Crawley Museum
Crawley Museum is a museum in Crawley. Management falls to Crawley Borough Council. Our list has 41 more places within 15 km; first among them is Wakehurst, at 8.9 km.
Museum in Crawley
Inside Crawley
Crawley Museum is inside Crawley’s built-up area, with 4 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.
A month-by-month guide
For warmth, aim for May to September (18–23°C highs in Crawley).
Crawley Museum
Museum in Crawley, England, United Kingdom.
It is run by Crawley Borough Council.
In Crawley, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Crawley Borough Council
- Town
- in Crawley
- Official site
- crawleymuseums.org
Plan your visit
Crawley Museum and what surrounds it
The numbers show what else is near Crawley Museum, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Crawley’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Crawley Museum
In size, Crawley comes first of the 6, with 120,567 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Crawley
Hookwood
Pease Pottage
Copthorne
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Crawley Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawley | It’s in town | 120,567 | 10 |
| Hookwood | 2.8 km north of it | 666 | 4 |
| Pease Pottage | 3.2 km south of it | 1,688 | 7 |
| Copthorne | 3.9 km northeast of it | 4,917 | 4 |
| Charlwood | 4.2 km northwest of it | 903 | 4 |
| Shipley Bridge | 4.9 km northeast of it | 315 | 2 |
Combine it with these
Also close at hand are 2 gardens, 2 historic houses and 2 museums, among 41 within 15 km.
Garden · National TrustWakehurst8.9 km away2
Historic houseBrantridge Park6.8 km away3
Garden · National TrustNT Nymans Gardens7.4 km away4ZooZooTilgate Zoo2.6 km away5
MuseumGatwick Aviation Museum4.4 km away6
Historic houseSaint Hill Manor11 km away7
Heritage railwayBluebell Railway14 km away8
MuseumWings Museum6.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Crawley Museum
Where is Crawley Museum?
Crawley Museum is in Crawley, West Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Crawley Museum?
Museum in Crawley, England, United Kingdom.
Who runs Crawley Museum?
Crawley Borough Council.
When is the best time to visit Crawley Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Crawley, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Crawley Museum?
Within 15 km: Wakehurst (8.9 km), Brantridge Park (6.8 km), NT Nymans Gardens (7.4 km) and Tilgate Zoo (2.6 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 (7)
- Wakehurst: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brantridge Park: CyberCop, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- NT Nymans Gardens: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gatwick Aviation Museum: MilborneOne, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Hill Manor: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bluebell Railway: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wings Museum: Shazz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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