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Gun Barrell Proof House

Gun Barrell Proof House is a military museum. Visitors find it inside Birmingham’s built-up area. Officially, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Gun Barrell Proof House, Elliott Brown (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Gun Barrell Proof House is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 36 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Birmingham has 1,410 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

Aim for June to September, when Birmingham reaches 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Gun Barrell Proof House

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1.2 km away, first of 76 more within 15 km.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: gunproof.com

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

The map

The way to Gun Barrell Proof House

The map puts Gun Barrell Proof House in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns that list Gun Barrell Proof House

Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 4.4 km west of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Gun Barrell Proof House is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	4.4 km west of it	56,343	42

Make a day of it

Pair Gun Barrell Proof House with these

There are 76 within 15 km, 6 museums and 2 cathedrals among them.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery1.2 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral900 m away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral1.1 km away 4

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum300 m away 5

MuseumAston Hall2.9 km away 6

MuseumSoho House Museum3.3 km away 7

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts4.4 km away 8

Museum · National TrustBack To Backs1.1 km away

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

Your questions on Gun Barrell Proof House

Where is Gun Barrell Proof House?

Gun Barrell Proof House is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gun Barrell Proof House?

Military museum.

When is the best time to visit Gun Barrell Proof House?

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

Is Gun Barrell Proof House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Gun Barrell Proof House?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (1.2 km), St Philip's Cathedral (900 m), St Chad's Cathedral (1.1 km) and Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum (300 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)

Gun Barrell Proof House: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Back To Backs: User Oosoom on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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