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Pickford's House Museum

Pickford's House Museum is a historic house museum in Derby. On the official register, it is a Grade I listed building. Our list has 44 more places within 15 km; first among them is Derby Museum and Art Gallery, at 400 m.

Photo: Pickford's House Museum, sps1955 from UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Derby

inside the built-up area

Run by

Derby City Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 2%

#128 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Derby

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

#128 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (26 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Derby

Pickford's House Museum is inside Derby’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Derby has 389 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

Picking your season

The warmest stretch in Derby is June to September, at 19–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°57 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 3°47 mm

Apr14° / 5°44 mm

May17° / 7°48 mm

Jun20° / 10°69 mm

Jul22° / 12°63 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°63 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

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

About

Pickford's House Museum

The site is in the hands of Derby City Council. It has articles in 26 Wikipedias.

Derby’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Derby City Council
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 26 languages
Town: in Derby
Official site: derbymuseums.org/pickfords-house

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

Plan your visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Where it sits

The places near Pickford's House Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Pickford's House Museum

Derby tops the 8 for size, at 275,561 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Derby

275,561 people · 29 places to visit

2 · 3.7 km north of it

Quarndon

999 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 3.7 km northeast of it

Breadsall

795 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km north of it

Little Eaton

1,875 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Pickford's House Museum is	People	Places to visit
Derby	It’s in town	275,561	29
Quarndon	3.7 km north of it	999	15
Breadsall	3.7 km northeast of it	795	14
Little Eaton	4.2 km north of it	1,875	16
Makeney	6.9 km north of it	4,691	6
Findern	7 km southwest of it	1,608	3
Borrowash	7.7 km east of it	7,171	6
Barrow upon Trent	7.9 km south of it	554	4

Make a day of it

Next door to Pickford's House Museum

Our list has 44 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

MuseumDerby Museum and Art Gallery400 m away 2

MuseumMuseum of Making700 m away 3

CathedralDerby Cathedral600 m away 4

Historic house · National TrustKedleston Hall5.1 km away 5

Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle7.6 km away 6CastleCastleMackworth Castle3.6 km away 7

GardenDerby Arboretum1.8 km away 8

CastleMelbourne Castle12 km away

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

Pickford's House Museum: what to know

Where is Pickford's House Museum?

Pickford's House Museum is in Derby, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Pickford's House Museum?

Historic house museum in Derby, United Kingdom.

Who runs Pickford's House Museum?

Derby City Council.

When is the best time to visit Pickford's House Museum?

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

Is Pickford's House Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Pickford's House Museum?

Within 15 km: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (400 m), Museum of Making (700 m), Derby Cathedral (600 m) and Kedleston Hall (5.1 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)

Pickford's House Museum: sps1955 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Derby Museum and Art Gallery: Janet Roberts from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Making: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Derby Cathedral: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kedleston Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Derby Arboretum: James Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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