Museum · Beeston · Nottinghamshire

Canalside Heritage Centre

Among the sights of Beeston is Canalside Heritage Centre, a museum. There are 12 other places to visit inside 5 km. Worth the trip, Nottingham Castle is 5.3 km off.

Where

In Beeston

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Beeston

Inside Beeston

Canalside Heritage Centre is inside Beeston’s built-up area, with 12 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.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Beeston reach 17–22°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°52 mm

Feb9° / 2°44 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr14° / 5°45 mm

May17° / 8°45 mm

Jun20° / 11°62 mm

Jul22° / 13°63 mm

Aug22° / 13°60 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 8°65 mm

Nov11° / 5°61 mm

Dec8° / 2°61 mm

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

About

Canalside Heritage Centre

Museum.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Beeston
Official site: canalsideheritagecentre.org.uk

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

The map

Getting to Canalside Heritage Centre

Orange: Canalside Heritage Centre.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Canalside Heritage Centre

Nottingham, with 299,786 people, is the largest of the 8. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Beeston

52,359 people · 30 places to visit

2 · 600 m southeast of it

Clifton

22,936 people · 27 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km north of it

Nottingham

299,786 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km east of it

Wilford

4,849 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Canalside Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Beeston	It’s in town	52,359	30
Clifton	600 m southeast of it	22,936	27
Nottingham	1.3 km north of it	299,786	35
Wilford	2.4 km east of it	4,849	28
Ruddington	2.9 km southeast of it	7,491	10
West Bridgford	3.1 km east of it	36,489	27
Long Eaton	3.5 km southwest of it	37,815	15
Stapleford	3.8 km northwest of it	15,041	13

Make a day of it

Close to Canalside Heritage Centre

The 52 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral.

CastleNottingham Castle5.3 km away 2

MuseumWollaton Hall3.9 km away 3

CathedralNottingham Cathedral5.7 km away 4

Art galleryNottingham Contemporary5.8 km away 5

MuseumJudges Retiring Room5.9 km away 6

MuseumNottingham Industrial Museum3.9 km away 7MuseumMuseumNottingham Transport Heritage Centre4.9 km away 8

CastleElvaston Castle13 km away

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

What people ask about Canalside Heritage Centre

Where is Canalside Heritage Centre?

Canalside Heritage Centre is in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Canalside Heritage Centre?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Canalside Heritage Centre?

May to September are the warmest months in Beeston, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Canalside Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Nottingham Castle (5.3 km), Wollaton Hall (3.9 km), Nottingham Cathedral (5.7 km) and Nottingham Contemporary (5.8 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 (7)

Nottingham Castle: Cosmicutencil, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Cathedral: The original uploader was David Newton at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Contemporary: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Judges Retiring Room: Roland Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Industrial Museum: Oxymoron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elvaston Castle: Chris J Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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