Royal Naval Museum
Royal Naval Museum is a museum in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Close by, HMS Victory is 100 m away, one of 103 within 15 km. It is written up in 6 Wikipedias.
Museum in Portsmouth
Inside Portsmouth
Royal Naval Museum is inside Portsmouth’s built-up area, with 47 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.
Month by month in Portsmouth
Expect highs of 18–23°C in Portsmouth from May to September.
Royal Naval Museum
Museum in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
In Portsmouth, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- in Portsmouth
- Official site
- nmrn-portsmouth.org.uk
Around Royal Naval Museum, mapped
The map puts Royal Naval Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Portsmouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Royal Naval Museum
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Portsmouth
Gosport
Compare the 2 towns
| Town | Where Royal Naval Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | It’s in town | 223,324 | 64 |
| Gosport | 700 m west of it | 70,120 | 57 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Close to Royal Naval Museum
Choose from 103 places within 15 km, such as 2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and a museum.
Historic shipHMS Victory100 m away2
MuseumMary Rose300 m away3
Historic shipHMS Warrior300 m away4
AttractionSpinnaker Tower600 m away5
Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle4.1 km away6
CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral1.2 km away7
Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House13 km away8
CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist1.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Royal Naval Museum
Where is Royal Naval Museum?
Royal Naval Museum is in Portsmouth, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Royal Naval Museum?
Museum in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Royal Naval Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Portsmouth, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Royal Naval Museum?
Within 15 km: HMS Victory (100 m), Mary Rose (300 m), HMS Warrior (300 m) and Spinnaker Tower (600 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)
- Royal Naval Museum: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Victory: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Rose: Mary Rose Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St John the Evangelist: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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