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Ryde District Heritage Centre

Ryde District Heritage Centre is a museum in Ryde. Running it is Historic Ryde Society. There are 124 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with HMS Victory (8.7 km).

Photo: Ryde District Heritage Centre, Simon Burchell (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Ryde

inside the built-up area

Run by

Historic Ryde Society

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Ryde

Inside Ryde

Ryde District Heritage Centre is inside Ryde’s built-up area, with 9 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

Picking your season

In Ryde the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.

Jan9° / 4°90 mm

Feb9° / 4°63 mm

Mar11° / 5°51 mm

Apr14° / 6°50 mm

May17° / 9°44 mm

Jun20° / 12°47 mm

Jul22° / 14°44 mm

Aug22° / 14°53 mm

Sep20° / 12°62 mm

Oct16° / 10°97 mm

Nov12° / 7°103 mm

Dec10° / 5°99 mm

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

About

Ryde District Heritage Centre

Museum in Ryde, England, UK.

It is run by Historic Ryde Society.

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

Type: Museum
Run by: Historic Ryde Society
Town: in Ryde
Official site: historicrydesociety.com/history-of-the-museum-of-ryde

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

The map

Where it sits

On this map, Ryde District Heritage Centre is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The towns around Ryde District Heritage Centre

Among the 7, Ryde is the biggest, home to 24,094 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Ryde

24,094 people · 28 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km west of it

Fishbourne

385 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Pondwell

470 people · 20 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Seaview and Nettlestone

2,053 people · 23 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Ryde District Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Ryde	It’s in town	24,094	28
Fishbourne	2.5 km west of it	385	20
Pondwell	2.6 km southeast of it	470	20
Seaview and Nettlestone	2.6 km southeast of it	2,053	23
Havenstreet	3.5 km southwest of it	451	21
Wootton	3.7 km west of it	3,103	29
St Helens	4.7 km southeast of it	941	23

Make a day of it

Other places close by

A visit can add 2 historic ships, 2 castles and a historic house, from 124 places within 15 km.

Historic shipHMS Victory8.7 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House7.8 km away 3

MuseumMary Rose8.5 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Warrior8.3 km away 5

AttractionSpinnaker Tower8.1 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageCarisbrooke Castle12 km away 7

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle12 km away 8

Abbey or priorySt Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde1.2 km away

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

Questions people have about Ryde District Heritage Centre

Where is Ryde District Heritage Centre?

Ryde District Heritage Centre is in Ryde, Isle of Wight, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ryde District Heritage Centre?

Museum in Ryde, England, UK.

Who runs Ryde District Heritage Centre?

Historic Ryde Society.

When is the best time to visit Ryde District Heritage Centre?

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

What else is there to see near Ryde District Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: HMS Victory (8.7 km), Osborne House (7.8 km), Mary Rose (8.5 km) and HMS Warrior (8.3 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 (9)

Ryde District Heritage Centre: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Victory: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Carisbrooke Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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