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Rhyl Museum

Rhyl Museum is a museum in Rhyl. Running it is Denbighshire County Council. Nearby, Rhuddlan Castle (4 km) heads a list of 17 within 15 km.

Where

In Rhyl

inside the built-up area

Run by

Denbighshire County Council

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Rhyl

Inside Rhyl

Rhyl Museum is inside Rhyl’s built-up area, with 7 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

Month by month

Highs of 18–20°C mark June to September in Rhyl.

Jan9° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°48 mm

Mar11° / 4°42 mm

Apr13° / 6°45 mm

May16° / 8°46 mm

Jun19° / 11°56 mm

Jul20° / 13°56 mm

Aug20° / 13°61 mm

Sep18° / 11°63 mm

Oct15° / 8°81 mm

Nov11° / 6°72 mm

Dec9° / 3°81 mm

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

About

Rhyl Museum

Museum in Rhyl, Wales, United Kingdom.

It is run by Denbighshire County Council.

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

Type: Museum
Run by: Denbighshire County Council
Town: in Rhyl
Official site: denbighshire.gov.uk/en/leisure-and-tourism/museums-and-historic-houses/rhyl-museum.aspx

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

The map

Getting your bearings

On this map, Rhyl Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The biggest base of the 6 is Rhyl (26,982 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Rhyl

26,982 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Kinmel Bay

9,016 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km east of it

Prestatyn

16,678 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 3 km southeast of it

Rhuddlan

3,791 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Rhyl Museum is	People	Places to visit
Rhyl	It’s in town	26,982	10
Kinmel Bay	1.5 km southwest of it	9,016	12
Prestatyn	2.8 km east of it	16,678	7
Rhuddlan	3 km southeast of it	3,791	11
Dyserth	4.6 km southeast of it	2,038	7
Meliden	4.7 km east of it	2,002	5

Make a day of it

Pair Rhyl Museum with these

Also close at hand are 4 castles, a historic house and a cathedral, among 17 within 15 km.

Castle · CadwRhuddlan Castle4 km away 2

Castle · CadwTwthill Castle4.3 km away 3

Historic houseBodelwyddan Castle6.9 km away 4

CathedralSt Asaph Cathedral7.9 km away 5

CastleGwrych Castle9 km away 6

MuseumRhyl Miniature Railway1.5 km away 7

Water parkSC2 Rhyl500 m away 8

CastlePrestatyn Castle6.6 km away

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

Rhyl Museum in questions

Where is Rhyl Museum?

Rhyl Museum is in Rhyl, Clwyd, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Rhyl Museum?

Museum in Rhyl, Wales, United Kingdom.

Who runs Rhyl Museum?

Denbighshire County Council.

When is the best time to visit Rhyl Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Rhyl, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Rhyl Museum?

Within 15 km: Rhuddlan Castle (4 km), Twthill Castle (4.3 km), Bodelwyddan Castle (6.9 km) and St Asaph Cathedral (7.9 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)

Rhuddlan Castle: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Twthill Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bodelwyddan Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Asaph Cathedral: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gwrych Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rhyl Miniature Railway: AHEMSLTD~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
SC2 Rhyl: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prestatyn Castle: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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