Museum · Epworth · Lincolnshire

Epworth Old Rectory

Epworth Old Rectory is a clergy building in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, now a historic house museum. Officially, it is a Grade I listed building. Look also at The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, 5.9 km away, first of 8 more within 15 km.

Photo: Epworth Old Rectory, G. W. Edmondson. (Public domain)

Where

In Epworth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Epworth

Inside Epworth

Epworth Old Rectory is inside Epworth’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Epworth has 37 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

June to September are the warmest in Epworth, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°38 mm

Mar11° / 3°35 mm

Apr14° / 4°45 mm

May17° / 7°42 mm

Jun20° / 10°60 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug22° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 7°57 mm

Nov10° / 4°57 mm

Dec8° / 2°50 mm

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

About

Epworth Old Rectory

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Epworth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Epworth
Official site: epwortholdrectory.org.uk

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

The map

Getting to Epworth Old Rectory

Spot Epworth Old Rectory in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Epworth is the biggest of the 6 bases nearby (4,361 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Epworth

4,361 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km north of it

Belton

2,303 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km south of it

Haxey

2,047 people · 1 place to visit

4 · 3.5 km southeast of it

Owston Ferry

1,156 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Epworth Old Rectory is	People	Places to visit
Epworth	It’s in town	4,361	2
Belton	2.3 km north of it	2,303	2
Haxey	3.3 km south of it	2,047	1
Owston Ferry	3.5 km southeast of it	1,156	1
Westwoodside	4.3 km southwest of it	2,033	1
West Butterwick	4.6 km northeast of it	786	1

Make a day of it

Also near Epworth Old Rectory

There are 8 within 15 km, 5 museums, a zoo and a historic site among them.

MuseumThe Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft5.9 km away 2

Museum · English HeritageGainsborough Old Hall14 km away 3

ZooYorkshire Wildlife Park15 km away 4

MuseumNorth Lincolnshire Museum13 km away 5

MuseumCrowle Peatland Railway11 km away 6MuseumMuseumThe Gainsborough Heritage Centre14 km away 7Historic siteHistoric siteAvro Vulcan13 km away 8Art galleryArt gallery2021 Visual Arts Centre14 km away

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

Visiting Epworth Old Rectory: the answers

Where is Epworth Old Rectory?

Epworth Old Rectory is in Epworth, Lincolnshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Epworth Old Rectory?

Clergy building in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, now historic house museum.

When is the best time to visit Epworth Old Rectory?

June to September are the warmest months in Epworth, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Epworth Old Rectory a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Epworth Old Rectory?

Within 15 km: The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft (5.9 km), Gainsborough Old Hall (14 km), Yorkshire Wildlife Park (15 km) and North Lincolnshire Museum (13 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 (6)

Epworth Old Rectory: G. W. Edmondson., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft: James Race, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Gainsborough Old Hall: John Spooner, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Wildlife Park: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
North Lincolnshire Museum: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crowle Peatland Railway: Bob1960evens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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