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National Gas Museum

National Gas Museum is a museum in Leicester. Its operator is National Gas Museum Trust. There are 34 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Leicester Cathedral (2.1 km).

Photo: National Gas Museum, Chemical Engineer (Public domain)

Where

In Leicester

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Gas Museum Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Leicester

Inside Leicester

National Gas Museum is inside Leicester’s built-up area, with 22 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

In Leicester the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°55 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar11° / 2°42 mm

Apr14° / 4°46 mm

May17° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°60 mm

Jul22° / 12°66 mm

Aug22° / 12°62 mm

Sep19° / 10°56 mm

Oct14° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec8° / 1°59 mm

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

About

National Gas Museum

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Museum
Run by: National Gas Museum Trust
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Leicester
Official site: nationalgasmuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Its place on the map

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

Towns near it

Bases near National Gas Museum

Home to 406,612 people, Leicester is the largest of these 6. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Leicester

406,612 people · 30 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km southeast of it

Wigston

34,728 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 3 km southeast of it

Oadby

24,039 people · 22 places to visit

4 · 3.6 km southwest of it

Enderby and Narborough

13,178 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where National Gas Museum is	People	Places to visit
Leicester	It’s in town	406,612	30
Wigston	2.4 km southeast of it	34,728	17
Oadby	3 km southeast of it	24,039	22
Enderby and Narborough	3.6 km southwest of it	13,178	5
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe	4.1 km west of it	13,847	20
Blaby and Whetstone	4.4 km south of it	14,072	3

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near National Gas Museum

A visit can add 4 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral, from 34 places within 15 km.

CathedralLeicester Cathedral2.1 km away 2

CastleLeicester Castle1.8 km away 3

MuseumLeicester Museum and Art Gallery1.7 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle6.2 km away 5

MuseumNational Space Centre4.2 km away 6

Abbey or prioryLeicester Abbey3.6 km away 7

MuseumLeicester Guildhall2 km away 8

MuseumNewarke Houses Museum1.7 km away

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

Visiting National Gas Museum

Where is National Gas Museum?

National Gas Museum is in Leicester, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is National Gas Museum?

Museum in Leicester, England, UK.

Who runs National Gas Museum?

National Gas Museum Trust.

When is the best time to visit National Gas Museum?

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

What else is there to see near National Gas Museum?

Within 15 km: Leicester Cathedral (2.1 km), Leicester Castle (1.8 km), Leicester Museum and Art Gallery (1.7 km) and Kirby Muxloe Castle (6.2 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)

National Gas Museum: Chemical Engineer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Castle: Kris1973, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Space Centre: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Abbey: Kev747 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Guildhall: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newarke Houses Museum: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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