Making It! Discovery Centre
Making It! Discovery Centre, a museum, stands in Mansfield. Just one more place on our list lies within 5 km. The pick nearby is Newstead Abbey, 6.9 km off.
Museum in Mansfield
Inside Mansfield
Making It! Discovery Centre is inside Mansfield’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Mansfield
If warmth matters, go June to September: Mansfield reaches 18–22°C.
Making It! Discovery Centre
Museum.
In Mansfield, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Mansfield
Around Making It! Discovery Centre, mapped
Orange shows Making It!
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Discovery Centre; numbers mark the places near it. The dashed line is Mansfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
The 8 towns are led in size by Mansfield, with 63,448 people. The list runs from its own town outward.
- 1Mansfield
- 2Forest Town
- 3Mansfield Woodhouse
- 4Sutton in Ashfield
- 5Rainworth
- 6Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- 7Stanton Hill and Skegby
- 8Pleasley
Mansfield
Forest Town
Mansfield Woodhouse
Sutton in Ashfield
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Making It! Discovery Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | It’s in town | 63,448 | 6 |
| Forest Town | 1.5 km northeast of it | 19,015 | 5 |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 1.5 km north of it | 19,521 | 2 |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 2.5 km west of it | 36,435 | 5 |
| Rainworth | 3.8 km southeast of it | 7,990 | 7 |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 4.3 km southwest of it | 21,262 | 3 |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4.6 km west of it | 4,568 | 5 |
| Pleasley | 5 km northwest of it | 705 | 5 |
Also near Making It! Discovery Centre
Nearby, 24 places within 15 km include 3 abbeys or priories, 2 historic houses and 2 museums.
Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey6.9 km away2Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustHardwick Hall8.3 km away3
Castle · English HeritageBolsover Castle12 km away4
MuseumMansfield Museum600 m away5
Abbey or priory · English HeritageRufford Abbey11 km away6
Museum · National TrustStainsby Mill9.7 km away7
Historic house · English HeritageSutton Scarsdale Hall13 km away8Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryWelbeck Abbey14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about Making It! Discovery Centre
Where is Making It! Discovery Centre?
Making It! Discovery Centre is in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Making It! Discovery Centre?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Making It! Discovery Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Mansfield, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Making It! Discovery Centre?
Within 15 km: Newstead Abbey (6.9 km), Hardwick Hall (8.3 km), Bolsover Castle (12 km) and Mansfield Museum (600 m).
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 (6)
- Newstead Abbey: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolsover Castle: Stephen G Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mansfield Museum: Nottingham311, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufford Abbey: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stainsby Mill: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sutton Scarsdale Hall: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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