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Gloucester Waterways Museum

Gloucester Waterways Museum is a museum charting the 200-year history of the Gloucester docks and the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. Close by, Gloucester Cathedral is 700 m away, one of 35 within 15 km. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages.

Photo: Gloucester Waterways Museum, Jongleur100 (Public domain)

Where

In Gloucester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Gloucester

Inside Gloucester

Gloucester Waterways Museum is inside Gloucester’s built-up area, with 13 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

Picking your season

Expect highs of 18–23°C in Gloucester from May to September.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb9° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 4°46 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°54 mm

Jun21° / 11°57 mm

Jul23° / 13°60 mm

Aug22° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°73 mm

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

About

Gloucester Waterways Museum

Museum charting the 200-year history of the Gloucester docks and the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Gloucester
Official site: canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/gloucester-docks

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Locating Gloucester Waterways Museum

The map puts Gloucester Waterways Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns close to Gloucester Waterways Museum

Home to 118,562 people, Gloucester is the largest of these 8. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Gloucester

118,562 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km northeast of it

Longford

2,536 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Maisemore

538 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km southwest of it

Quedgeley and Hardwicke

21,125 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gloucester Waterways Museum is	People	Places to visit
Gloucester	It’s in town	118,562	23
Longford	2.6 km northeast of it	2,536	17
Maisemore	3.1 km northwest of it	538	16
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	3.2 km southwest of it	21,125	18
Highnam	3.2 km northwest of it	1,920	17
Twigworth	3.5 km northeast of it	380	17
Churchdown	3.6 km northeast of it	13,480	18
Upton St Leonards	4.5 km southeast of it	1,132	18

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Around it, within 15 km, lie 35 more, including 3 abbeys or priories, 3 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralGloucester Cathedral700 m away 2

CastleGloucester Castle300 m away 3

Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester900 m away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester500 m away 5

Abbey or priory · English HeritageBlackfriars400 m away 6

MuseumMuseum of Gloucester600 m away 7

MuseumSoldiers of Gloucestershire300 m away 8

MuseumThe Folk of Gloucester600 m away

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

Your questions on Gloucester Waterways Museum

Where is Gloucester Waterways Museum?

Gloucester Waterways Museum is in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gloucester Waterways Museum?

Museum charting the 200-year history of the Gloucester docks and the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Gloucester Waterways Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Gloucester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Gloucester Waterways Museum?

Within 15 km: Gloucester Cathedral (700 m), Gloucester Castle (300 m), St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester (900 m) and Greyfriars, Gloucester (500 m).

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 (9)

Gloucester Waterways Museum: Jongleur100, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Greyfriars, Gloucester: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackfriars: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Gloucester: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soldiers of Gloucestershire: Own work by Chris Ryland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Folk of Gloucester: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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