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Soho House Museum

Soho House Museum is a 18th-century house in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Former home of Matthew Boulton, now an a museum. Its place is inside Birmingham’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Soho House Museum, Wehwalt (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

the operator on record

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Birmingham

Soho House Museum is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 30 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

Which month to go

From June to September, Birmingham sees highs of 19–22°C.

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

Soho House Museum

Running it is Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 9 languages. Our list has 76 more places within 15 km; first among them is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, at 2.5 km.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birmingham.gov.uk/sohohouse

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

The map

Where to find Soho House Museum

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

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Soho House Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Birmingham, with 1,121,367 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km west of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km northwest of it

West Bromwich

103,099 people · 38 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km west of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Soho House Museum is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	1.3 km west of it	56,343	42
West Bromwich	3.1 km northwest of it	103,099	38
Oldbury	4.6 km west of it	45,188	30
Pheasey	6.5 km north of it	9,498	4
Blackheath	8.2 km west of it	6,950	14
Rowley Regis	8.3 km west of it	39,052	20
Wednesbury	8.8 km northwest of it	20,321	16

Make a day of it

Beyond Soho House Museum

Of the 76 within 15 km, look for 5 museums and 3 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery2.5 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral2.6 km away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral2.3 km away 4

MuseumAston Hall2.7 km away 5

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum3.1 km away 6

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts5.5 km away 7

CathedralBirmingham Orthodox Cathedral2 km away 8

MuseumThe Pen Museum1.8 km away

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

Soho House Museum: what to know

Where is Soho House Museum?

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

What is Soho House Museum?

18th-century house in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Former home of Matthew Boulton, now a museum.

Who runs Soho House Museum?

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.

When is the best time to visit Soho House Museum?

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

Is Soho House Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Soho House Museum?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (2.5 km), St Philip's Cathedral (2.6 km), St Chad's Cathedral (2.3 km) and Aston Hall (2.7 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 (9)

Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Pen Museum: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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