Hythe Town Museum
Hythe Town Museum is a museum in Hythe, Kent. Around it, within 15 km, lie 19 more places, Saltwood Castle (1.4 km) first on our list.
Museum in Hythe
Inside Hythe
Hythe Town Museum is inside Hythe’s built-up area, with 6 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.
How the seasons run
Warm weather in Hythe runs June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.
Hythe Town Museum
Museum in Hythe, Kent, England, UK.
In Hythe, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Hythe
- Official site
- hythe-tc.gov.uk/hythe-museum
The area around Hythe Town Museum
Find Hythe Town Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hythe’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
By population, Folkestone leads the 7 with 51,987. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Hythe
Saltwood
Folkestone
Lympne
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Hythe Town Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hythe | It’s in town | 14,613 | 13 |
| Saltwood | 1 km north of it | 857 | 8 |
| Folkestone | 2.3 km east of it | 51,987 | 10 |
| Lympne | 3.6 km west of it | 1,074 | 7 |
| Dymchurch | 3.6 km southwest of it | 3,097 | 10 |
| Stanford | 4.3 km northwest of it | 409 | 6 |
| Etchinghill | 4.5 km north of it | 621 | 6 |
Also within reach
Among the 19 within 15 km are 4 castles, a heritage railway and a zoo.
CastleSaltwood Castle1.4 km away2
CastleLympne Castle4.1 km away3
CastleWestenhanger Castle4.5 km away4
Heritage railwayRomney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway7 km away5
CastleSandgate Castle 15394.6 km away6
ZooPort Lympne Reserve5.1 km away7
Fort · English HeritageDymchurch Martello Tower7.9 km away8
MuseumKent Battle of Britain Museum6.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Hythe Town Museum?
Hythe Town Museum is in Hythe, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Hythe Town Museum?
Museum in Hythe, Kent, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Hythe Town Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Hythe, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Hythe Town Museum?
Within 15 km: Saltwood Castle (1.4 km), Lympne Castle (4.1 km), Westenhanger Castle (4.5 km) and Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (7 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)
- Saltwood Castle: Edgepedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lympne Castle: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westenhanger Castle: Ian Knox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway: Ben Salter from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandgate Castle 1539: The original uploader was Jamesedits at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Port Lympne Reserve: William Warby, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dymchurch Martello Tower: Steve Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Battle of Britain Museum: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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