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SS Great Britain Museum

SS Great Britain Museum is a 1843 passenger steamship and museum in Bristol. It is managed by Great Western Steamship Company. Add Bristol Cathedral, 600 m away, to a visit; it leads 81 places within 15 km.

Photo: SS Great Britain Museum, Hugh Llewelyn (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

Run by

Great Western Steamship Company

the operator on record

How well known

Top 2%

#128 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Bristol

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

#128 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (26 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Bristol

SS Great Britain Museum is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 52 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

June to September are the warmest in Bristol, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 3°91 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar11° / 4°61 mm

Apr14° / 6°58 mm

May17° / 8°63 mm

Jun20° / 11°64 mm

Jul22° / 13°66 mm

Aug21° / 13°81 mm

Sep19° / 11°65 mm

Oct15° / 8°89 mm

Nov11° / 5°96 mm

Dec8° / 3°98 mm

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

About

SS Great Britain Museum

26 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Museum
Run by: Great Western Steamship Company
Wikipedias: Covered in 26 languages
Town: in Bristol
Official site: ssgreatbritain.org

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

Plan your visit

How to 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

The way to SS Great Britain Museum

The map centres on SS Great Britain Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Among the 8, Bristol is the biggest, home to 425,196 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km west of it

Leigh Woods

637 people · 57 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km southwest of it

Long Ashton

5,184 people · 53 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km west of it

Abbots Leigh

302 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where SS Great Britain Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bristol	It’s in town	425,196	76
Leigh Woods	1.4 km west of it	637	57
Long Ashton	2.4 km southwest of it	5,184	53
Abbots Leigh	3.4 km west of it	302	61
Kingswood and Fishponds	4.5 km east of it	160,280	55
Failand	4.6 km west of it	758	25
Dundry	5.9 km south of it	275	2
Whitchurch	6.1 km southeast of it	1,992	13

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Our list has 81 more within 15 km, among them 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and 2 art galleries.

CathedralBristol Cathedral600 m away 2

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery900 m away · 451K visitors a year 3

Art galleryArnolfini800 m away · 398K visitors a year 4

Big drawMuseumM Shed800 m away · 596K visitors a year 5

CathedralClifton Cathedral1.3 km away 6

ZooBristol Zoo1.8 km away 7

Art galleryRoyal West of England Academy1 km away 8

Historic shipMatthew700 m away

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

Questions before you go

Where is SS Great Britain Museum?

SS Great Britain Museum is in Bristol, Bristol, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is SS Great Britain Museum?

1843 passenger steamship and museum in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Who runs SS Great Britain Museum?

Great Western Steamship Company.

When is the best time to visit SS Great Britain Museum?

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

What else is there to see near SS Great Britain Museum?

Within 15 km: Bristol Cathedral (600 m), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (900 m), Arnolfini (800 m) and M Shed (800 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 (9)

SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal West of England Academy: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Matthew: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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