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Selly Manor Museum

Selly Manor Museum is a 14th-century building and museum in Birmingham. It holds the status of a Grade II listed building. Look also at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 5.9 km away, first of 74 more within 15 km.

Photo: Selly Manor Museum, Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Selly Manor Museum is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Birmingham has 1,410 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The seasons here

Expect highs of 19–22°C in Birmingham from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Selly Manor Museum

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: sellymanormuseum.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Getting to Selly Manor Museum

Orange: Selly Manor Museum.

Towns near it

Towns around Selly Manor Museum, by distance

By population, Birmingham leads the 3 with 1,121,367. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 4.9 km southeast of it

Hollywood

6,944 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 5 km north of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Selly Manor Museum is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Hollywood	4.9 km southeast of it	6,944	10
Smethwick	5 km north of it	56,343	42

Make a day of it

More near Selly Manor Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 74 more, including 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery5.9 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

MuseumCadbury World200 m away 3

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral6.1 km away 4

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts2.2 km away 5

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral6.5 km away 6

CastleWeoley Castle2.7 km away 7

MuseumLapworth Museum of Geology2.1 km away 8

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum6.6 km away

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

Questions people have about Selly Manor Museum

Where is Selly Manor Museum?

Selly Manor Museum is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Selly Manor Museum?

14th-century building and museum in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Selly Manor Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Birmingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Selly Manor Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Selly Manor Museum?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (5.9 km), Cadbury World (200 m), St Philip's Cathedral (6.1 km) and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (2.2 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)

Selly Manor Museum: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cadbury World: Grutness at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Weoley Castle: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lapworth Museum of Geology: Shantavira, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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