John Bunyan museum
John Bunyan museum is a biographical museum. Look for it within Bedford’s built-up area. A short trip away is Bedford Castle, 100 m off, the first of 30 within 15 km.
Museum in Bedford
Inside Bedford
John Bunyan museum is inside Bedford’s built-up area, with 4 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.
Weather by the month
In Bedford the warm season is May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
John Bunyan museum
It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Bedford
- Official site
- bunyanmeeting.co.uk/museum
Know before you go
Getting to John Bunyan museum
John Bunyan museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bedford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around John Bunyan museum
By population, Bedford leads the 8 with 97,226. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Bedford
Kempston
Great Denham
Clapham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where John Bunyan museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | It’s in town | 97,226 | 15 |
| Kempston | 1.4 km southwest of it | 22,779 | 7 |
| Great Denham | 2.5 km west of it | 4,363 | 6 |
| Clapham | 2.7 km northwest of it | 4,502 | 10 |
| Shortstown | 3 km southeast of it | 4,837 | 11 |
| Salph End | 3.4 km northeast of it | 485 | 11 |
| Cardington | 3.6 km southeast of it | 331 | 10 |
| Bromham | 4 km west of it | 4,652 | 10 |
Beyond John Bunyan museum
Among the 30 within 15 km are 3 museums, 3 historic houses and a castle.
CastleBedford Castle100 m away2
MuseumThe Higgins100 m away3Theme parkTheme parkUniversal United Kingdom Resort5.8 km away4
MuseumMoot Hall2.3 km away5
Historic house · English HeritageHoughton House10 km away6
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park15 km away7MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection11 km away8
Historic houseColworth House13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting John Bunyan museum
Where is John Bunyan museum?
John Bunyan museum is in Bedford, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is John Bunyan museum?
Biographical museum in England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit John Bunyan museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Bedford, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near John Bunyan museum?
Within 15 km: Bedford Castle (100 m), The Higgins (100 m), Universal United Kingdom Resort (5.8 km) and Moot Hall (2.3 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 (7)
- John Bunyan museum: Simon Speed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bedford Castle: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Higgins: Simon Speed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moot Hall: Shritwod at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Houghton House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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