Grosvenor Museum
Grosvenor Museum is a natural history museum in Chester. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building. A short trip away is Chester Cathedral, 500 m off, the first of 33 within 15 km.
Museum in Chester
Inside Chester
Grosvenor Museum is inside Chester’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Chester has 697 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
From May to September, Chester sees highs of 17–21°C.
Grosvenor Museum
5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Chester
- Official site
- grosvenormuseum.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk
Where it sits
The map puts Grosvenor Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Chester’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Grosvenor Museum
By population, Chester leads the 7 with 92,756. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Chester
Christleton and Waverton
Littleton
Moston
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Grosvenor Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | It’s in town | 92,756 | 17 |
| Christleton and Waverton | 3 km east of it | 2,670 | 11 |
| Littleton | 3.3 km east of it | 707 | 11 |
| Moston | 3.7 km north of it | 1,099 | 13 |
| Mollington | 4 km northwest of it | 285 | 13 |
| Guilden Sutton | 4.1 km northeast of it | 1,462 | 11 |
| Broughton | 4.3 km west of it | 6,532 | 14 |
Close to Grosvenor Museum
3 castles, a cathedral and a zoo are among the 33 within 15 km.
CathedralChester Cathedral500 m away2
Castle · English HeritageChester Castle200 m away3
ZooChester Zoo4.4 km away4
FortChester city walls200 m away5
Castle · English HeritageBeeston Castle15 km away6
Historic houseEaton Hall5.3 km away7
CastleHolt Castle Ruins12 km away8
MuseumCheshire Military Museum100 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Grosvenor Museum: the answers
Where is Grosvenor Museum?
Grosvenor Museum is in Chester, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Grosvenor Museum?
Natural history museum in Chester, UK.
When is the best time to visit Grosvenor Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Chester, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Grosvenor Museum a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Grosvenor Museum?
Within 15 km: Chester Cathedral (500 m), Chester Castle (200 m), Chester Zoo (4.4 km) and Chester city walls (200 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)
- Grosvenor Museum: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Cathedral: Stephen Hamilton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Zoo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester city walls: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beeston Castle: TCExplorer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eaton Hall: Neil Kennedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holt Castle Ruins: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheshire Military Museum: Worm That Turned, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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