Museum · Keele · Staffordshire

Raven Mason Collection

Raven Mason Collection is a university museum in the West Midlands. Its location is inside Keele’s built-up area. It comes under Keele University.

Where

In Keele

inside the built-up area

Run by

Keele University

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Keele

Inside Keele

Raven Mason Collection is inside Keele’s built-up area, with 6 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

Warm months and wet ones

In Keele the warm season is June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°68 mm

Feb7° / 1°56 mm

Mar10° / 2°53 mm

Apr13° / 4°53 mm

May16° / 7°63 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul20° / 12°69 mm

Aug20° / 12°78 mm

Sep17° / 10°70 mm

Oct14° / 7°81 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec7° / 2°80 mm

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

About

Raven Mason Collection

Nearby, Heighley Castle (5.1 km) heads a list of 31 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Keele University
Town: in Keele
Official site: keele.ac.uk/about/artskeele/ravenmason

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

The map

The way to Raven Mason Collection

The numbers show what else is near Raven Mason Collection, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Raven Mason Collection

The most populous of the 8 is Stoke-on-Trent, at 260,560. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Keele

2,607 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km northeast of it

Newcastle-under-Lyme

76,511 people · 21 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km west of it

Madeley

3,293 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km northwest of it

Halmer End and Alsagers Bank

1,158 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Raven Mason Collection is	People	Places to visit
Keele	It’s in town	2,607	12
Newcastle-under-Lyme	1.1 km northeast of it	76,511	21
Madeley	2.5 km west of it	3,293	6
Halmer End and Alsagers Bank	3.3 km northwest of it	1,158	10
Stoke-on-Trent	3.5 km east of it	260,560	28
Baldwin's Gate	4 km southwest of it	1,121	3
Madeley Park	4.7 km southwest of it	259	3
Miles Green	4.8 km northwest of it	865	6

Make a day of it

Next door to Raven Mason Collection

Among the 31 within 15 km are 3 castles, 3 museums and 2 historic houses.

CastleHeighley Castle5.1 km away 2

Historic houseWhitmore Hall3.6 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustLittle Moreton Hall14 km away 4

MuseumMoseley Railway Trust3.7 km away 5

Castle · National TrustMow Cop Castle13 km away 6

MuseumApedale Heritage Centre3.6 km away 7

MuseumMiddleport Pottery6.1 km away 8

CastleCaverswall Castle13 km away

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

Before visiting Raven Mason Collection

Where is Raven Mason Collection?

Raven Mason Collection is in Keele, Staffordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Raven Mason Collection?

University museum in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Who runs Raven Mason Collection?

Keele University.

When is the best time to visit Raven Mason Collection?

June to September are the warmest months in Keele, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Raven Mason Collection?

Within 15 km: Heighley Castle (5.1 km), Whitmore Hall (3.6 km), Little Moreton Hall (14 km) and Moseley Railway Trust (3.7 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 (8)

Heighley Castle: Peter Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whitmore Hall: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Little Moreton Hall: Christine-Ann Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moseley Railway Trust: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mow Cop Castle: Nmwatson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Apedale Heritage Centre: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middleport Pottery: Andrew Woodvine (awo…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caverswall Castle: Samuel Hall Carter (1800-1889), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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