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Essex Fire Museum

Essex Fire Museum is a fire museum. Look for it within Grays’ built-up area. It is run by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.

Where

In Grays

inside the built-up area

Run by

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Grays

Inside Grays

Essex Fire Museum is inside Grays’ 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.

When to go

The best months to visit

Highs of 18–24°C mark May to September in Grays.

Jan8° / 2°48 mm

Feb9° / 3°37 mm

Mar11° / 4°32 mm

Apr15° / 5°34 mm

May18° / 8°41 mm

Jun22° / 11°49 mm

Jul24° / 13°40 mm

Aug23° / 13°54 mm

Sep20° / 11°44 mm

Oct16° / 8°55 mm

Nov12° / 5°58 mm

Dec9° / 3°52 mm

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

About

Essex Fire Museum

There are 32 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Red House (14 km).

Type: Museum
Run by: Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Town: in Grays
Official site: essex-fire.gov.uk/essex-fire-museum

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

The map

Finding Essex Fire Museum

The orange dot is Essex Fire Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Essex Fire Museum

Grays is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (44,340 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Grays

44,340 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 300 m west of it

Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock

23,589 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 700 m southwest of it

Chafford Hundred

291 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 2 km northwest of it

South Ockendon

22,441 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Essex Fire Museum is	People	Places to visit
Grays	It’s in town	44,340	11
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock	300 m west of it	23,589	6
Chafford Hundred	700 m southwest of it	291	4
South Ockendon	2 km northwest of it	22,441	5
Tilbury	2.3 km southeast of it	14,187	11
Baker Street	2.4 km northeast of it	499	2
Chadwell St Mary	2.7 km east of it	10,680	10
Northfleet	3.3 km south of it	29,892	12

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

32 more lie within 15 km, 2 museums, 2 castles and 2 forts among them.

Museum · National TrustRed House14 km away 2

CastleStone Castle6.1 km away 3

Fort · English HeritageTilbury Fort5.6 km away 4

CathedralBrentwood Cathedral14 km away 5

FortCoalhouse Fort8.2 km away 6

Museum · National TrustRainham Hall9.5 km away 7

Historic houseThorndon Hall12 km away 8

CastleNew Tavern Fort6.5 km away

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

Questions people have about Essex Fire Museum

Where is Essex Fire Museum?

Essex Fire Museum is in Grays, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Essex Fire Museum?

Fire museum in Essex, United Kingdom.

Who runs Essex Fire Museum?

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.

When is the best time to visit Essex Fire Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Grays, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Essex Fire Museum?

Within 15 km: Red House (14 km), Stone Castle (6.1 km), Tilbury Fort (5.6 km) and Brentwood 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)

Red House: Velela, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stone Castle: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tilbury Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood Cathedral: Brentwood_Cathedral_-_Rfry.jpg: Rhyddfrydol derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coalhouse Fort: The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rainham Hall: JRennocks, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thorndon Hall: Tomharveybolton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
New Tavern Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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