Crewe Heritage Centre
Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum in Crewe. A typical year brings about 30K visitors. Around it, within 15 km, lie 14 more places, Little Moreton Hall (13 km) first on our list.
Museum in Crewe
Inside Crewe
Crewe Heritage Centre is inside Crewe’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
Warmest in Crewe are May to September, at 17–22°C.
Crewe Heritage Centre
Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Museum
- Visitors
- 30K visitors a year
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Crewe
- Official site
- creweheritagecentre.org
The essentials
- EntryA fee is charged
Crewe Heritage Centre and what surrounds it
Orange: Crewe Heritage Centre.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Crewe’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Crewe Heritage Centre
Among the 8, Crewe is the biggest, home to 74,116 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Crewe
Haslington
Shavington
Weston
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Crewe Heritage Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crewe | It’s in town | 74,116 | 5 |
| Haslington | 2 km east of it | 5,042 | 3 |
| Shavington | 2.6 km south of it | 4,972 | 4 |
| Weston | 3.2 km southeast of it | 789 | 3 |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3.4 km southwest of it | 3,653 | 6 |
| Winterley | 3.8 km northeast of it | 1,371 | 2 |
| Hough | 4 km south of it | 744 | 3 |
| Nantwich | 4.7 km southwest of it | 18,741 | 6 |
After Crewe Heritage Centre
14 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 3 museums and 2 historic houses among them.
Historic house · National TrustLittle Moreton Hall13 km away2
CastleHeighley Castle11 km away3
Castle · National TrustMow Cop Castle15 km away4
Historic houseDorfold Hall7.8 km away5
MuseumEnglesea Brook Museum of Methodism5.8 km away6
MuseumNantwich Museum6.5 km away7
CastleRode Hall11 km away8
MuseumHack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker9.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Crewe Heritage Centre: the answers
Where is Crewe Heritage Centre?
Crewe Heritage Centre is in Crewe, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Crewe Heritage Centre?
Railway museum in Crewe, England.
How many people visit Crewe Heritage Centre?
About 30K visitors a year.
When is the best time to visit Crewe Heritage Centre?
May to September are the warmest months in Crewe, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Crewe Heritage Centre?
Within 15 km: Little Moreton Hall (13 km), Heighley Castle (11 km), Mow Cop Castle (15 km) and Dorfold Hall (7.8 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)
- Crewe Heritage Centre: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Little Moreton Hall: Christine-Ann Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heighley Castle: Peter Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mow Cop Castle: Nmwatson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorfold Hall: DorfoldHall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Englesea Brook Museum of Methodism: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nantwich Museum: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rode Hall: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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