Museum · Whitby · North Yorkshire

Cholmley House

In Whitby, Cholmley House is a museum. There are 11 other places to visit inside 5 km. Nearby, Whitby Abbey (100 m) leads the list.

Where

In Whitby

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Whitby

Inside Whitby

Cholmley House is inside Whitby’s built-up area, with 11 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 year in Whitby

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Whitby.

Jan7° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar10° / 3°44 mm

Apr12° / 5°47 mm

May15° / 7°41 mm

Jun18° / 10°62 mm

Jul20° / 12°52 mm

Aug20° / 12°61 mm

Sep17° / 10°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°80 mm

Dec7° / 2°72 mm

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

About

Cholmley House

Museum.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Whitby
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/things-to-do

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

The map

Locating Cholmley House

Numbered points are the places near Cholmley House, which is in orange.

Towns near it

The towns around Cholmley House

Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1Whitby
2Sleights

1 · It’s in town

Whitby

12,603 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 3.5 km southwest of it

Sleights

1,928 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Cholmley House is	People	Places to visit
Whitby	It’s in town	12,603	15
Sleights	3.5 km southwest of it	1,928	16

Make a day of it

Around Cholmley House

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhitby Abbey100 m away 2

MuseumCaptain Cook Memorial Museum200 m away 3

MuseumWhitby Museum900 m away 4

CastleOld Mulgrave Castle6.3 km away 5

MuseumPannett Art Gallery900 m away 6CastleCastleSneaton Castle Centre2.2 km away 7AttractionAttraction · National TrustBrickyard Quarry (disused)12 km away 8MuseumMuseumWhitby Jet Heritage Centre300 m away

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

A visit to Cholmley House: questions

Where is Cholmley House?

Cholmley House is in Whitby, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cholmley House?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Cholmley House?

June to September are the warmest months in Whitby, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Cholmley House?

Within 15 km: Whitby Abbey (100 m), Captain Cook Memorial Museum (200 m), Whitby Museum (900 m) and Old Mulgrave Castle (6.3 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 (5)

Whitby Abbey: aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Captain Cook Memorial Museum: aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whitby Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Mulgrave Castle: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pannett Art Gallery: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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