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Lancashire Infantry Museum

Lancashire Infantry Museum is a military museum at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire. Within 15 km there are 19 more places to visit, starting with Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston (1.8 km).

Photo: Lancashire Infantry Museum, JThomas (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Fulwood

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 46%

#3,928 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Fulwood

Inside Fulwood

Lancashire Infantry Museum is inside Fulwood’s built-up area, with 5 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

The warmest stretch in Fulwood is June to September, at 18–20°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°92 mm

Feb8° / 2°81 mm

Mar10° / 3°65 mm

Apr13° / 5°57 mm

May16° / 7°62 mm

Jun19° / 10°75 mm

Jul20° / 12°89 mm

Aug20° / 12°103 mm

Sep18° / 10°98 mm

Oct14° / 7°110 mm

Nov10° / 4°105 mm

Dec8° / 2°123 mm

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

About

Lancashire Infantry Museum

Military museum at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

In Fulwood, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Fulwood
Official site: lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Mapping Lancashire Infantry Museum

The numbers show what else is near Lancashire Infantry Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Lancashire Infantry Museum

Preston tops the 8 for size, at 94,502 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Fulwood

34,693 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 100 m southwest of it

Preston

94,502 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km northwest of it

Broughton

2,468 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km south of it

Bamber Bridge

40,359 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Lancashire Infantry Museum is	People	Places to visit
Fulwood	It’s in town	34,693	6
Preston	100 m southwest of it	94,502	9
Broughton	2.4 km northwest of it	2,468	5
Bamber Bridge	2.9 km south of it	40,359	10
Penwortham	3.4 km southwest of it	20,489	8
Grimsargh	3.6 km northeast of it	2,594	4
Higher Walton	4.3 km southeast of it	1,607	6
Cottam	4.3 km west of it	5,507	6

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

A visit can add 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 historic houses, from 19 places within 15 km.

CathedralSyro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston1.8 km away 2

MuseumHarris Museum2.3 km away 3

CathedralBlackburn Cathedral14 km away 4

MuseumMuseum of Lancashire1.9 km away 5

Historic houseSamlesbury Hall7.5 km away 6

CastleGreenhalgh Castle14 km away 7

Historic houseHoghton Tower9 km away 8

MuseumRibble Steam Railway4.9 km away

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

What people ask about Lancashire Infantry Museum

Where is Lancashire Infantry Museum?

Lancashire Infantry Museum is in Fulwood, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Lancashire Infantry Museum?

Military museum at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Lancashire Infantry Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Fulwood, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Lancashire Infantry Museum?

Within 15 km: Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston (1.8 km), Harris Museum (2.3 km), Blackburn Cathedral (14 km) and Museum of Lancashire (1.9 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)

Lancashire Infantry Museum: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harris Museum: Dave Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Lancashire: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Samlesbury Hall: Andrew Mathewson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Greenhalgh Castle: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hoghton Tower: Poliphilo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Ribble Steam Railway: K A, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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