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Green Howards Museum
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Green Howards Museum

Green Howards Museum is a museum of the Green Howards infantry regiment of the British Army. This one is within Richmond’s built-up area. Around 50K people visit each year.

Photo: Green Howards Museum, Immanuel Giel (Public domain)
Where
In Richmond
inside the built-up area
Visitors a year
50K
Wikidata
How well known
Top 7%
#598 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 19–19°C
In brief

Museum in Richmond

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

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (4 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Richmond

Green Howards Museum is inside Richmond’s built-up area, with 3 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

Seasons in Richmond

The warm months in Richmond are July and August, with 19°C highs.

Jan6° / 1°72 mm
Feb6° / 0°73 mm
Mar8° / 1°61 mm
Apr11° / 3°59 mm
May14° / 5°58 mm
Jun17° / 8°75 mm
Jul19° / 10°71 mm
Aug19° / 10°81 mm
Sep16° / 8°77 mm
Oct12° / 5°87 mm
Nov8° / 3°93 mm
Dec6° / 0°94 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Richmond, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Richmond. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Richmond’s full climate →
About

Green Howards Museum

It is written up in 4 Wikipedias. A short trip away is Richmond Castle, 200 m off, the first of 10 within 15 km.

Type
Museum
Visitors
50K visitors a year
Wikipedias
Covered in 4 languages
Town
in Richmond
Official site
greenhowards.org.uk
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Green Howards Museum on the map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Green Howards Museum is the orange one.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Richmond’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns close to Green Howards Museum

Largest of the 8 is Catterick Garrison, home to 14,212. All of these towns include it on their pages.

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  1. 1Richmond
  2. 2Catterick Garrison
  3. 3Brompton-on-Swale
  4. 4Middleton Tyas
  5. 5Catterick
  6. 6Melsonby
  7. 7Scorton
  8. 8Barton
1 · It’s in town

Richmond

8,076 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Catterick Garrison

14,212 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 4.4 km east of it

Brompton-on-Swale

1,899 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 7.5 km northeast of it

Middleton Tyas

268 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Green Howards Museum isPeoplePlaces to visit
RichmondIt’s in town8,0765
Catterick Garrison1.8 km southeast of it14,2124
Brompton-on-Swale4.4 km east of it1,8995
Middleton Tyas7.5 km northeast of it2681
Catterick7.5 km southeast of it2,7182
Melsonby8.1 km north of it7051
Scorton8.2 km east of it1,0113
Barton9.9 km northeast of it7761
Make a day of it

Other places close by

Nearby, 10 places within 15 km include 4 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum.

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

Green Howards Museum, answered

Where is Green Howards Museum?

Green Howards Museum is in Richmond, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Green Howards Museum?

Museum of the Green Howards infantry regiment of the British Army, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Green Howards Museum?

About 50K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Green Howards Museum?

July and August are the warmest months in Richmond, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Green Howards Museum?

Within 15 km: Richmond Castle (200 m), Easby Abbey (1.5 km), Middleham Castle (14 km) and Richmondshire Museum (100 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 (7)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.