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Ilkley Toy Museum

Ilkley Toy Museum is a toy museum in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Close by, Cliffe Castle is 8.1 km away, one of 38 within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Photo: Ilkley Toy Museum, Linda Spashett Storye book (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Ilkley

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Ilkley

Inside Ilkley

Ilkley Toy Museum is inside Ilkley’s built-up area, with 5 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

In Ilkley the warm season is June to August, with highs of 18–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°92 mm

Feb7° / 1°77 mm

Mar9° / 2°67 mm

Apr12° / 4°60 mm

May15° / 7°57 mm

Jun18° / 10°75 mm

Jul20° / 12°72 mm

Aug19° / 11°86 mm

Sep17° / 9°79 mm

Oct13° / 7°93 mm

Nov9° / 4°100 mm

Dec7° / 2°105 mm

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

About

Ilkley Toy Museum

Toy museum in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Ilkley
Official site: ilkleytoymuseum.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Around Ilkley Toy Museum, mapped

On this map, Ilkley Toy Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Home to 14,852 people, Ilkley is the largest of these 4. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Ilkley

14,852 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 3.4 km northwest of it

Addingham

3,247 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 4 km east of it

Burley in Wharfedale

6,806 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 5 km south of it

East Morton

1,227 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Ilkley Toy Museum is	People	Places to visit
Ilkley	It’s in town	14,852	6
Addingham	3.4 km northwest of it	3,247	10
Burley in Wharfedale	4 km east of it	6,806	9
East Morton	5 km south of it	1,227	13

Make a day of it

While you are near Ilkley Toy Museum

There are 38 within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 abbeys or priories among them.

CastleCliffe Castle8.1 km away · 65K visitors a year 2

CastleSkipton Castle13 km away 3

MuseumManor House Art Gallery and Museum400 m away 4

Abbey or prioryBolton Abbey7.8 km away 5

MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum14 km away 6

Abbey or prioryBolton Priory7.9 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustEast Riddlesden Hall6.7 km away 8

Historic houseFarnley Hall9.8 km away

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

Ilkley Toy Museum, answered

Where is Ilkley Toy Museum?

Ilkley Toy Museum is in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ilkley Toy Museum?

Toy museum in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Ilkley Toy Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Ilkley, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Ilkley Toy Museum?

Within 15 km: Cliffe Castle (8.1 km), Skipton Castle (13 km), Manor House Art Gallery and Museum (400 m) and Bolton Abbey (7.8 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)

Ilkley Toy Museum: Linda Spashett Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cliffe Castle: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Skipton Castle: Davegill70, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manor House Art Gallery and Museum: Linda Spashett Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bolton Abbey: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bronte Parsonage Museum: SpaceMonkey at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bolton Priory: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
East Riddlesden Hall: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Farnley Hall: John Sparshatt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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