Museum · Darfield · South Yorkshire

Maurice Dobson Museum

Maurice Dobson Museum is part of what Darfield has to see. Add one more place within 5 km to a visit. Worth the trip, Conisbrough Castle is 11 km off.

Where

In Darfield

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Darfield

Inside Darfield

Maurice Dobson Museum is inside Darfield’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.

When to go

Weather by the month

Highs of 18–21°C mark June to September in Darfield.

Jan7° / 2°49 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar10° / 3°43 mm

Apr13° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 7°46 mm

Jun19° / 10°65 mm

Jul21° / 12°58 mm

Aug21° / 12°56 mm

Sep18° / 10°51 mm

Oct14° / 7°61 mm

Nov10° / 4°62 mm

Dec8° / 2°60 mm

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

About

Maurice Dobson Museum

Museum in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Darfield
Official site: darfieldmuseum.co.uk

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

The map

Finding Maurice Dobson Museum

Maurice Dobson Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Maurice Dobson Museum

The most populous of the 8 is Barnsley, at 71,394. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Darfield

7,209 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 900 m southwest of it

Wombwell

16,758 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km south of it

Wath upon Dearne

16,962 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km south of it

Brampton

4,620 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Maurice Dobson Museum is	People	Places to visit
Darfield	It’s in town	7,209	4
Wombwell	900 m southwest of it	16,758	10
Wath upon Dearne	1.4 km south of it	16,962	7
Brampton	2.1 km south of it	4,620	5
Great Houghton	2.3 km northeast of it	2,489	1
Goldthorpe	2.9 km east of it	7,493	2
Barnsley	2.9 km west of it	71,394	11
Bolton upon Dearne	3 km southeast of it	7,440	1

Make a day of it

Close to Maurice Dobson Museum

Our list has 25 more within 15 km, among them 2 castles, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory.

1CastleCastle · English HeritageConisbrough Castle11 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonk Bretton Priory5 km away 3

Historic houseWentworth Woodhouse7 km away 4

Garden · English HeritageBrodsworth Hall and Gardens9.3 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustNostell Priory13 km away 6

CastleWentworth Castle9.8 km away 7

MuseumElsecar Heritage Centre5.4 km away 8

Heritage railwayElsecar Heritage Railway5.5 km away

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

Good to know about Maurice Dobson Museum

Where is Maurice Dobson Museum?

Maurice Dobson Museum is in Darfield, South Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Maurice Dobson Museum?

Museum in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Maurice Dobson Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Darfield, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Maurice Dobson Museum?

Within 15 km: Conisbrough Castle (11 km), Monk Bretton Priory (5 km), Wentworth Woodhouse (7 km) and Brodsworth Hall and Gardens (9.3 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 (7)

Monk Bretton Priory: Tony Grist, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Wentworth Woodhouse: Jeff Pearson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nostell Priory: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wentworth Castle: Klaus with K. Blue fringing removed by Digon3 13:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elsecar Heritage Centre: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elsecar Heritage Railway: cooldudeandy01, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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