Museum · Brighton and Hove · East Sussex

Hove Museum

Brighton and Hove counts Hove Museum among its places to visit. Add any of 28 more places within 5 km to a visit. For a second stop, Royal Pavilion is 3.2 km away.

Photo: Hove Museum, The Voice of Hassocks (CC0)

Where

In Brighton and Hove

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Museum in Brighton and Hove

Inside Brighton and Hove

Hove Museum is inside Brighton and Hove’s built-up area, with 28 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

Seasons and weather

The warmest stretch in Brighton and Hove is June to September, at 19–21°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 3°87 mm

Feb8° / 3°62 mm

Mar10° / 4°52 mm

Apr13° / 6°48 mm

May16° / 9°48 mm

Jun19° / 12°53 mm

Jul21° / 14°57 mm

Aug21° / 14°64 mm

Sep19° / 12°62 mm

Oct15° / 9°97 mm

Nov11° / 6°102 mm

Dec9° / 4°99 mm

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

About

Hove Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Brighton and Hove
Official site: brightonmuseums.org.uk/hove

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

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Mapping Hove Museum

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Hove Museum is the orange one.

Towns near it

Staying near Hove Museum

With 277,096 people, Brighton and Hove is the largest of the 3. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Brighton and Hove

277,096 people · 54 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km west of it

Southwick

12,242 people · 29 places to visit

3 · 4.5 km west of it

Shoreham-by-Sea

23,659 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Hove Museum is	People	Places to visit
Brighton and Hove	It’s in town	277,096	54
Southwick	2.6 km west of it	12,242	29
Shoreham-by-Sea	4.5 km west of it	23,659	16

Make a day of it

While you are near Hove Museum

Also close at hand are 3 museums, a historic house and a theme park, among 67 within 15 km.

Historic houseRoyal Pavilion3.2 km away 2

Theme parkBrighton Pier3.4 km away 3

MuseumBrighton Museum & Art Gallery3.1 km away · 200K visitors a year 4

PierWest Pier2.3 km away 5

AttractionBrighton i3602.3 km away 6

MuseumBrighton Toy and Model Museum2.8 km away 7

Heritage railwayVolk's Electric Railway3.9 km away 8

MuseumBooth Museum of Natural History2.1 km away

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

Your questions on Hove Museum

Where is Hove Museum?

Hove Museum is in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Hove Museum?

Museum in Hove, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Hove Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Brighton and Hove, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Hove Museum?

Within 15 km: Royal Pavilion (3.2 km), Brighton Pier (3.4 km), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (3.1 km) and West Pier (2.3 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 (9)

Hove Museum: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Pier: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
West Pier: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton i360: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Toy and Model Museum: Eric Baird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Volk's Electric Railway: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Booth Museum of Natural History: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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