Museum · York · North Yorkshire

Quilters' Guild

Quilters' Guild is a museum and gallery in York. Within 15 km there are 52 more places to visit, starting with York Minster (500 m). Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Photo: Quilters' Guild, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In York

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in York

Inside York

Quilters' Guild is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 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

Aim for June to September, when York reaches 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Quilters' Guild

Museum and gallery in York, England.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in York
Official site: quiltmuseum.org.uk

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

The map

The area around Quilters' Guild

The map puts Quilters' Guild in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns that list Quilters' Guild

Home to 141,696 people, York is the largest of these 8. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 2 km north of it

Huntington

12,420 people · 44 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km east of it

Osbaldwick

2,313 people · 44 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km southeast of it

Heslington

1,787 people · 41 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Quilters' Guild is	People	Places to visit
York	It’s in town	141,696	46
Huntington	2 km north of it	12,420	44
Osbaldwick	2.2 km east of it	2,313	44
Heslington	2.3 km southeast of it	1,787	41
Nether Poppleton	3.4 km northwest of it	727	38
Bishopthorpe	4.1 km south of it	3,333	40
Upper Poppleton	4.3 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Haxby	4.6 km north of it	10,176	24

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Around it, within 15 km, lie 52 more, including 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster500 m away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1.4 km away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower600 m away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum800 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum600 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

FortYork city walls700 m away 7

Art galleryYork Art Gallery700 m away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre400 m away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Quilters' Guild?

Quilters' Guild is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Quilters' Guild?

Museum and gallery in York, England.

When is the best time to visit Quilters' Guild?

June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Quilters' Guild?

Within 15 km: York Minster (500 m), National Railway Museum (1.4 km), Clifford's Tower (600 m) and Yorkshire Museum (800 m).

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)

Quilters' Guild: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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