Museum · Bristol · Bristol

Maritime Heritage Museum

Maritime Heritage Museum is a museum in Bristol. Add SS Great Britain Museum, 200 m away, to a visit; it leads 81 places within 15 km.

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Bristol

Inside Bristol

Maritime Heritage Museum is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 52 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

If warmth matters, go June to September: Bristol reaches 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 3°91 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar11° / 4°61 mm

Apr14° / 6°58 mm

May17° / 8°63 mm

Jun20° / 11°64 mm

Jul22° / 13°66 mm

Aug21° / 13°81 mm

Sep19° / 11°65 mm

Oct15° / 8°89 mm

Nov11° / 5°96 mm

Dec8° / 3°98 mm

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

About

Maritime Heritage Museum

Museum in Bristol, England, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Bristol

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Maritime Heritage Museum and what surrounds it

The places near Maritime Heritage Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Maritime Heritage Museum

Bristol tops the 6 for size, at 425,196 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km west of it

Leigh Woods

637 people · 57 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km southwest of it

Long Ashton

5,184 people · 53 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km west of it

Abbots Leigh

302 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Maritime Heritage Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bristol	It’s in town	425,196	76
Leigh Woods	1.5 km west of it	637	57
Long Ashton	2.5 km southwest of it	5,184	53
Abbots Leigh	3.5 km west of it	302	61
Kingswood and Fishponds	4.4 km east of it	160,280	55
Failand	4.8 km west of it	758	25

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Around Maritime Heritage Museum

There are 81 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 art galleries among them.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum200 m away 2

CathedralBristol Cathedral600 m away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery900 m away · 451K visitors a year 4

Art galleryArnolfini700 m away · 398K visitors a year 5

Big drawMuseumM Shed600 m away · 596K visitors a year 6

CathedralClifton Cathedral1.4 km away 7

ZooBristol Zoo2 km away 8

Art galleryRoyal West of England Academy1.1 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Maritime Heritage Museum?

Maritime Heritage Museum is in Bristol, Bristol, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Maritime Heritage Museum?

Museum in Bristol, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Maritime Heritage Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Bristol, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Maritime Heritage Museum?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (200 m), Bristol Cathedral (600 m), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (900 m) and Arnolfini (700 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)

SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal West of England Academy: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.