Theme park · Old Trafford · Greater Manchester

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre

Visitors to Old Trafford can see LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, a theme park. Nearby, 14 more places to visit are within 5 km. Add Imperial War Museum North, 2.8 km away, to a visit.

Where

In Old Trafford

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Theme park in Old Trafford

Inside Old Trafford

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre is inside Old Trafford’s built-up area, with 14 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

Month by month

Warm weather in Old Trafford runs May to September, with highs of 17–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°76 mm

Feb9° / 3°64 mm

Mar11° / 4°62 mm

Apr14° / 6°52 mm

May17° / 9°56 mm

Jun20° / 11°70 mm

Jul21° / 13°83 mm

Aug21° / 13°77 mm

Sep18° / 11°77 mm

Oct15° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°83 mm

Dec9° / 3°93 mm

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

About

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre

Theme park.

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

Type: Theme park
Town: in Old Trafford

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

The map

Where it sits

Orange is LEGOLAND Discovery Centre; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of LEGOLAND Discovery Centre

In size, Salford comes first of the 8, with 108,431 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

2 · 700 m southwest of it

Urmston

41,728 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 900 m southeast of it

Stretford

28,010 people · 44 places to visit

4 · 1 km northwest of it

Eccles

41,116 people · 23 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where LEGOLAND Discovery Centre is	People	Places to visit
Old Trafford	It’s in town	21,442	47
Urmston	700 m southwest of it	41,728	17
Stretford	900 m southeast of it	28,010	44
Eccles	1 km northwest of it	41,116	23
Salford	1.7 km northeast of it	108,431	55
Swinton	3.2 km north of it	22,886	18
Sale	3.5 km south of it	62,545	20
Worsley	3.7 km northwest of it	11,958	10

Make a day of it

What else is near LEGOLAND Discovery Centre

A visit can add 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery, from 87 places within 15 km.

MuseumImperial War Museum North2.8 km away · 2K visitors a year 2

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame6.9 km away 3

CathedralManchester Cathedral6.7 km away 4

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery6.7 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum5.7 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum7.1 km away 7

MuseumChetham's Library6.8 km away 8

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist5.6 km away

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

Questions people have about LEGOLAND Discovery Centre

Where is LEGOLAND Discovery Centre?

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre is in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is LEGOLAND Discovery Centre?

Theme park.

When is the best time to visit LEGOLAND Discovery Centre?

May to September are the warmest months in Old Trafford, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near LEGOLAND Discovery Centre?

Within 15 km: Imperial War Museum North (2.8 km), English Football Hall of Fame (6.9 km), Manchester Cathedral (6.7 km) and Manchester Art Gallery (6.7 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)

Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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