Mayflower Museum
Mayflower Museum is a history museum. Inside Plymouth’s built-up area is where it stands. This is a site of Plymouth Ciry Council.
Museum in Plymouth
Inside Plymouth
Mayflower Museum is inside Plymouth’s built-up area, with 23 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.
Weather, month by month
June to September are the warmest in Plymouth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C.
Mayflower Museum
Close by, Drake's Island is 1.8 km away, one of 43 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Plymouth Ciry Council
- Town
- in Plymouth
- Official site
- mayflowermuseum.co.uk
Hours, entry and address
- EntryA fee is charged
The map
The numbers show what else is near Mayflower Museum, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Plymouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Home to 266,970 people, Plymouth is the largest of these 3. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Mayflower Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | It’s in town | 266,970 | 40 |
| Torpoint | 4.2 km west of it | 7,163 | 25 |
| Heybrook Bay | 4.9 km south of it | 467 | 11 |
Also within reach
Nearby, 43 places within 15 km include 2 historic houses, 2 museums and a fort.
FortDrake's Island1.8 km away2
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral1.5 km away3
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel300 m away4
Historic house · National TrustSaltram House4.1 km away5
MuseumHMS Courageous3.6 km away6
AquariumNational Marine Aquarium300 m away7
MuseumThe Box900 m away8
Historic houseMount Edgcumbe House3.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Mayflower Museum
Where is Mayflower Museum?
Mayflower Museum is in Plymouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Mayflower Museum?
Museum: history.
Who runs Mayflower Museum?
Plymouth Ciry Council.
When is the best time to visit Mayflower Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Plymouth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Mayflower Museum?
Within 15 km: Drake's Island (1.8 km), Plymouth Cathedral (1.5 km), Royal Citadel (300 m) and Saltram House (4.1 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 (8)
- Drake's Island: Janipewter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Citadel: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saltram House: Chilli Head from Weston-super-Mare, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Courageous: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Marine Aquarium: MyNameIsClare, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Box: Smalljim, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Edgcumbe House: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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