Historic house · Salford · Greater Manchester

Ordsall Hall

Ordsall Hall is a grade I listed English country house museum. It lies inside the built-up area of Salford. Running it is Salford City Council.

Photo: Ordsall Hall, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Salford

inside the built-up area

Run by

Salford City Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic house in Salford

Inside Salford

Ordsall Hall is inside Salford’s built-up area, with 43 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Salford has 124 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 Salford reach 18–21°C from June to September.

Jan8° / 3°83 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°62 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°81 mm

Aug21° / 13°77 mm

Sep18° / 11°80 mm

Oct15° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°89 mm

Dec8° / 3°100 mm

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

About

Ordsall Hall

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. There are 91 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Science and Industry Museum (1.6 km).

Salford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: Salford City Council
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Salford
Official site: salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/culture/ordsall-hall

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

The map

Mapping Ordsall Hall

Use the numbers to match each place near Ordsall Hall with the list.

Towns near it

Where people come from

By population, Manchester leads the 8 with 470,395. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Salford

108,431 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 500 m east of it

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

3 · 500 m south of it

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km southwest of it

Stretford

28,010 people · 44 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ordsall Hall is	People	Places to visit
Salford	It’s in town	108,431	55
Manchester	500 m east of it	470,395	68
Old Trafford	500 m south of it	21,442	47
Stretford	1.6 km southwest of it	28,010	44
Eccles	3.6 km west of it	41,116	23
Urmston	3.8 km west of it	41,728	17
Pendlebury	3.9 km north of it	1,768	41
Clifton	4 km northwest of it	17,748	40

Make a day of it

Also near Ordsall Hall

91 more lie within 15 km, 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum1.6 km away · 830K visitors a year 2

MuseumImperial War Museum North1.4 km away · 2K visitors a year 3

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame3 km away 4

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery2.6 km away 5

CathedralManchester Cathedral2.8 km away 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum2.9 km away 7

MuseumChetham's Library2.9 km away 8

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist1.9 km away

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

Your questions on Ordsall Hall

Where is Ordsall Hall?

Ordsall Hall is in Salford, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ordsall Hall?

Grade I listed English country house museum in Ordsall, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Who runs Ordsall Hall?

Salford City Council.

When is the best time to visit Ordsall Hall?

June to September are the warmest months in Salford, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ordsall Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Ordsall Hall?

Within 15 km: Science and Industry Museum (1.6 km), Imperial War Museum North (1.4 km), English Football Hall of Fame (3 km) and Manchester Art Gallery (2.6 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)

Ordsall Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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