Museum · Huddersfield · West Yorkshire

Heritage Quay

Heritage Quay is a local museum. You will find it inside Huddersfield’s built-up area. It is managed by University of Huddersfield.

Where

In Huddersfield

inside the built-up area

Run by

University of Huddersfield

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Huddersfield

Inside Huddersfield

Heritage Quay is inside Huddersfield’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

Picking your season

Aim for June to September, when Huddersfield reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°92 mm

Feb7° / 1°86 mm

Mar9° / 3°73 mm

Apr12° / 4°65 mm

May16° / 7°63 mm

Jun18° / 10°77 mm

Jul20° / 12°77 mm

Aug20° / 12°78 mm

Sep17° / 10°80 mm

Oct13° / 7°93 mm

Nov9° / 4°100 mm

Dec7° / 2°112 mm

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

About

Heritage Quay

Our list has 28 more places within 15 km; first among them is Tolson Museum, at 1.4 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: University of Huddersfield
Town: in Huddersfield
Official site: heritagequay.org

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

Plan your visit

Opening times and entry

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where to find Heritage Quay

Numbered points are the places near Heritage Quay, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

The 8 towns are led in size by Huddersfield, with 141,683 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Huddersfield

141,683 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km northeast of it

Kirkheaton

3,492 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km east of it

Lepton

4,950 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km southwest of it

Netherton (Kirklees)

3,151 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Heritage Quay is	People	Places to visit
Huddersfield	It’s in town	141,683	11
Kirkheaton	2.9 km northeast of it	3,492	6
Lepton	3.3 km east of it	4,950	5
Netherton (Kirklees)	3.3 km southwest of it	3,151	5
Honley	3.6 km south of it	14,399	5
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite	4.1 km west of it	9,242	6
Brighouse	4.3 km north of it	33,159	13
Kirkburton	4.6 km southeast of it	4,033	5

Make a day of it

Close to Heritage Quay

There are 28 within 15 km, 6 museums, an art gallery and a historic house among them.

MuseumTolson Museum1.4 km away 2

MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park14 km away · 300K visitors a year 3

Art galleryHuddersfield Library and Art Gallery300 m away 4

MuseumColne Valley Museum5.3 km away 5

MuseumNational Coal Mining Museum10 km away 6

MuseumDewsbury Bus Museum8.3 km away 7

MuseumShibden Hall10 km away 8

Historic houseRed House Museum12 km away

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

Asked about Heritage Quay

Where is Heritage Quay?

Heritage Quay is in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Heritage Quay?

Museum: local.

Who runs Heritage Quay?

University of Huddersfield.

When is the best time to visit Heritage Quay?

June to September are the warmest months in Huddersfield, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Heritage Quay?

Within 15 km: Tolson Museum (1.4 km), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (14 km), Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery (300 m) and Colne Valley Museum (5.3 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 (8)

Tolson Museum: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery: Chris Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Colne Valley Museum: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Coal Mining Museum: Ian M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dewsbury Bus Museum: 24 Barnsley Road, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shibden Hall: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Red House Museum: Storye book, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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