Museum · Potters Bar · Hertfordshire

Potters Bar Museum

Look for Potters Bar Museum in Potters Bar. Close by, within 5 km, are 4 more places to see. Top of the list nearby is Hatfield House, 7.2 km away.

Photo: Potters Bar Museum, Graham Hale (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Potters Bar

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Potters Bar

Inside Potters Bar

Potters Bar Museum is inside Potters Bar’s built-up area, with 4 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

Choosing a month

Warmest in Potters Bar are May to September, at 17–23°C.

Jan7° / 2°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 7°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°53 mm

Jul23° / 12°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°58 mm

Sep19° / 10°51 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 4°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

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

About

Potters Bar Museum

Museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Potters Bar
Official site: pottersbarmuseum.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Potters Bar Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Staying near Potters Bar Museum

By population, Barnet leads the 8 with 388,572. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Potters Bar

23,394 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 2 km west of it

South Mimms

711 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northwest of it

North Mymms

354 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km north of it

Brookmans Park

4,033 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Potters Bar Museum is	People	Places to visit
Potters Bar	It’s in town	23,394	9
South Mimms	2 km west of it	711	10
North Mymms	2.1 km northwest of it	354	7
Brookmans Park	2.1 km north of it	4,033	8
Enfield	2.8 km southeast of it	329,822	39
Northaw	2.9 km east of it	636	5
Barnet	3.1 km south of it	388,572	102
Welham Green	3.8 km north of it	2,962	8

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Our list has 64 more within 15 km, among them 3 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles.

Historic houseHatfield House7.2 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageKenwood House14 km away · 160K visitors a year (2015)3

CathedralSt Albans Cathedral12 km away 4

Historic houseWrotham Park2.1 km away 5

MuseumRAF Museum11 km away 6

CastleBruce Castle14 km away 7

CastleHertford Castle Gate House13 km away 8

MuseumFrancis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum8.9 km away

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

A visit to Potters Bar Museum: questions

Where is Potters Bar Museum?

Potters Bar Museum is in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Potters Bar Museum?

Museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Potters Bar Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Potters Bar, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Potters Bar Museum?

Within 15 km: Hatfield House (7.2 km), Kenwood House (14 km), St Albans Cathedral (12 km) and Wrotham Park (2.1 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 (9)

Potters Bar Museum: Graham Hale, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenwood House: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wrotham Park: British Library HMNTS 10349.ppp.21., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Museum: Panhard, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Bruce Castle: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hertford Castle Gate House: Caitlin from Hertfordshire, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum: Aleksandrs Čaičics, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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