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Great North Museum: Hancock

Great North Museum: Hancock is a natural history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. The site is in the hands of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum. Nearby, Turbinia (1.5 km) heads a list of 71 within 15 km.

Photo: Great North Museum: Hancock, TubularWorld (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Newcastle upon Tyne

inside the built-up area

Run by

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum

the operator on record

Visitors a year

638K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 5%

#405 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#405 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (6 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Newcastle upon Tyne

Great North Museum: Hancock is inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area, with 32 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

Which month to go

If warmth matters, go June to September: Newcastle upon Tyne reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr12° / 5°51 mm

May15° / 8°44 mm

Jun18° / 10°64 mm

Jul20° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 2°56 mm

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

About

Great North Museum: Hancock

Around 638K people visit each year. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 6 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum
Visitors: 638K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Newcastle upon Tyne
Official site: twmuseums.org.uk/great-north-museum.html

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

The map

Around Great North Museum: Hancock, mapped

Orange is Great North Museum: Hancock; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Newcastle upon Tyne is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (286,472 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Newcastle upon Tyne

286,472 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km south of it

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km northeast of it

Longbenton

26,882 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km east of it

Wallsend

45,351 people · 42 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Great North Museum: Hancock is	People	Places to visit
Newcastle upon Tyne	It’s in town	286,472	46
Gateshead	1.5 km south of it	115,278	49
Longbenton	3.4 km northeast of it	26,882	35
Wallsend	3.9 km east of it	45,351	42
Blaydon	4 km west of it	14,237	35
Whickham	4.5 km southwest of it	15,680	33
Hebburn	6.4 km east of it	21,341	24
Woolsington	7 km northwest of it	318	4

Make a day of it

Beyond Great North Museum: Hancock

Within 15 km are 71 places, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 art galleries.

MuseumTurbinia1.5 km away 2

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral1.2 km away 3

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle1.3 km away 4

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral1.3 km away 5

MuseumCentre for Life1.6 km away · 225K visitors a year 6

Art galleryBALTIC Centre1.6 km away 7

MuseumDiscovery Museum1.5 km away 8

Art galleryLaing Art Gallery700 m away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Great North Museum: Hancock?

Great North Museum: Hancock is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Great North Museum: Hancock?

Natural history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Who runs Great North Museum: Hancock?

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum.

How many people visit Great North Museum: Hancock?

About 638K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Great North Museum: Hancock?

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

What else is there to see near Great North Museum: Hancock?

Within 15 km: Turbinia (1.5 km), Newcastle Cathedral (1.2 km), Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (1.3 km) and St Mary's Cathedral (1.3 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 (9)

Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Discovery Museum: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Laing Art Gallery: Mark Smiles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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