Poole Museum
Poole Museum is a grade I listed local museum in Poole. Within 15 km there are 56 more places to visit, starting with Corfe Castle (9.5 km). Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.
Museum in Poole
Inside Poole
Poole Museum is inside Poole’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Poole has 214 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
May to September are the warmest in Poole, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C.
Poole Museum
Grade I listed local museum in Poole, United Kingdom.
In Poole, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Poole
How to visit
Its place on the map
Poole Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Poole’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Poole Museum
In size, Poole comes first of the 3, with 141,009 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Poole Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poole | It’s in town | 141,009 | 28 |
| Upton | 2.6 km northwest of it | 8,401 | 8 |
| Holton Heath | 4.8 km west of it | 270 | 7 |
After Poole Museum
2 castles, 2 museums and a historic house are among the 56 within 15 km.
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle9.5 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)2
CastleBrownsea Castle3.4 km away3
Historic house · National TrustKingston Lacy Estate11 km away4
GardenCompton Acres4.4 km away5
MuseumRussell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum8.3 km away6
Fort · National TrustBadbury Rings13 km away7
Museum · English HeritageScaplens Court Museum100 m away8
Heritage railwaySwanage Railway11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Poole Museum
Where is Poole Museum?
Poole Museum is in Poole, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Poole Museum?
Grade I listed local museum in Poole, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Poole Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Poole, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Poole Museum a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Poole Museum?
Within 15 km: Corfe Castle (9.5 km), Brownsea Castle (3.4 km), Kingston Lacy Estate (11 km) and Compton Acres (4.4 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)
- Poole Museum: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston Lacy Estate: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Compton Acres: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: User:LordHarris, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Badbury Rings: Simaron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scaplens Court Museum: Roy Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swanage Railway: LordHarris at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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