Shipwreck Museum
Shipwreck Museum is a maritime museum in Hastings, U.K. Within 15 km there are 25 more places to visit, starting with Hastings Castle (700 m).
Museum in Hastings
Inside Hastings
Shipwreck Museum is inside Hastings’ built-up area, with 13 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 weather, month by month
June to September are the warmest in Hastings, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.
Shipwreck Museum
Maritime museum in Hastings, U.K..
In Hastings, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Hastings
- Official site
- shipwreckmuseum.co.uk
Address and hours
The area around Shipwreck Museum
Orange: Shipwreck Museum.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Hastings’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Hastings is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (91,497 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Hastings
Bachelor's Bump
Fairlight
Pett
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Shipwreck Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | It’s in town | 91,497 | 18 |
| Bachelor's Bump | 3.1 km northeast of it | 258 | 15 |
| Fairlight | 3.7 km northeast of it | 1,561 | 12 |
| Pett | 4.6 km northeast of it | 485 | 12 |
More near Shipwreck Museum
2 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory are among the 25 within 15 km.
CastleHastings Castle700 m away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBattle Abbey10 km away3
PierHastings Pier1.7 km away4
Art galleryHastings Contemporary200 m away5
MuseumHastings Fishermen's Museum100 m away6
AquariumBlue Reef Aquarium100 m away7
Castle · English HeritageCamber Castle13 km away8
MuseumHastings Museum and Art Gallery1.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Shipwreck Museum: the answers
Where is Shipwreck Museum?
Shipwreck Museum is in Hastings, East Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Shipwreck Museum?
Maritime museum in Hastings, U.K..
When is the best time to visit Shipwreck Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Hastings, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Shipwreck Museum?
Within 15 km: Hastings Castle (700 m), Battle Abbey (10 km), Hastings Pier (1.7 km) and Hastings Contemporary (200 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 (8)
- Hastings Castle: Kreepin Deth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Battle Abbey: Antony McCallum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hastings Pier: Glen Diamond, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hastings Contemporary: yellow book, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hastings Fishermen's Museum: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blue Reef Aquarium: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camber Castle: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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