Harwich Maritime Museum
Harwich Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Harwich. 26 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Landguard Fort (2.1 km).
Museum in Harwich
Inside Harwich
Harwich Maritime Museum is inside Harwich’s built-up area, with 13 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 afternoons in Harwich run May to September, at 17–23°C.
Harwich Maritime Museum
Maritime museum in Harwich.
In Harwich, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Harwich
Mapping Harwich Maritime Museum
The map puts Harwich Maritime Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Harwich’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
With 24,218 people, Felixstowe is the largest of the 7. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Harwich
Felixstowe
Parkeston
Shotley Gate
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Harwich Maritime Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwich | It’s in town | 20,219 | 15 |
| Felixstowe | 1.6 km northeast of it | 24,218 | 16 |
| Parkeston | 1.7 km west of it | 975 | 13 |
| Shotley Gate | 1.9 km northwest of it | 1,418 | 14 |
| Trimley St Mary | 3.5 km northeast of it | 3,736 | 15 |
| Shotley | 3.5 km northwest of it | 550 | 11 |
| Trimley St Martin | 4.9 km north of it | 1,725 | 11 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Around Harwich Maritime Museum
There are 26 within 15 km, 3 forts, 2 museums and 2 piers among them.
Castle · English HeritageLandguard Fort2.1 km away2
FortHarwich Redoubt200 m away3
FortBeacon Hill Fort600 m away4
MuseumLightvessel 18600 m away5PierPierShotley Pier2 km away6FortFortHM Fort Roughs14 km away7
PierFelixstowe Pier4.1 km away8
MuseumLifeboat Museum400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Harwich Maritime Museum
Where is Harwich Maritime Museum?
Harwich Maritime Museum is in Harwich, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Harwich Maritime Museum?
Maritime museum in Harwich.
When is the best time to visit Harwich Maritime Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Harwich, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Harwich Maritime Museum?
Within 15 km: Landguard Fort (2.1 km), Harwich Redoubt (200 m), Beacon Hill Fort (600 m) and Lightvessel 18 (600 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 (6)
- Landguard Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harwich Redoubt: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beacon Hill Fort: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lightvessel 18: Matt Harrop, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felixstowe Pier: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lifeboat Museum: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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