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Castle Point Transport Museum

Castle Point Transport Museum is a transport museum on Canvey Island, Essex. Within the built-up area of Canvey Island, it is one of the places to visit. Around it, within 15 km, lie 41 more places, Hadleigh Castle (3 km) first on our list.

Photo: Castle Point Transport Museum, Glyn Baker (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Canvey Island

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Canvey Island

Inside Canvey Island

Castle Point Transport Museum is inside Canvey Island’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.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Warmest in Canvey Island are May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°44 mm

Feb8° / 2°36 mm

Mar11° / 4°32 mm

Apr14° / 5°37 mm

May18° / 9°42 mm

Jun21° / 12°45 mm

Jul23° / 14°42 mm

Aug23° / 14°46 mm

Sep20° / 11°45 mm

Oct16° / 9°61 mm

Nov11° / 5°55 mm

Dec8° / 3°49 mm

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

About

Castle Point Transport Museum

Transport museum on Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Canvey Island
Official site: castlepointtransportmuseum.co.uk

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

The map

Castle Point Transport Museum on the map

Use the numbers to match each place near Castle Point Transport Museum with the list.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Of these 4 towns, the largest is Southend-on-Sea (182,295 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Canvey Island

38,004 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 3 km northeast of it

Southend-on-Sea

182,295 people · 23 places to visit

3 · 3.5 km northwest of it

Thundersley and South Benfleet

49,886 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 4.7 km southeast of it

Allhallows

1,684 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Castle Point Transport Museum is	People	Places to visit
Canvey Island	It’s in town	38,004	7
Southend-on-Sea	3 km northeast of it	182,295	23
Thundersley and South Benfleet	3.5 km northwest of it	49,886	10
Allhallows	4.7 km southeast of it	1,684	4

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

There are 41 within 15 km, 4 castles, a pier and a theme park among them.

Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle3 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle14 km away 3

PierSouthend Pier7.3 km away 4

Theme parkAdventure Island7.3 km away 5

Castle · National TrustRayleigh Castle7.9 km away 6

CastleCooling Castle9.4 km away 7

FortSlough Fort5.1 km away 8

Art galleryBeecroft Art Gallery7.3 km away

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

Castle Point Transport Museum in questions

Where is Castle Point Transport Museum?

Castle Point Transport Museum is in Canvey Island, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Castle Point Transport Museum?

Transport museum on Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Castle Point Transport Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Canvey Island, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Castle Point Transport Museum?

Within 15 km: Hadleigh Castle (3 km), Upnor Castle (14 km), Southend Pier (7.3 km) and Adventure Island (7.3 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)

Castle Point Transport Museum: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Pier: Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rayleigh Castle: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cooling Castle: shirokazan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Slough Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beecroft Art Gallery: H2g2bob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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