Saint William's College
Saint William's College is a historic site you can visit in York. 40 more places to visit are within 5 km. Worth the trip, York Minster is 100 m off.
Historic site in York
Inside York
Saint William's College is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 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.
The seasons here
From June to September, York sees highs of 18–22°C.
Saint William's College
Historic site.
In York, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Historic site
- Town
- in York
The way to Saint William's College
The places near Saint William's College are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is York’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Staying near Saint William's College
York tops the 8 for size, at 141,696 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
York
Huntington
Osbaldwick
Heslington
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Saint William's College is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | It’s in town | 141,696 | 46 |
| Huntington | 1.9 km north of it | 12,420 | 44 |
| Osbaldwick | 2.5 km east of it | 2,313 | 44 |
| Heslington | 2.6 km southeast of it | 1,787 | 41 |
| Nether Poppleton | 3.1 km northwest of it | 727 | 38 |
| Upper Poppleton | 4 km northwest of it | 3,520 | 37 |
| Bishopthorpe | 4.3 km south of it | 3,333 | 40 |
| Haxby | 4.4 km north of it | 10,176 | 24 |
Around Saint William's College
A visit can add 4 museums, a church and a castle, from 52 places within 15 km.
ChurchYork Minster100 m away2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1.2 km away · 808K visitors a year3
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower700 m away4
MuseumYorkshire Museum500 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5
MuseumYork Castle Museum800 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6
Art galleryYork Art Gallery400 m away7
FortYork city walls800 m away8
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre600 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Saint William's College: questions
Where is Saint William's College?
Saint William's College is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Saint William's College?
Historic site.
When is the best time to visit Saint William's College?
June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Saint William's College?
Within 15 km: York Minster (100 m), National Railway Museum (1.2 km), Clifford's Tower (700 m) and Yorkshire 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 (7)
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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