Museum · Maidstone · Kent

Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum is a regional museum, regimental museum, art gallery, heritage centre, historic house museum. Its place is inside Maidstone’s built-up area. Top of the 56 other places within 15 km is Leeds Castle, 8.2 km off.

Photo: Maidstone Museum, Linda Spashett Storye_book (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Maidstone

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Maidstone

Inside Maidstone

Maidstone Museum is inside Maidstone’s built-up area, with 10 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 best months to visit

The warmest stretch in Maidstone is May to September, at 17–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°69 mm

Feb8° / 2°54 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 13°45 mm

Aug23° / 12°61 mm

Sep20° / 10°56 mm

Oct15° / 7°83 mm

Nov11° / 4°82 mm

Dec8° / 2°77 mm

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

About

Maidstone Museum

It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Maidstone
Official site: museum.maidstone.gov.uk

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance fees

EntryBy donation

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Spot Maidstone Museum in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns around Maidstone Museum, by distance

Home to 109,503 people, Maidstone is the largest of these 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Maidstone

109,503 people · 20 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km east of it

Bearsted

8,349 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km southwest of it

East Farleigh

206 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3 km northwest of it

Larkfield

26,147 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Maidstone Museum is	People	Places to visit
Maidstone	It’s in town	109,503	20
Bearsted	2.7 km east of it	8,349	12
East Farleigh	2.7 km southwest of it	206	6
Larkfield	3 km northwest of it	26,147	16
Detling	3.5 km northeast of it	737	11
Coxheath	3.7 km south of it	8,453	7
Aylesford	3.8 km northwest of it	734	11
Kit's Coty	4.7 km north of it	153	12

Make a day of it

Pair Maidstone Museum with these

There are 56 within 15 km, 6 castles, a cathedral and a museum among them.

CastleLeeds Castle8.2 km away 2

CathedralRochester Cathedral13 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle13 km away 4

CastleAllington Castle2 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle15 km away 6

CastleThurnham Castle5.3 km away 7

MuseumMedway megaliths4.7 km away 8

Castle · English HeritageSutton Valence Castle8.9 km away

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

Good to know about Maidstone Museum

Where is Maidstone Museum?

Maidstone Museum is in Maidstone, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Maidstone Museum?

Regional museum, regimental museum, art gallery, heritage centre, historic house museum in Kent, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Maidstone Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Maidstone, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Maidstone Museum?

Within 15 km: Leeds Castle (8.2 km), Rochester Cathedral (13 km), Rochester Castle (13 km) and Allington Castle (2 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)

Maidstone Museum: Linda Spashett Storye_book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Castle: Misterzee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Allington Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thurnham Castle: Mertbiol, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Medway megaliths: Midnightblueowl at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sutton Valence Castle: Ukiws, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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