Irchester Railway Museum
Irchester Railway Museum is a railway museum. On the map, it sits 200 m southeast of Little Irchester. A short trip away is Colworth House, 9.6 km off, the first of 20 within 15 km.
Museum near Little Irchester
Just outside Little Irchester
Irchester Railway Museum is 200 m southeast of Little Irchester. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
In Little Irchester, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
Irchester Railway Museum
It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 200 m southeast of Little Irchester
- Official site
- irchesterrailwaymuseum.co.uk
Finding Irchester Railway Museum
Orange marks Irchester Railway Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
The 8 towns are led in size by Wellingborough, with 54,421 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Little Irchester
Wellingborough
Irchester
Great Doddington
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Irchester Railway Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Irchester | 200 m northwest of it | 369 | 7 |
| Wellingborough | 700 m northwest of it | 54,421 | 8 |
| Irchester | 900 m east of it | 4,543 | 7 |
| Great Doddington | 1.8 km southwest of it | 1,147 | 5 |
| Wollaston | 2.4 km south of it | 3,564 | 4 |
| Rushden | 2.9 km east of it | 31,689 | 8 |
| Wilby | 3.1 km west of it | 644 | 5 |
| Irthlingborough | 4.2 km northeast of it | 9,308 | 6 |
Beyond Irchester Railway Museum
Choose from 20 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 castles and a historic house.
Historic houseColworth House9.6 km away2
CastleCastle Ashby House8 km away3
CastleLavendon Castle12 km away4Heritage railwayHeritage railwayRushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway5.3 km away5
MuseumSywell Aviation Museum7.9 km away6MuseumMuseumRushden Hall and Museum5 km away7
Theme parkWicksteed Park11 km away8MuseumMuseumRushden Historical Transport Society5.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Irchester Railway Museum
Where is Irchester Railway Museum?
Irchester Railway Museum is 200 m southeast of Little Irchester, Northamptonshire.
What is Irchester Railway Museum?
Railway museum in Irchester, England.
When is the best time to visit Irchester Railway Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Little Irchester, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Irchester Railway Museum?
Within 15 km: Colworth House (9.6 km), Castle Ashby House (8 km), Lavendon Castle (12 km) and Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway (5.3 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 (6)
- Irchester Railway Museum: Mick from Northamptonshire, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lavendon Castle: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sywell Aviation Museum: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicksteed Park: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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