Museum · Huddersfield · West Yorkshire

Colne Valley Museum

Colne Valley Museum is a historic house museum. It stands inside Huddersfield’s built-up area. Its operator is Charity run by the community.

Photo: Colne Valley Museum, Richard Harvey (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Huddersfield

inside the built-up area

Run by

Charity run by the community

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Huddersfield

Inside Huddersfield

Colne Valley Museum is inside Huddersfield’s built-up area, with 2 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

Warm months and wet ones

If warmth matters, go June to September: Huddersfield reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°92 mm

Feb7° / 1°86 mm

Mar9° / 3°73 mm

Apr12° / 4°65 mm

May16° / 7°63 mm

Jun18° / 10°77 mm

Jul20° / 12°77 mm

Aug20° / 12°78 mm

Sep17° / 10°80 mm

Oct13° / 7°93 mm

Nov9° / 4°100 mm

Dec7° / 2°112 mm

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

About

Colne Valley Museum

Articles on it exist in 2 languages. Top of the 21 other places within 15 km is Tolson Museum, 6.7 km off.

Type: Museum
Run by: Charity run by the community
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Huddersfield
Official site: colnevalleymuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Locating Colne Valley Museum

On this map, Colne Valley Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The 8 towns are led in size by Huddersfield, with 141,683 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Huddersfield

141,683 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 500 m northwest of it

Scapegoat Hill

738 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 900 m south of it

Linthwaite and Slaithwaite

9,242 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2 km northwest of it

Outlane

1,172 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Colne Valley Museum is	People	Places to visit
Huddersfield	It’s in town	141,683	11
Scapegoat Hill	500 m northwest of it	738	2
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite	900 m south of it	9,242	6
Outlane	2 km northwest of it	1,172	3
Netherton (Kirklees)	3 km southeast of it	3,151	5
Holywell Green and Stainland	3.6 km north of it	2,799	6
Meltham	4.1 km south of it	8,325	3
Elland	4.3 km north of it	15,788	14

Make a day of it

Next door to Colne Valley Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 21 more, including 7 museums and an art gallery.

MuseumTolson Museum6.7 km away 2

Art galleryHuddersfield Library and Art Gallery5 km away 3

MuseumShibden Hall10 km away 4

MuseumEureka! The National Children's Museum9 km away 5

MuseumCalderdale Industrial Museum9.3 km away 6

MuseumDewsbury Bus Museum13 km away 7

MuseumBankfield Museum10 km away 8MuseumMuseum · National TrustMarsden Moor Estate Exhibition6.2 km away

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

Colne Valley Museum in questions

Where is Colne Valley Museum?

Colne Valley Museum is in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Colne Valley Museum?

Historic house museum, United Kingdom.

Who runs Colne Valley Museum?

Charity run by the community.

When is the best time to visit Colne Valley Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Colne Valley Museum?

Within 15 km: Tolson Museum (6.7 km), Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery (5 km), Shibden Hall (10 km) and Eureka! The National Children's Museum (9 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 (8)

Colne Valley Museum: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tolson Museum: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery: Chris Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shibden Hall: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eureka! The National Children's Museum: Sospot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Calderdale Industrial Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dewsbury Bus Museum: 24 Barnsley Road, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bankfield Museum: Linda Spashett Storye_book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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