Museum · Egglescliffe · County Durham

Preston Park Museum

Preston Park Museum stands in Egglescliffe. Our list has 3 more places within 5 km. Around it, Preston Hall (100 m) comes first on our list.

Photo: Preston Park Museum, Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom (CC0)

Where

In Egglescliffe

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Egglescliffe

Inside Egglescliffe

Preston Park Museum is inside Egglescliffe’s built-up area, with 3 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

How the seasons run

Afternoons in Egglescliffe reach 18–21°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°43 mm

Feb8° / 1°42 mm

Mar10° / 3°36 mm

Apr13° / 4°43 mm

May16° / 7°44 mm

Jun19° / 9°66 mm

Jul21° / 11°55 mm

Aug21° / 11°81 mm

Sep18° / 9°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°58 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec7° / 1°53 mm

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

About

Preston Park Museum

Museum in Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Egglescliffe
Official site: prestonparkmuseum.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Before you set off

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Getting your bearings

The map centres on Preston Park Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The towns around Preston Park Museum

By population, Middlesbrough leads the 8 with 148,232. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Egglescliffe

10,250 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 600 m north of it

Stockton-on-Tees

84,824 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 700 m southeast of it

Ingleby Barwick

23,380 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km east of it

Thornaby-on-Tees

23,352 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Preston Park Museum is	People	Places to visit
Egglescliffe	It’s in town	10,250	4
Stockton-on-Tees	600 m north of it	84,824	11
Ingleby Barwick	700 m southeast of it	23,380	5
Thornaby-on-Tees	1.6 km east of it	23,352	13
Yarm	2.8 km south of it	9,601	3
Middlesbrough	4 km east of it	148,232	17
Longnewton	4.5 km west of it	810	3
Stainton	4.7 km east of it	1,817	9

Make a day of it

Close to Preston Park Museum

Our list has 20 more within 15 km, among them 3 historic houses, a cathedral and an art gallery.

Historic housePreston Hall100 m away 2

CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral8.1 km away 3

Art galleryMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art8 km away 4

MuseumDorman Museum7 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustOrmesby Hall10 km away 6

Historic houseAcklam Hall5.8 km away 7

CastleWhorlton Castle14 km away 8

ZooNewham Grange Leisure Farm7.5 km away

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

Preston Park Museum: what to know

Where is Preston Park Museum?

Preston Park Museum is in Egglescliffe, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Preston Park Museum?

Museum in Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Preston Park Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Preston Park Museum?

Within 15 km: Preston Hall (100 m), Middlesbrough Cathedral (8.1 km), Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (8 km) and Dorman Museum (7 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)

Preston Park Museum: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Preston Hall: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middlesbrough Cathedral: MiddlesbroughCathedral.JPG: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Francis Hannaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dorman Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ormesby Hall: Simon Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Acklam Hall: Originally uploaded by Djdaedalus (Transferred by Hogweard), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whorlton Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newham Grange Leisure Farm: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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