Railworld
Visitors to Peterborough can see Railworld, a museum. The surrounding 5 km hold 5 more places to visit. A drive of 800 m reaches Peterborough Cathedral.
Museum in Peterborough
Inside Peterborough
Railworld is inside Peterborough’s built-up area, with 5 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.
Weather, month by month
Afternoons in Peterborough peak at 18–23°C, May to September.
Railworld
Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Peterborough
- Official site
- railworld.net
Getting your bearings
The map puts Railworld in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Peterborough’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
In size, Peterborough comes first of the 4, with 190,592 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Peterborough
Farcet
Yaxley
Eye
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Railworld is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | It’s in town | 190,592 | 10 |
| Farcet | 3 km southeast of it | 1,596 | 6 |
| Yaxley | 4.3 km south of it | 9,403 | 4 |
| Eye | 5 km northeast of it | 5,419 | 6 |
Also within reach
Our list has 18 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.
CathedralPeterborough Cathedral800 m away2
Castle · English HeritageLongthorpe Tower2.6 km away3
MuseumFlag Fen4 km away4
MuseumPeterborough Museum and Art Gallery400 m away5
CastleFotheringhay Castle14 km away6
CastleWoodcroft Castle8 km away7
Heritage railwayNene Valley Railway6.2 km away8
Historic houseElton Hall11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Railworld
Where is Railworld?
Railworld is in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Railworld?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Railworld?
May to September are the warmest months in Peterborough, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Railworld?
Within 15 km: Peterborough Cathedral (800 m), Longthorpe Tower (2.6 km), Flag Fen (4 km) and Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (400 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 (9)
- Railworld: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Longthorpe Tower: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Flag Fen: The original uploader was Kev747 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodcroft Castle: Andrew Kerr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nene Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elton Hall: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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