Harborough Museum
Among the sights of Market Harborough is Harborough Museum. Another 3 places to visit lie within 5 km. Management falls to Leicestershire County Council.
Museum in Market Harborough
Inside Market Harborough
Harborough Museum is inside Market Harborough’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.
The weather, month by month
The warmest stretch in Market Harborough is June to September, at 19–22°C in the afternoon.
Harborough Museum
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. The first to add nearby is Rockingham Castle, at 14 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Leicestershire County Council
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Market Harborough
- Official site
- harboroughmuseum.org.uk
Entry, hours, address
The way to Harborough Museum
The map puts Harborough Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Market Harborough’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Harborough Museum
Of the 6, Market Harborough is the largest, at 24,162 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Market Harborough
Great Bowden
East Farndon
Lubenham
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Harborough Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Harborough | It’s in town | 24,162 | 4 |
| Great Bowden | 1.3 km northeast of it | 1,510 | 4 |
| East Farndon | 2.1 km southwest of it | 319 | 4 |
| Lubenham | 2.5 km west of it | 860 | 4 |
| Gartree | 3.1 km northwest of it | 962 | 4 |
| Foxton | 4 km northwest of it | 485 | 4 |
Pair Harborough Museum with these
Our list has 13 more within 15 km, among them 4 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums.
CastleRockingham Castle14 km away2
Historic houseKelmarsh Hall7.7 km away3
Historic houseLamport Hall13 km away4
Historic houseCottesbrooke Hall14 km away5
Historic houseKilworth House14 km away6MuseumMuseumCold War Jets Collection13 km away7CastleCastle · English HeritageTriangular Lodge10 km away8MuseumMuseumHarrington Aviation Museum9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Harborough Museum
Where is Harborough Museum?
Harborough Museum is in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Harborough Museum?
Museum in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Who runs Harborough Museum?
Leicestershire County Council.
When is the best time to visit Harborough Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Market Harborough, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Harborough Museum?
Within 15 km: Rockingham Castle (14 km), Kelmarsh Hall (7.7 km), Lamport Hall (13 km) and Cottesbrooke Hall (14 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 (6)
- Harborough Museum: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rockingham Castle: Brian Coleman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelmarsh Hall: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lamport Hall: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cottesbrooke Hall: Cj1340, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilworth House: LeamDavid, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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