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Chetham's Library

Chetham's Library is a library and museum in Manchester. Its status is a Grade I listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 82 more places, English Football Hall of Fame (100 m) first on our list.

Photo: Chetham's Library, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Manchester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 4%

#339 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Manchester

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#339 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (16 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Manchester

Chetham's Library is inside Manchester’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Manchester has 797 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

Picking your season

If warmth matters, go June to September: Manchester reaches 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°80 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°63 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug21° / 13°82 mm

Sep18° / 11°79 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

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

About

Chetham's Library

Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages.

Manchester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 16 languages
Town: in Manchester
Official site: library.chethams.com

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

The map

Its place on the map

The orange dot is Chetham's Library; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns near Chetham's Library

The 8 towns are led in size by Manchester, with 470,395 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

2 · 100 m west of it

Salford

108,431 people · 55 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

4 · 3.6 km northwest of it

Pendlebury

1,768 people · 41 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Chetham's Library is	People	Places to visit
Manchester	It’s in town	470,395	68
Salford	100 m west of it	108,431	55
Old Trafford	2.3 km southwest of it	21,442	47
Pendlebury	3.6 km northwest of it	1,768	41
Prestwich	3.7 km northwest of it	31,509	33
Clifton	4.3 km northwest of it	17,748	40
Stretford	4.6 km southwest of it	28,010	44
Failsworth	4.8 km east of it	19,962	20

Make a day of it

Pair Chetham's Library with these

82 more lie within 15 km, 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame100 m away 2

CathedralManchester Cathedral100 m away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery800 m away 4

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum1.3 km away · 830K visitors a year 5

MuseumNational Football Museum100 m away 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum2.3 km away 7

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist1.2 km away 8

MuseumImperial War Museum North4.1 km away · 2K visitors a year

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

Chetham's Library: what to know

Where is Chetham's Library?

Chetham's Library is in Manchester, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Chetham's Library?

Library and museum in Manchester, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Chetham's Library?

June to September are the warmest months in Manchester, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Chetham's Library a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Chetham's Library?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (100 m), Manchester Cathedral (100 m), Manchester Art Gallery (800 m) and Science and Industry Museum (1.3 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)

Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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