Museum · Letchworth · Hertfordshire

Garden City Collection Study Centre

Garden City Collection Study Centre is an uK archive and museum resource centre in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Nearby, RAF Henlow (5.2 km) heads a list of 27 within 15 km.

Where

In Letchworth

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Letchworth

Inside Letchworth

Garden City Collection Study Centre is inside Letchworth’s built-up area, with 8 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 year in Letchworth

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Letchworth).

Jan8° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 3°33 mm

Apr14° / 5°42 mm

May17° / 7°48 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°51 mm

Aug23° / 12°60 mm

Sep20° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 7°63 mm

Nov11° / 4°60 mm

Dec8° / 2°52 mm

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

About

Garden City Collection Study Centre

UK archive and museum resource centre in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Letchworth
Official site: gardencitycollection.com

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

The map

The way to Garden City Collection Study Centre

Orange marks Garden City Collection Study Centre, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Of the 8, Hitchin is the largest, at 35,220 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Letchworth

33,993 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km southwest of it

Hitchin

35,220 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km north of it

Stotfold

12,313 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km southwest of it

Ickleford

1,936 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Garden City Collection Study Centre is	People	Places to visit
Letchworth	It’s in town	33,993	11
Hitchin	1.6 km southwest of it	35,220	8
Stotfold	1.6 km north of it	12,313	9
Ickleford	1.6 km southwest of it	1,936	9
Arlesey	1.8 km north of it	6,027	8
Holwell	3.2 km west of it	422	9
Baldock	3.3 km east of it	10,613	5
Lower Stondon	3.5 km northwest of it	3,966	5

Make a day of it

Close to Garden City Collection Study Centre

A visit can add 5 museums and 3 historic houses, from 27 places within 15 km.

MuseumRAF Henlow5.2 km away 2

Historic houseKnebworth House12 km away 3

Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park11 km away 4

MuseumNorth Hertfordshire Museum4 km away 5

MuseumBritish schools museum4.2 km away 6

MuseumBaldock Museum4.4 km away 7MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection13 km away 8

Historic houseHinxworth Place7.7 km away

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

What people ask about Garden City Collection Study Centre

Where is Garden City Collection Study Centre?

Garden City Collection Study Centre is in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Garden City Collection Study Centre?

UK archive and museum resource centre in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Garden City Collection Study Centre?

May to September are the warmest months in Letchworth, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Garden City Collection Study Centre?

Within 15 km: RAF Henlow (5.2 km), Knebworth House (12 km), Wrest Park (11 km) and North Hertfordshire Museum (4 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)

RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
North Hertfordshire Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
British schools museum: Jack1956, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Baldock Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hinxworth Place: see below, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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