Museum · near Tamworth · Staffordshire

National Fairground Museum

National Fairground Museum is a fairground museum in Tamworth. Around it, within 15 km, lie 27 more places, Lichfield Cathedral (13 km) first on our list.

Where

1.5 km

northeast of Tamworth

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum near Tamworth

Just outside Tamworth

National Fairground Museum is 1.5 km northeast of Tamworth. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

The weather, month by month

In Tamworth, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 4°45 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°61 mm

Jul22° / 12°56 mm

Aug22° / 12°58 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct14° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°62 mm

Dec8° / 2°65 mm

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

About

National Fairground Museum

Fairground museum in Tamworth, England, UK.

1.5 km northeast of Tamworth.

Type: Museum
Town: 1.5 km northeast of Tamworth

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

Plan your visit

Visit details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Find National Fairground Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around National Fairground Museum

The biggest base of the 6 is Tamworth (76,074 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Tamworth

76,074 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 3.7 km southeast of it

Polesworth

1,955 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km south of it

Polesworth and Dordon

7,552 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 4.4 km southeast of it

Warton

1,472 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where National Fairground Museum is	People	Places to visit
Tamworth	1.5 km southwest of it	76,074	9
Polesworth	3.7 km southeast of it	1,955	3
Polesworth and Dordon	4.2 km south of it	7,552	4
Warton	4.4 km southeast of it	1,472	4
Clifton Campville	4.5 km north of it	691	2
Fazeley	4.9 km southwest of it	7,571	7

Make a day of it

Close to National Fairground Museum

Within 15 km you can add 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 zoos.

CathedralLichfield Cathedral13 km away 2

CastleTamworth Castle4.2 km away 3

MuseumStatfold Barn Railway and Museum300 m away 4

ZooDrayton Manor Zoo6.4 km away 5

ZooTwycross Zoo8 km away 6

MuseumThe Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum13 km away · 16K visitors a year 7

Abbey or prioryPolesworth Abbey4.5 km away 8

CastleHartshill Castle15 km away

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

What people ask about National Fairground Museum

Where is National Fairground Museum?

National Fairground Museum is 1.5 km northeast of Tamworth, Staffordshire.

What is National Fairground Museum?

Fairground museum in Tamworth, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit National Fairground Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Tamworth, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near National Fairground Museum?

Within 15 km: Lichfield Cathedral (13 km), Tamworth Castle (4.2 km), Statfold Barn Railway and Museum (300 m) and Drayton Manor Zoo (6.4 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)

Lichfield Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tamworth Castle: Stan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Statfold Barn Railway and Museum: A M Hurrell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Drayton Manor Zoo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Twycross Zoo: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum: Bs0u10e01, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Polesworth Abbey: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hartshill Castle: Brett Lees-Smith from Nuneaton, Warwickshire,, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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