Questions people have about British Engineerium

Where is British Engineerium?

British Engineerium is in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is British Engineerium?

Museum in Hove, East Sussex, UK.

When is the best time to visit British Engineerium?

June to September are the warmest months in Brighton and Hove, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is British Engineerium a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near British Engineerium?

Within 15 km: Royal Pavilion (3.6 km), Brighton Pier (4.1 km), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (3.6 km) and West Pier (3.2 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)

British Engineerium: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Pier: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
West Pier: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton i360: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Toy and Model Museum: Eric Baird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Booth Museum of Natural History: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Volk's Electric Railway: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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