British schools museum
British schools museum is an education museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Add Knebworth House, 9.2 km away, to a visit; it leads 32 places within 15 km. 2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
Museum in Hitchin
Inside Hitchin
British schools museum is inside Hitchin’s built-up area, with 5 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.
Seasons in Hitchin
Afternoons in Hitchin peak at 17–23°C, May to September.
British schools museum
Education museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
In Hitchin, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Hitchin
- Official site
- britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk
Finding British schools museum
Find British schools museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hitchin’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which towns are near British schools museum
Of these 8 towns, the largest is Hitchin (35,220 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Hitchin
Gosmore
Ickleford
Little Wymondley
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where British schools museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchin | It’s in town | 35,220 | 8 |
| Gosmore | 1.5 km south of it | 619 | 3 |
| Ickleford | 2.1 km north of it | 1,936 | 9 |
| Little Wymondley | 2.7 km southeast of it | 1,003 | 8 |
| Letchworth | 3.3 km northeast of it | 33,993 | 11 |
| Preston | 3.6 km south of it | 425 | 3 |
| Pirton | 4.2 km northwest of it | 1,452 | 7 |
| Holwell | 4.4 km north of it | 422 | 9 |
Combine it with these
There are 32 within 15 km, 4 museums, 3 historic houses and a castle among them.
Historic houseKnebworth House9.2 km away2
MuseumNorth Hertfordshire Museum400 m away3
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park12 km away4
CastleSomeries Castle11 km away5
MuseumRAF Henlow7.9 km away6
Museum · National TrustShaw's Corner12 km away7
Historic houseLuton Hoo13 km away8
MuseumBaldock Museum7.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
British schools museum in questions
Where is British schools museum?
British schools museum is in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is British schools museum?
Education museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit British schools museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Hitchin, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near British schools museum?
Within 15 km: Knebworth House (9.2 km), North Hertfordshire Museum (400 m), Wrest Park (12 km) and Someries Castle (11 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 schools museum: Jack1956, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Hertfordshire Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaw's Corner: PaulSkin from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luton Hoo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baldock Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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