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Southend Central Museum

Southend Central Museum is a museum in Southend-on-Sea. Our list has 31 more places within 15 km; first among them is Adventure Island, at 1.1 km. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Photo: Southend Central Museum, Southend Museums Service (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Southend-on-Sea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Southend-on-Sea

Inside Southend-on-Sea

Southend Central Museum is inside Southend-on-Sea’s built-up area, with 11 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

Month by month

The warmest afternoons in Southend-on-Sea run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 4°34 mm

Apr14° / 5°39 mm

May18° / 9°40 mm

Jun21° / 12°43 mm

Jul23° / 14°42 mm

Aug23° / 14°48 mm

Sep20° / 12°45 mm

Oct16° / 9°60 mm

Nov11° / 5°57 mm

Dec8° / 3°52 mm

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

About

Southend Central Museum

Museum in Southend-on-Sea, England.

In Southend-on-Sea, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Southend-on-Sea
Official site: southendmuseums.co.uk

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

The map

Locating Southend Central Museum

On this map, Southend Central Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Of the 3, Southend-on-Sea is the largest, at 182,295 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Southend-on-Sea

182,295 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km north of it

Rochford

12,617 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 3 km northeast of it

Stonebridge

241 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Southend Central Museum is	People	Places to visit
Southend-on-Sea	It’s in town	182,295	23
Rochford	2.8 km north of it	12,617	13
Stonebridge	3 km northeast of it	241	13

Make a day of it

Around Southend Central Museum

Also close at hand are 3 castles, a theme park and a pier, among 31 within 15 km.

Theme parkAdventure Island1.1 km away 2

PierSouthend Pier2.2 km away 3

Art galleryBeecroft Art Gallery100 m away 4

Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle7 km away 5

Abbey or prioryPrittlewell Priory1.3 km away 6

MuseumSouthchurch Hall1.4 km away 7

Castle · National TrustRayleigh Castle8.9 km away 8

CastleQueenborough Castle14 km away

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

Questions about Southend Central Museum

Where is Southend Central Museum?

Southend Central Museum is in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Southend Central Museum?

Museum in Southend-on-Sea, England.

When is the best time to visit Southend Central Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Southend-on-Sea, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Southend Central Museum?

Within 15 km: Adventure Island (1.1 km), Southend Pier (2.2 km), Beecroft Art Gallery (100 m) and Hadleigh Castle (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)

Southend Central Museum: Southend Museums Service, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Pier: Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beecroft Art Gallery: H2g2bob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Prittlewell Priory: Lonpicman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southchurch Hall: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rayleigh Castle: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Queenborough Castle: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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