Museum · Bishop Auckland · County Durham

Faith Museum

Set in Bishop Auckland is Faith Museum. Around it, within 5 km, are 6 more places on our list. The pick nearby is Auckland Castle, 100 m off.

Where

In Bishop Auckland

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Bishop Auckland

Inside Bishop Auckland

Faith Museum is inside Bishop Auckland’s built-up area, with 6 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

Month by month

Afternoons in Bishop Auckland reach 17–20°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°55 mm

Feb7° / 1°51 mm

Mar10° / 2°46 mm

Apr12° / 4°51 mm

May15° / 6°45 mm

Jun18° / 9°59 mm

Jul20° / 11°60 mm

Aug20° / 11°73 mm

Sep17° / 9°64 mm

Oct13° / 6°69 mm

Nov10° / 3°65 mm

Dec7° / 1°66 mm

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

About

Faith Museum

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Bishop Auckland
Official site: aucklandproject.org/venues/faith-museum

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

The map

Getting to Faith Museum

The places near Faith Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Faith Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Bishop Auckland, with 23,359 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Bishop Auckland

23,359 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 2 km east of it

Coundon and Leeholme

2,522 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km southeast of it

Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange

995 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Shildon

9,650 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Faith Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bishop Auckland	It’s in town	23,359	10
Coundon and Leeholme	2 km east of it	2,522	9
Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange	2.3 km southeast of it	995	8
Shildon	2.9 km southeast of it	9,650	9
Hunwick	3.2 km northwest of it	657	8
Witton Park	3.2 km west of it	333	8
Spennymoor	3.2 km northeast of it	20,401	12
Byers Green	3.5 km north of it	829	9

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Faith Museum

Among the 23 within 15 km are 4 castles, a historic house and a cathedral.

Historic house · English HeritageAuckland Castle100 m away 2

CastleDurham Castle14 km away 3

CathedralDurham Cathedral13 km away 4

MuseumLocomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon5.3 km away · 94K visitors a year 5

CastleRaby Castle12 km away 6

CastleWitton Castle6 km away 7Theme parkTheme parkKynren600 m away 8

CastleBrancepeth Castle7.6 km away

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

Faith Museum, answered

Where is Faith Museum?

Faith Museum is in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Faith Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Faith Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Bishop Auckland, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Faith Museum?

Within 15 km: Auckland Castle (100 m), Durham Castle (14 km), Durham Cathedral (13 km) and Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon (5.3 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)

Auckland Castle: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Raby Castle: malcolm tebbit, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Witton Castle: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brancepeth Castle: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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