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Merchant Adventurers' Hall

Merchant Adventurers' Hall is a grade I listed building and museum in York, North Yorkshire. Top of the 51 other places within 15 km is York Minster, 500 m off. It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.

Photo: Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Kaly99 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In York

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in York

Inside York

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

Scheduled monument

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

Weather through the year

In York the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

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

Merchant Adventurers' Hall

Grade I listed building and museum in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

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

York’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in York
Official site: merchantshallyork.org

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

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Mapping Merchant Adventurers' Hall

Orange is Merchant Adventurers' Hall; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns around Merchant Adventurers' Hall, by distance

The most populous of the 8 is York, at 141,696. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km southeast of it

Heslington

1,787 people · 41 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km north of it

Huntington

12,420 people · 44 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km east of it

Osbaldwick

2,313 people · 44 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Merchant Adventurers' Hall is	People	Places to visit
York	It’s in town	141,696	46
Heslington	2.2 km southeast of it	1,787	41
Huntington	2.3 km north of it	12,420	44
Osbaldwick	2.4 km east of it	2,313	44
Nether Poppleton	3.4 km northwest of it	727	38
Bishopthorpe	3.8 km south of it	3,333	40
Upper Poppleton	4.2 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Haxby	4.9 km north of it	10,176	24

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Within 15 km are 51 places, among them 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster500 m away 2

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower200 m away 3MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1.2 km away · 808K visitors a year 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum700 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum300 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

FortYork city walls300 m away 7

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre100 m away 8

Art galleryYork Art Gallery800 m away

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

Merchant Adventurers' Hall, answered

Where is Merchant Adventurers' Hall?

Merchant Adventurers' Hall is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Merchant Adventurers' Hall?

Grade I listed building and museum in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Merchant Adventurers' Hall?

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

Is Merchant Adventurers' Hall a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Merchant Adventurers' Hall?

Within 15 km: York Minster (500 m), Clifford's Tower (200 m), National Railway Museum (1.2 km) and Yorkshire Museum (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)

Merchant Adventurers' Hall: Kaly99, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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