Museum · Silverstone · Northamptonshire

Silverstone Museum

Silverstone Museum is a transport museum. Head into Silverstone’s built-up area to find it. Running it is Silverstone Heritage Limited.

Where

In Silverstone

inside the built-up area

Run by

Silverstone Heritage Limited

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Silverstone

Inside Silverstone

Silverstone Museum is inside Silverstone’s built-up area, with 18 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

Weather, month by month

The warmest afternoons in Silverstone run June to September, at 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°68 mm

Feb8° / 1°50 mm

Mar10° / 2°46 mm

Apr13° / 4°54 mm

May17° / 7°67 mm

Jun20° / 9°55 mm

Jul22° / 11°53 mm

Aug22° / 11°64 mm

Sep19° / 9°63 mm

Oct14° / 7°76 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 1°68 mm

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

About

Silverstone Museum

Within 15 km there are 49 more places to visit, starting with Stowe House (4.8 km).

Type: Museum
Run by: Silverstone Heritage Limited
Town: in Silverstone
Official site: silverstonemuseum.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Its place on the map

The numbers show what else is near Silverstone Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Silverstone Museum

Of the 5, Towcester is the largest, at 11,333 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Silverstone

2,542 people · 40 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Whittlebury

260 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km west of it

Syresham

776 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km south of it

Dadford

874 people · 41 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Silverstone Museum is	People	Places to visit
Silverstone	It’s in town	2,542	40
Whittlebury	2.3 km northeast of it	260	4
Syresham	3.8 km west of it	776	2
Dadford	4.1 km south of it	874	41
Towcester	4.9 km north of it	11,333	5

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

49 more lie within 15 km, 3 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles among them.

Museum · National TrustStowe House4.8 km away 2

CastleAstwell Castle6.6 km away 3

Garden · National TrustStowe Park and Garden4 km away 4

Historic houseEaston Neston7.7 km away 5

CastleBury Mount6.9 km away 6

MuseumBuckingham Old Gaol8.5 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustCanons Ashby House13 km away 8

Historic houseSulgrave Manor12 km away

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

Visiting Silverstone Museum: the answers

Where is Silverstone Museum?

Silverstone Museum is in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Silverstone Museum?

Museum: transport.

Who runs Silverstone Museum?

Silverstone Heritage Limited.

When is the best time to visit Silverstone Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Silverstone Museum?

Within 15 km: Stowe House (4.8 km), Astwell Castle (6.6 km), Stowe Park and Garden (4 km) and Easton Neston (7.7 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)

Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stowe Park and Garden: Neoclassicist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Easton Neston: Cj1340 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Bury Mount: Cj1340, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Old Gaol: Chris Nyborg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canons Ashby House: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sulgrave Manor: Christina Burford, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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