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Mansion House

Mansion House is a grade I listed historic house museum in York. There are 51 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with York Minster (300 m). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Photo: Mansion House, Stanley Howe (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In York

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Historic house in York

Inside York

Mansion House is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; York has 1,271 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Afternoons in York peak at 18–22°C, June to September.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Mansion House

Grade I listed historic house museum in York, United Kingdom.

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

York’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in York
Official site: mansionhouseyork.com

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

The map

Where to find Mansion House

Mansion House is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Mansion House

The largest of the 8 towns is York, with 141,696 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km north of it

Huntington

12,420 people · 44 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km southeast of it

Heslington

1,787 people · 41 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km east of it

Osbaldwick

2,313 people · 44 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Mansion House is	People	Places to visit
York	It’s in town	141,696	46
Huntington	2.3 km north of it	12,420	44
Heslington	2.7 km southeast of it	1,787	41
Osbaldwick	2.8 km east of it	2,313	44
Nether Poppleton	2.9 km northwest of it	727	38
Upper Poppleton	3.8 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Bishopthorpe	3.9 km south of it	3,333	40
Haxby	4.7 km north of it	10,176	24

Make a day of it

Around Mansion House

Also close at hand are 4 museums, a church and a castle, among 51 within 15 km.

ChurchYork Minster300 m away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum800 m away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower500 m away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum300 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum700 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

Art galleryYork Art Gallery400 m away 7

FortYork city walls600 m away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre400 m away

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

Mansion House, answered

Where is Mansion House?

Mansion House is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Mansion House?

Grade I listed historic house museum in York, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Mansion House?

June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Mansion House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Mansion House?

Within 15 km: York Minster (300 m), National Railway Museum (800 m), Clifford's Tower (500 m) and Yorkshire Museum (300 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 (8)

Mansion House: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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 Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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