Museum · Oxenhope · West Yorkshire

Engine Shed

Engine Shed is a museum in Oxenhope. Our list has one more place within 5 km. Add Bronte Parsonage Museum, 1.9 km away, to a visit.

Where

In Oxenhope

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 19–19°C

In brief

Museum in Oxenhope

Inside Oxenhope

Engine Shed is inside Oxenhope’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.

When to go

The best months to visit

Expect 19°C highs in Oxenhope in July and August.

Jan5° / 0°134 mm

Feb6° / 1°105 mm

Mar8° / 2°90 mm

Apr11° / 3°73 mm

May14° / 6°70 mm

Jun17° / 9°84 mm

Jul19° / 11°86 mm

Aug19° / 11°95 mm

Sep16° / 9°93 mm

Oct12° / 6°115 mm

Nov8° / 3°125 mm

Dec6° / 1°139 mm

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

About

Engine Shed

In Oxenhope, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Oxenhope
Official site: kwvr.co.uk/visiting-the-kwvr/railstory/engine-shed

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

The map

The area around Engine Shed

Orange marks Engine Shed, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns near Engine Shed

Home to 48,754 people, Keighley is the largest of these 6. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Oxenhope

1,898 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 1 km north of it

Haworth

5,680 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 3 km north of it

Oakworth

3,688 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km east of it

Cullingworth

3,096 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Engine Shed is	People	Places to visit
Oxenhope	It’s in town	1,898	4
Haworth	1 km north of it	5,680	8
Oakworth	3 km north of it	3,688	7
Cullingworth	3.3 km east of it	3,096	9
Denholme	3.4 km east of it	2,960	3
Keighley	3.5 km northeast of it	48,754	12

Make a day of it

Also near Engine Shed

A visit can add 4 museums, a castle and a cathedral, from 41 places within 15 km.

MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum1.9 km away 2

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum13 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)3

CastleCliffe Castle7.2 km away · 65K visitors a year 4

CathedralBradford Cathedral14 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustEast Riddlesden Hall8.1 km away 6

MuseumMuseum of Rail Travel5.2 km away 7

Art galleryCartwright Hall Art Gallery12 km away 8

MuseumShibden Hall12 km away

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

Your questions on Engine Shed

Where is Engine Shed?

Engine Shed is in Oxenhope, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Engine Shed?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Engine Shed?

July and August are the warmest months in Oxenhope, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Engine Shed?

Within 15 km: Bronte Parsonage Museum (1.9 km), National Science and Media Museum (13 km), Cliffe Castle (7.2 km) and Bradford Cathedral (14 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)

Bronte Parsonage Museum: SpaceMonkey at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cliffe Castle: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
East Riddlesden Hall: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Rail Travel: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery: Flickr user:Tim Green aka atouch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shibden Hall: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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