Museum · Old Trafford · Greater Manchester

Imperial War Museum North

Imperial War Museum North is a military museum. This one is within Old Trafford’s built-up area. Yearly visitors number about 2K.

Photo: Imperial War Museum North, Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Old Trafford

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

Wikidata

How well known

Top 4%

#333 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Museum in Old Trafford

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#333 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (12 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Old Trafford

Imperial War Museum North is inside Old Trafford’s built-up area, with 39 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

Month by month

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–21°C highs in Old Trafford).

Jan8° / 3°76 mm

Feb9° / 3°64 mm

Mar11° / 4°62 mm

Apr14° / 6°52 mm

May17° / 9°56 mm

Jun20° / 11°70 mm

Jul21° / 13°83 mm

Aug21° / 13°77 mm

Sep18° / 11°77 mm

Oct15° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°83 mm

Dec9° / 3°93 mm

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

About

Imperial War Museum North

Articles on it exist in 12 languages. Close by, English Football Hall of Fame is 4.2 km away, one of 92 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Visitors: 2K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 12 languages
Town: in Old Trafford
Official site: iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Where Imperial War Museum North is

Imperial War Museum North is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Imperial War Museum North

The biggest base of the 8 is Manchester (470,395 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

2 · 100 m northeast of it

Salford

108,431 people · 55 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km south of it

Stretford

28,010 people · 44 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km east of it

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Imperial War Museum North is	People	Places to visit
Old Trafford	It’s in town	21,442	47
Salford	100 m northeast of it	108,431	55
Stretford	1.1 km south of it	28,010	44
Manchester	1.9 km east of it	470,395	68
Eccles	2.3 km northwest of it	41,116	23
Urmston	2.7 km southwest of it	41,728	17
Clifton	3.6 km north of it	17,748	40
Pendlebury	3.6 km north of it	1,768	41

Make a day of it

Beyond Imperial War Museum North

5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery are among the 92 within 15 km.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame4.2 km away 2

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum2.9 km away · 830K visitors a year 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery3.9 km away 4

CathedralManchester Cathedral4 km away 5

MuseumThe Manchester Museum4.3 km away 6

MuseumChetham's Library4.1 km away 7

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist2.9 km away 8

MuseumNational Football Museum4.2 km away

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

Imperial War Museum North: what to know

Where is Imperial War Museum North?

Imperial War Museum North is in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Imperial War Museum North?

Military museum in Manchester, England.

How many people visit Imperial War Museum North?

About 2K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Imperial War Museum North?

May to September are the warmest months in Old Trafford, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Imperial War Museum North?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (4.2 km), Science and Industry Museum (2.9 km), Manchester Art Gallery (3.9 km) and Manchester Cathedral (4 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)

Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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