Kohima Museum
Kohima Museum is a military museum in York. There are 51 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with York Minster (2.2 km).
Museum in York
Inside York
Kohima Museum is inside York’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.
Which month to go
Afternoons in York reach 18–22°C from June to September.
Kohima Museum
Military museum in York, England, United Kingdom.
In York, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in York
- Official site
- kohimamuseum.co.uk
The map
Kohima Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is York’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Kohima Museum
Largest of the 8 is York, home to 141,696. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
York
Heslington
Osbaldwick
Bishopthorpe
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Kohima Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | It’s in town | 141,696 | 46 |
| Heslington | 800 m east of it | 1,787 | 41 |
| Osbaldwick | 2.3 km northeast of it | 2,313 | 44 |
| Bishopthorpe | 2.7 km southwest of it | 3,333 | 40 |
| Huntington | 3.7 km north of it | 12,420 | 44 |
| Elvington | 4.6 km east of it | 1,271 | 5 |
| Nether Poppleton | 4.8 km northwest of it | 727 | 38 |
| Acaster Malbis | 4.8 km southwest of it | 326 | 4 |
While you are near Kohima Museum
Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, a church and a castle.
ChurchYork Minster2.2 km away2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum2.6 km away · 808K visitors a year3
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower1.5 km away4
MuseumYorkshire Museum2.3 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5
MuseumYork Castle Museum1.4 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6
FortYork city walls1.5 km away7
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre1.7 km away8
Art galleryYork Art Gallery2.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Kohima Museum
Where is Kohima Museum?
Kohima Museum is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Kohima Museum?
Military museum in York, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Kohima Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Kohima Museum?
Within 15 km: York Minster (2.2 km), National Railway Museum (2.6 km), Clifford's Tower (1.5 km) and Yorkshire Museum (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)
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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