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Platt Hall

You can find Platt Hall, a museum, in Manchester. There are 31 other places to visit inside 5 km. For a second stop, The Manchester Museum is 1.9 km away.

Where

In Manchester

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Manchester

Inside Manchester

Platt Hall is inside Manchester’s built-up area, with 31 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

Picking your season

From June to September, Manchester sees highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°80 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°63 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug21° / 13°82 mm

Sep18° / 11°79 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

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

About

Platt Hall

In Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Manchester
Official site: platthall.org

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

The map

Platt Hall at a glance

Orange is Platt Hall; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Staying near Platt Hall

Largest of the 8 is Manchester, home to 470,395. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km west of it

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Stockport

117,925 people · 24 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km east of it

Reddish

22,189 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Platt Hall is	People	Places to visit
Manchester	It’s in town	470,395	68
Old Trafford	2.3 km west of it	21,442	47
Stockport	2.6 km southeast of it	117,925	24
Reddish	3.5 km east of it	22,189	18
Salford	3.8 km northwest of it	108,431	55
Stretford	4 km west of it	28,010	44
Denton	4.2 km east of it	36,005	17
Sale	4.6 km southwest of it	62,545	20

Make a day of it

Places to add to Platt Hall

Within 15 km are 89 places, among them 6 museums, an art gallery and a cathedral.

MuseumThe Manchester Museum1.9 km away 2

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery3.4 km away 3

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame4.1 km away 4

CathedralManchester Cathedral4.1 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum3.7 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumChetham's Library4.2 km away 7

MuseumImperial War Museum North5.5 km away · 2K visitors a year 8

MuseumNational Football Museum4.1 km away

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

A visit to Platt Hall: questions

Where is Platt Hall?

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

What is Platt Hall?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Platt Hall?

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

What else is there to see near Platt Hall?

Within 15 km: The Manchester Museum (1.9 km), Manchester Art Gallery (3.4 km), English Football Hall of Fame (4.1 km) and Manchester Cathedral (4.1 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)

The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., 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
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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