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Ipswich Transport Museum

Ipswich Transport Museum is a transport museum. This one is within Ipswich’s built-up area. Top of the 36 other places within 15 km is Christchurch Mansion, 3.4 km off.

Photo: Ipswich Transport Museum, Nowell87 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Ipswich

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Ipswich

Inside Ipswich

Ipswich Transport Museum is inside Ipswich’s built-up area, with 9 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

The weather, month by month

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Ipswich).

Jan8° / 2°53 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°38 mm

Apr14° / 5°37 mm

May17° / 8°43 mm

Jun20° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°53 mm

Aug23° / 13°54 mm

Sep20° / 11°52 mm

Oct15° / 8°62 mm

Nov11° / 5°63 mm

Dec8° / 2°60 mm

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

About

Ipswich Transport Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Ipswich
Official site: ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk

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

The map

Where to find Ipswich Transport Museum

The map centres on Ipswich Transport Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns around Ipswich Transport Museum, by distance

Of the 8, Ipswich is the largest, at 151,566 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Ipswich

151,566 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km northeast of it

Kesgrave

14,947 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km north of it

Rushmere St Andrew

675 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km southeast of it

Nacton

459 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ipswich Transport Museum is	People	Places to visit
Ipswich	It’s in town	151,566	13
Kesgrave	2.4 km northeast of it	14,947	13
Rushmere St Andrew	3.1 km north of it	675	11
Nacton	3.4 km southeast of it	459	2
Martlesham Heath	4.5 km northeast of it	2,730	6
Bucklesham	4.5 km east of it	552	3
Chelmondiston	4.8 km south of it	923	2
Westerfield	4.8 km north of it	483	10

Make a day of it

Around Ipswich Transport Museum

Choose from 36 places within 15 km, such as 5 museums, 2 castles and a fort.

MuseumChristchurch Mansion3.4 km away 2

MuseumIpswich Museum3.8 km away 3MuseumMuseumClifford Road Tunnels2.2 km away 4

CastleHelmingham Hall15 km away 5

MuseumWoodbridge Tide Mill10 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageLandguard Fort14 km away 7

MuseumLightvessel 1812 km away 8

FortHarwich Redoubt13 km away

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

Planning a visit to Ipswich Transport Museum

Where is Ipswich Transport Museum?

Ipswich Transport Museum is in Ipswich, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ipswich Transport Museum?

Transport museum in the United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Ipswich Transport Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Ipswich, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Ipswich Transport Museum?

Within 15 km: Christchurch Mansion (3.4 km), Ipswich Museum (3.8 km), Clifford Road Tunnels (2.2 km) and Helmingham Hall (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)

Ipswich Transport Museum: Nowell87, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Christchurch Mansion: Rowland Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Ipswich Museum: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Woodbridge Tide Mill: Circuitsight at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Landguard Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lightvessel 18: Matt Harrop, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harwich Redoubt: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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