Desborough Heritage Centre
Desborough Heritage Centre is a museum in Desborough. Look also at Rockingham Castle, 10 km away, first of 17 more within 15 km.
Museum in Desborough
Inside Desborough
Desborough Heritage Centre is inside Desborough’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.
Month by month in Desborough
In Desborough the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.
Desborough Heritage Centre
Museum in Desborough, England, United Kingdom.
In Desborough, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Desborough
- Official site
- desboroughheritagecentre.co.uk
Where it sits
Orange is Desborough Heritage Centre; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Desborough’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
The 5 towns are led in size by Desborough, with 11,899 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Desborough
Rothwell
Rushton
Wilbarston
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Desborough Heritage Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desborough | It’s in town | 11,899 | 4 |
| Rothwell | 1.8 km southeast of it | 8,623 | 5 |
| Rushton | 3.3 km east of it | 528 | 4 |
| Wilbarston | 4.4 km north of it | 746 | 2 |
| Loddington | 5 km south of it | 533 | 5 |
Also within reach
Within 15 km are 17 places, among them 4 historic houses, 2 castles and a theme park.
CastleRockingham Castle10 km away2
Historic houseBoughton House9.8 km away3
Historic houseKelmarsh Hall7.8 km away4CastleCastle · English HeritageTriangular Lodge2.7 km away5
Historic houseLamport Hall10 km away6
Theme parkWicksteed Park10 km away7
MuseumHarborough Museum7.9 km away8
Historic houseCottesbrooke Hall13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Desborough Heritage Centre: what to know
Where is Desborough Heritage Centre?
Desborough Heritage Centre is in Desborough, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Desborough Heritage Centre?
Museum in Desborough, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Desborough Heritage Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Desborough, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Desborough Heritage Centre?
Within 15 km: Rockingham Castle (10 km), Boughton House (9.8 km), Kelmarsh Hall (7.8 km) and Triangular Lodge (2.7 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)
- Rockingham Castle: Brian Coleman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boughton House: John Stolarski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelmarsh Hall: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lamport Hall: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicksteed Park: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harborough Museum: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cottesbrooke Hall: Cj1340, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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