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Nantwich Museum

Nantwich Museum is a museum in Nantwich, Cheshire. Add Beeston Castle, 13 km away, to a visit; it leads 14 places within 15 km. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Photo: Nantwich Museum, John S Turner (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Nantwich

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Nantwich

Inside Nantwich

Nantwich Museum is inside Nantwich’s built-up area, with 3 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

Which month to go

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

Jan8° / 1°59 mm

Feb8° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 3°47 mm

Apr14° / 4°49 mm

May17° / 7°55 mm

Jun19° / 10°65 mm

Jul22° / 12°71 mm

Aug21° / 12°72 mm

Sep18° / 9°64 mm

Oct14° / 7°79 mm

Nov11° / 4°69 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Nantwich Museum

Museum in Nantwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Nantwich
Official site: nantwichmuseum.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Nantwich Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Crewe is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (74,116 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

Nantwich

18,741 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km southeast of it

Butt Green

797 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km north of it

Rease Heath

700 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km east of it

Willaston (Cheshire East)

3,653 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Nantwich Museum is	People	Places to visit
Nantwich	It’s in town	18,741	6
Butt Green	1.2 km southeast of it	797	3
Rease Heath	1.3 km north of it	700	3
Willaston (Cheshire East)	1.9 km east of it	3,653	6
Crewe	2.7 km northeast of it	74,116	5
Ravensmoor	3.2 km southwest of it	262	4
Shavington	3.8 km east of it	4,972	4
Wybunbury	4 km southeast of it	895	2

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

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Nantwich Museum

3 castles, 3 museums and 2 historic houses are among the 14 within 15 km.

Castle · English HeritageBeeston Castle13 km away 2

MuseumCrewe Heritage Centre6.5 km away · 30K visitors a year 3

Historic houseDorfold Hall1.6 km away 4

CastlePeckforton Castle13 km away 5

Historic houseCholmondeley Castle12 km away 6

CastleHeighley Castle13 km away 7

MuseumHack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker4.3 km away 8

MuseumEnglesea Brook Museum of Methodism10 km away

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

Asked about Nantwich Museum

Where is Nantwich Museum?

Nantwich Museum is in Nantwich, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Nantwich Museum?

Museum in Nantwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Nantwich Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Nantwich Museum?

Within 15 km: Beeston Castle (13 km), Crewe Heritage Centre (6.5 km), Dorfold Hall (1.6 km) and Peckforton Castle (13 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 (9)

Nantwich Museum: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beeston Castle: TCExplorer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crewe Heritage Centre: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dorfold Hall: DorfoldHall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Peckforton Castle: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cholmondeley Castle: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Heighley Castle: Peter Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Englesea Brook Museum of Methodism: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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