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No.1 Royal Crescent Museum

No.1 Royal Crescent Museum is a grade I listed museum in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset. Its operator is Bath Preservation Trust. Nearby, The Roman Baths (800 m) heads a list of 58 within 15 km.

Photo: No.1 Royal Crescent Museum, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Bath

inside the built-up area

Run by

Bath Preservation Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Bath

Inside Bath

No.1 Royal Crescent Museum is inside Bath’s built-up area, with 33 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bath has 2,275 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

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Bath reach 17–22°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°83 mm

Feb9° / 2°60 mm

Mar11° / 4°54 mm

Apr14° / 5°56 mm

May17° / 8°60 mm

Jun20° / 11°57 mm

Jul22° / 13°61 mm

Aug22° / 13°70 mm

Sep19° / 11°62 mm

Oct15° / 8°84 mm

Nov11° / 5°91 mm

Dec9° / 3°90 mm

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

About

No.1 Royal Crescent Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Bath’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Bath Preservation Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Bath
Official site: no1royalcrescent.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Around No.1 Royal Crescent Museum, mapped

Orange is No.1 Royal Crescent Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that count No.1 Royal Crescent Museum

Bath, with 94,080 people, is the largest of the 7. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Bath

94,080 people · 41 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km east of it

Bathampton

1,698 people · 35 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km northeast of it

Batheaston

3,878 people · 34 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km southeast of it

Monkton Combe

600 people · 36 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where No.1 Royal Crescent Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bath	It’s in town	94,080	41
Bathampton	2.1 km east of it	1,698	35
Batheaston	2.9 km northeast of it	3,878	34
Monkton Combe	4.1 km southeast of it	600	36
Bathford	4.3 km east of it	1,153	33
Newton St Loe	4.8 km west of it	1,372	9
Corston	4.8 km west of it	502	8

Make a day of it

Places to add to No.1 Royal Crescent Museum

Among the 58 within 15 km are 5 museums, an art gallery and a fort.

MuseumThe Roman Baths800 m away 2

MuseumJane Austen Centre400 m away 3

Art galleryVictoria Art Gallery700 m away · 92K visitors a year 4

Museum · National TrustThe Assembly Rooms300 m away 5

MuseumHerschel Museum of Astronomy500 m away 6

Fort · National TrustLittle Solsbury Hill3.5 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of East Asian Art300 m away 8

Garden · National TrustPrior Park2.7 km away

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

Good to know about No.1 Royal Crescent Museum

Where is No.1 Royal Crescent Museum?

No.1 Royal Crescent Museum is in Bath, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is No.1 Royal Crescent Museum?

Grade I listed museum in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, UK.

Who runs No.1 Royal Crescent Museum?

Bath Preservation Trust.

When is the best time to visit No.1 Royal Crescent Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Bath, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is No.1 Royal Crescent Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near No.1 Royal Crescent Museum?

Within 15 km: The Roman Baths (800 m), Jane Austen Centre (400 m), Victoria Art Gallery (700 m) and The Assembly Rooms (300 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 (9)

No.1 Royal Crescent Museum: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Roman Baths: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Jane Austen Centre: Fahdshariff at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria Art Gallery: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Assembly Rooms: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Herschel Museum of Astronomy: Nveitch at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Little Solsbury Hill: Beechenbummer at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of East Asian Art: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prior Park: Infilms, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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