Museum · Great Ayton · North Yorkshire

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum is an architectural structure in Great Ayton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire. It holds the status of a Grade II listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 24 more places, Middlesbrough Cathedral (6.4 km) first on our list.

Photo: Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, Mick Garratt (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Great Ayton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Museum in Great Ayton

Inside Great Ayton

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum is inside Great Ayton’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Great Ayton has 51 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 best months to visit

Warm weather in Great Ayton runs June to September, with highs of 17–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°62 mm

Feb7° / 2°58 mm

Mar10° / 3°51 mm

Apr12° / 4°52 mm

May16° / 7°42 mm

Jun18° / 9°82 mm

Jul21° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 11°65 mm

Sep17° / 10°63 mm

Oct14° / 7°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°95 mm

Dec7° / 2°63 mm

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

About

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Great Ayton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Great Ayton
Official site: captaincookschoolroommuseum.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance fees

EntryBy donation

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

The map

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum on the map

The map puts Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Staying near Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

In size, Middlesbrough comes first of the 4, with 148,232 people. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Great Ayton

4,348 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 3.1 km southwest of it

Stokesley

4,906 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km northwest of it

Middlesbrough

148,232 people · 17 places to visit

4 · 4 km south of it

Great Broughton

862 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum is	People	Places to visit
Great Ayton	It’s in town	4,348	1
Stokesley	3.1 km southwest of it	4,906	3
Middlesbrough	3.6 km northwest of it	148,232	17
Great Broughton	4 km south of it	862	1

Make a day of it

What else is near Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

Our list has 24 more within 15 km, among them 2 historic houses, a cathedral and an abbey or priory.

CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral6.4 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGisborough Priory7.6 km away 3

Art galleryMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art11 km away 4

Historic house · National TrustOrmesby Hall6.8 km away 5

CastleWhorlton Castle11 km away 6

ZooNewham Grange Leisure Farm7.4 km away 7

MuseumDorman Museum11 km away 8

Historic houseAcklam Hall9.7 km away

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

A visit to Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum: questions

Where is Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum?

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum is in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum?

Architectural structure in Great Ayton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Great Ayton, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum?

Within 15 km: Middlesbrough Cathedral (6.4 km), Gisborough Priory (7.6 km), Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (11 km) and Ormesby Hall (6.8 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 (9)

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middlesbrough Cathedral: MiddlesbroughCathedral.JPG: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Gisborough Priory: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Francis Hannaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ormesby Hall: Simon Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whorlton Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newham Grange Leisure Farm: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dorman Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Acklam Hall: Originally uploaded by Djdaedalus (Transferred by Hogweard), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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