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Hinckley and District Museum

Hinckley and District Museum is a museum in Hinckley. Add Kirby Muxloe Castle, 14 km away, to a visit; it leads 19 places within 15 km.

Where

In Hinckley

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Hinckley

Inside Hinckley

Hinckley and District Museum is inside Hinckley’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Weather by the month

For warmth, aim for June to September (18–22°C highs in Hinckley).

Jan7° / 1°56 mm

Feb8° / 1°46 mm

Mar10° / 3°44 mm

Apr13° / 4°48 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun19° / 10°61 mm

Jul22° / 12°64 mm

Aug21° / 12°60 mm

Sep18° / 10°60 mm

Oct14° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°64 mm

Dec7° / 2°62 mm

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

About

Hinckley and District Museum

Museum in Hinckley, England, United Kingdom.

In Hinckley, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Hinckley
Official site: hinckleydistrictmuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Around Hinckley and District Museum, mapped

Hinckley and District Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Nuneaton, with 88,818 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Hinckley

50,729 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Barwell

9,149 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km west of it

Nuneaton

88,818 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km northwest of it

Stoke Golding

2,004 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Hinckley and District Museum is	People	Places to visit
Hinckley	It’s in town	50,729	6
Barwell	2.3 km northeast of it	9,149	4
Nuneaton	3.1 km west of it	88,818	8
Stoke Golding	3.3 km northwest of it	2,004	6
Elmesthorpe	3.7 km northeast of it	508	1
Earl Shilton	4 km northeast of it	10,885	1
Higham on the Hill	4.2 km west of it	352	8
Stapleton	4.3 km north of it	335	6

Make a day of it

After Hinckley and District Museum

Nearby, 19 places within 15 km include 4 castles, 2 historic houses and a museum.

Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle14 km away 2

CastleCaludon Castle15 km away 3

CastleHartshill Castle10 km away 4

Historic houseCoombe Abbey15 km away 5

Historic houseArbury Hall10 km away 6

CastleBrinklow Castle15 km away 7

MuseumNuneaton Museum and Art Gallery6.7 km away 8

Heritage railwayBattlefield Line Railway6.9 km away

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

Visiting Hinckley and District Museum

Where is Hinckley and District Museum?

Hinckley and District Museum is in Hinckley, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Hinckley and District Museum?

Museum in Hinckley, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Hinckley and District Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Hinckley, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Hinckley and District Museum?

Within 15 km: Kirby Muxloe Castle (14 km), Caludon Castle (15 km), Hartshill Castle (10 km) and Coombe Abbey (15 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)

Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caludon Castle: Mum's taxi (Wikipedia Takes Coventry participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hartshill Castle: Brett Lees-Smith from Nuneaton, Warwickshire,, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coombe Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arbury Hall: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brinklow Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery: © Copyright Stephen Pointer and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Battlefield Line Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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