Theme park · near Osbaldwick · North Yorkshire

Murton Park

Murton Park is a farming museum, living history centre. It is 800 m northeast of Osbaldwick. There are 52 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with York Minster (4.6 km).

Photo: Murton Park, Richard Harvey (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

800 m

northeast of Osbaldwick

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Theme park near Osbaldwick

Just outside Osbaldwick

Murton Park is 800 m northeast of Osbaldwick. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Choosing a month

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

Jan7° / 2°50 mm

Feb8° / 2°41 mm

Mar10° / 3°39 mm

Apr13° / 4°42 mm

May17° / 7°46 mm

Jun19° / 10°60 mm

Jul22° / 12°58 mm

Aug21° / 12°63 mm

Sep18° / 10°52 mm

Oct14° / 7°63 mm

Nov10° / 4°57 mm

Dec7° / 2°56 mm

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

About

Murton Park

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Type: Theme park
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 800 m northeast of Osbaldwick
Official site: murtonpark.co.uk

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Murton Park is the orange one.

Towns near it

Bases near Murton Park

The 8 towns are led in size by York, with 141,696 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 800 m southwest of it

Osbaldwick

2,313 people · 44 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km east of it

Dunnington

3,256 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km west of it

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km southwest of it

Heslington

1,787 people · 41 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Murton Park is	People	Places to visit
Osbaldwick	800 m southwest of it	2,313	44
Dunnington	1.3 km east of it	3,256	8
York	1.5 km west of it	141,696	46
Heslington	2.6 km southwest of it	1,787	41
Huntington	3.1 km northwest of it	12,420	44
Stockton on the Forest	3.3 km north of it	1,018	6
Warthill	3.6 km northeast of it	216	6
Elvington	4.2 km southeast of it	1,271	5

Make a day of it

Next door to Murton Park

Nearby, 52 places within 15 km include 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster4.6 km away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum5.6 km away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower4.5 km away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum5 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum4.5 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

FortYork city walls4.6 km away 7

Art galleryYork Art Gallery4.9 km away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre4.5 km away

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

Murton Park, answered

Where is Murton Park?

Murton Park is 800 m northeast of Osbaldwick, North Yorkshire.

What is Murton Park?

Farming museum, living history centre in York, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Murton Park?

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

What else is there to see near Murton Park?

Within 15 km: York Minster (4.6 km), National Railway Museum (5.6 km), Clifford's Tower (4.5 km) and Yorkshire Museum (5 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)

Murton Park: Richard Harvey, 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
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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