Museum · Swadlincote · Derbyshire

Sharpe's Pottery Museum

Sharpe's Pottery Museum is a museum in Swadlincote. Our list has 27 more places within 15 km; first among them is Ashby de la Zouch Castle, at 6.9 km.

Photo: Sharpe's Pottery Museum, Dave Bevis (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Swadlincote

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Swadlincote

Inside Swadlincote

Sharpe's Pottery Museum is inside Swadlincote’s built-up area, with 3 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 climate through the year

In Swadlincote the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°55 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar10° / 2°46 mm

Apr13° / 4°49 mm

May16° / 7°50 mm

Jun19° / 10°61 mm

Jul22° / 12°65 mm

Aug21° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°69 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec7° / 2°66 mm

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

About

Sharpe's Pottery Museum

Museum in Swadlincote, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Swadlincote
Official site: sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

The way to Sharpe's Pottery Museum

The map centres on Sharpe's Pottery Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Staying near Sharpe's Pottery Museum

Burton upon Trent, with 76,264 people, is the largest of the 8. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Swadlincote

34,569 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km east of it

Woodville

7,255 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km south of it

Overseal and Castle Gresley

5,055 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Hartshorne

983 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Sharpe's Pottery Museum is	People	Places to visit
Swadlincote	It’s in town	34,569	6
Woodville	1.2 km east of it	7,255	8
Overseal and Castle Gresley	1.9 km south of it	5,055	3
Hartshorne	2.3 km northeast of it	983	8
Burton upon Trent	2.4 km northwest of it	76,264	12
Blackfordby	2.7 km southeast of it	1,071	6
Linton	3.1 km southwest of it	2,145	3
Moira	3.4 km southeast of it	3,198	6

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Our list has 27 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, an abbey or priory and a historic house.

Castle · English HeritageAshby de la Zouch Castle6.9 km away 2

Abbey or priory · National TrustCalke Abbey7.6 km away 3

CastleMelbourne Castle11 km away 4

Historic houseMelbourne Hall11 km away 5

CastleTutbury Castle13 km away 6

ZooTwycross Zoo14 km away 7GardenGardenBluebell Arboretum4.6 km away 8

MuseumNational Brewery Centre6.2 km away

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

Sharpe's Pottery Museum: what to know

Where is Sharpe's Pottery Museum?

Sharpe's Pottery Museum is in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Sharpe's Pottery Museum?

Museum in Swadlincote, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Sharpe's Pottery Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Swadlincote, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Sharpe's Pottery Museum?

Within 15 km: Ashby de la Zouch Castle (6.9 km), Calke Abbey (7.6 km), Melbourne Castle (11 km) and Melbourne Hall (11 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 (8)

Sharpe's Pottery Museum: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashby de la Zouch Castle: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Calke Abbey: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Hall: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tutbury Castle: Dave Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Twycross Zoo: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Brewery Centre: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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