Museum · Southend-on-Sea · Essex

Clifftown Telephone Museum

Clifftown Telephone Museum is part of what Southend-on-Sea has to see. Its neighbours on our list number 9 within 5 km. Nearby, Adventure Island (500 m) leads the list.

Where

In Southend-on-Sea

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Southend-on-Sea

Inside Southend-on-Sea

Clifftown Telephone Museum is inside Southend-on-Sea’s built-up area, with 9 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

Weather by the month

The warmest afternoons in Southend-on-Sea run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 4°34 mm

Apr14° / 5°39 mm

May18° / 9°40 mm

Jun21° / 12°43 mm

Jul23° / 14°42 mm

Aug23° / 14°48 mm

Sep20° / 12°45 mm

Oct16° / 9°60 mm

Nov11° / 5°57 mm

Dec8° / 3°52 mm

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

About

Clifftown Telephone Museum

In Southend-on-Sea, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Southend-on-Sea
Official site: clifftownconservationsociety.org.uk

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

The map

Clifftown Telephone Museum on the map

Find Clifftown Telephone Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Bases near Clifftown Telephone Museum

By population, Southend-on-Sea leads the 3 with 182,295. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Southend-on-Sea

182,295 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 3.4 km northeast of it

Stonebridge

241 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km north of it

Rochford

12,617 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Clifftown Telephone Museum is	People	Places to visit
Southend-on-Sea	It’s in town	182,295	23
Stonebridge	3.4 km northeast of it	241	13
Rochford	3.6 km north of it	12,617	13

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

What else is near Clifftown Telephone Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 31 more, including 2 castles, 2 museums and a theme park.

Theme parkAdventure Island500 m away 2

PierSouthend Pier1.5 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle7.1 km away 4

Art galleryBeecroft Art Gallery800 m away 5

MuseumSouthend Central Museum800 m away 6

MuseumSouthchurch Hall1.4 km away 7

Abbey or prioryPrittlewell Priory2.1 km away 8

Castle · National TrustRayleigh Castle9.4 km away

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

Planning a visit to Clifftown Telephone Museum

Where is Clifftown Telephone Museum?

Clifftown Telephone Museum is in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Clifftown Telephone Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Clifftown Telephone Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Clifftown Telephone Museum?

Within 15 km: Adventure Island (500 m), Southend Pier (1.5 km), Hadleigh Castle (7.1 km) and Beecroft Art Gallery (800 m).

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 (8)

Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Beecroft Art Gallery: H2g2bob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Central Museum: Southend Museums Service, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southchurch Hall: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prittlewell Priory: Lonpicman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rayleigh Castle: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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