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Garden Welcome Centre

Garden Welcome Centre is a museum in Bristol. The surrounding 5 km hold 55 more places to visit. Around it, SS Great Britain Museum (3.3 km) comes first on our list.

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Bristol

Inside Bristol

Garden Welcome Centre is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 55 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 seasons here

Highs of 19–22°C mark June to September in Bristol.

Jan8° / 3°91 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar11° / 4°61 mm

Apr14° / 6°58 mm

May17° / 8°63 mm

Jun20° / 11°64 mm

Jul22° / 13°66 mm

Aug21° / 13°81 mm

Sep19° / 11°65 mm

Oct15° / 8°89 mm

Nov11° / 5°96 mm

Dec8° / 3°98 mm

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

About

Garden Welcome Centre

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Bristol

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

The map

Around Garden Welcome Centre, mapped

Orange: Garden Welcome Centre.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Garden Welcome Centre

By population, Bristol leads the 8 with 425,196. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Abbots Leigh

302 people · 61 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km south of it

Leigh Woods

637 people · 57 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km west of it

Pill

4,956 people · 27 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Garden Welcome Centre is	People	Places to visit
Bristol	It’s in town	425,196	76
Abbots Leigh	2.1 km southwest of it	302	61
Leigh Woods	2.5 km south of it	637	57
Pill	3.1 km west of it	4,956	27
Filton	4 km northeast of it	10,955	22
Avonmouth	4.3 km northwest of it	2,643	13
Patchway	4.3 km northeast of it	16,517	17
Long Ashton	4.5 km southwest of it	5,184	53

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Around it, within 15 km, lie 79 more, including 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 art galleries.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum3.3 km away 2

CathedralBristol Cathedral3.3 km away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery2.7 km away · 451K visitors a year 4

ZooBristol Zoo1.6 km away 5

CathedralClifton Cathedral2.1 km away 6

Art galleryArnolfini3.7 km away · 398K visitors a year 7

Big drawMuseumM Shed3.8 km away · 596K visitors a year 8

Art galleryRoyal West of England Academy2.4 km away

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

Asked about Garden Welcome Centre

Where is Garden Welcome Centre?

Garden Welcome Centre is in Bristol, Bristol, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Garden Welcome Centre?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Garden Welcome Centre?

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

What else is there to see near Garden Welcome Centre?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (3.3 km), Bristol Cathedral (3.3 km), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (2.7 km) and Bristol Zoo (1.6 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)

SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal West of England Academy: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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