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Norwich Castle Museum

Norwich Castle Museum is a historic castle and museum in Norwich. It is protected as a scheduled monument. Top of the 32 other places within 15 km is Norwich Cathedral, 500 m off.

Photo: Norwich Castle Museum, The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Norwich

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 4%

#269 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–23°C

In brief

Castle in Norwich

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#269 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (18 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Norwich

Norwich Castle Museum is inside Norwich’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Norwich has 1,100 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

Weather through the year

Expect highs of 19–23°C in Norwich from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar10° / 3°47 mm

Apr14° / 5°40 mm

May17° / 7°46 mm

Jun20° / 10°60 mm

Jul23° / 12°56 mm

Aug22° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 4°70 mm

Dec8° / 2°63 mm

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

About

Norwich Castle Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 18 languages.

Norwich’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 18 languages
Town: in Norwich
Official site: museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle

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

The map

Norwich Castle Museum on the map

Find Norwich Castle Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Norwich Castle Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Norwich, with 200,744 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Norwich

200,744 people · 20 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Trowse Newton

883 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 4.1 km southwest of it

Cringleford

4,686 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km west of it

Colney

215 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Norwich Castle Museum is	People	Places to visit
Norwich	It’s in town	200,744	20
Trowse Newton	2.1 km southeast of it	883	14
Cringleford	4.1 km southwest of it	4,686	14
Colney	4.6 km west of it	215	13
Thorpe End	5 km northeast of it	1,173	6
Postwick	6.5 km east of it	400	2
Costessey	6.6 km northwest of it	2,608	7
Spixworth	6.8 km north of it	3,418	5

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery, among 32 within 15 km.

CathedralNorwich Cathedral500 m away 2

CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral800 m away 3

MuseumStrangers' Hall400 m away 4

Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre4.2 km away 5

MuseumMuseum of Norwich at the Bridewell200 m away 6Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryNorwich Zen Buddhist Priory300 m away 7

CastleClaxton Castle11 km away 8

MuseumCity of Norwich Aviation Museum5.9 km away

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

Your questions on Norwich Castle Museum

Where is Norwich Castle Museum?

Norwich Castle Museum is in Norwich, Norfolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Norwich Castle Museum?

Historic castle and museum in Norwich, England.

When is the best time to visit Norwich Castle Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Norwich, with afternoon highs of 19–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Norwich Castle Museum a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Norwich Castle Museum?

Within 15 km: Norwich Cathedral (500 m), St John the Baptist Cathedral (800 m), Strangers' Hall (400 m) and The Sainsbury Centre (4.2 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 (8)

Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Strangers' Hall: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Sainsbury Centre: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Claxton Castle: Graham Hardy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
City of Norwich Aviation Museum: Chloecairns, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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