Museum · Poole · Dorset

RNLI Lifeboat Museum

You will find RNLI Lifeboat Museum in Poole. Our list has 8 more places within 5 km. Corfe Castle, 9.7 km off, heads what is near.

Where

In Poole

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Poole

Inside Poole

RNLI Lifeboat Museum is inside Poole’s built-up area, with 8 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

The weather, month by month

From May to September, Poole sees highs of 17–22°C.

Jan9° / 3°99 mm

Feb9° / 3°72 mm

Mar11° / 4°61 mm

Apr14° / 6°61 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 11°56 mm

Jul22° / 13°51 mm

Aug22° / 13°61 mm

Sep19° / 11°67 mm

Oct16° / 9°116 mm

Nov12° / 6°118 mm

Dec9° / 3°109 mm

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

About

RNLI Lifeboat Museum

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Poole
Official site: poolelifeboats.org.uk/history

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Its place on the map

The map puts RNLI Lifeboat Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1Poole
2Upton

1 · It’s in town

Poole

141,009 people · 28 places to visit

2 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Upton

8,401 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where RNLI Lifeboat Museum is	People	Places to visit
Poole	It’s in town	141,009	28
Upton	3.1 km northwest of it	8,401	8

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

The 62 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 2 museums and a historic house.

Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle9.7 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)2

CastleBrownsea Castle3.1 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustKingston Lacy Estate12 km away 4

MuseumPoole Museum500 m away 5

GardenCompton Acres3.9 km away 6

MuseumRussell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum7.8 km away 7

Castle · English HeritageChristchurch Castle15 km away 8

Fort · National TrustBadbury Rings14 km away

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

RNLI Lifeboat Museum: what to know

Where is RNLI Lifeboat Museum?

RNLI Lifeboat Museum is in Poole, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is RNLI Lifeboat Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit RNLI Lifeboat Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Poole, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near RNLI Lifeboat Museum?

Within 15 km: Corfe Castle (9.7 km), Brownsea Castle (3.1 km), Kingston Lacy Estate (12 km) and Poole Museum (500 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)

Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kingston Lacy Estate: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Poole Museum: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Compton Acres: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: User:LordHarris, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Christchurch Castle: Ulli1105, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Badbury Rings: Simaron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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