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Staircase House

Staircase House is a grade II* listed medieval building and museum in Stockport. Look also at The Manchester Museum, 8 km away, first of 91 more within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Photo: Staircase House, Polishname (Public domain)

Where

In Stockport

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Stockport

Inside Stockport

Staircase House is inside Stockport’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Stockport has 122 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

The weather, month by month

The warmest stretch in Stockport is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 2°80 mm

Feb8° / 2°65 mm

Mar10° / 4°58 mm

Apr13° / 5°54 mm

May17° / 8°63 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°87 mm

Aug21° / 13°85 mm

Sep18° / 11°77 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov10° / 5°82 mm

Dec8° / 2°95 mm

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

About

Staircase House

Grade II* listed medieval building and museum in Stockport, England.

In Stockport, inside the town’s built-up area.

Stockport’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Stockport
Official site: stockport.gov.uk/topic/staircase-house

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Locating Staircase House

On this map, Staircase House is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns near Staircase House

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Manchester (470,395 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Stockport

117,925 people · 24 places to visit

2 · 1 km north of it

Reddish

22,189 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km east of it

Bredbury and Woodley

17,044 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km southwest of it

Cheadle

14,437 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Staircase House is	People	Places to visit
Stockport	It’s in town	117,925	24
Reddish	1 km north of it	22,189	18
Bredbury and Woodley	1.4 km east of it	17,044	8
Cheadle	2.7 km southwest of it	14,437	13
Manchester	2.7 km northwest of it	470,395	68
Romiley	2.9 km east of it	10,902	9
Bramhall	3 km south of it	17,201	20
Hazel Grove	3.4 km southeast of it	20,163	18

Make a day of it

Other places close by

There are 91 within 15 km, 5 museums, an art gallery and a cathedral among them.

MuseumThe Manchester Museum8 km away 2

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame10 km away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery9.3 km away 4

CathedralManchester Cathedral10 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum9.9 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumChetham's Library10 km away 7

MuseumImperial War Museum North11 km away · 2K visitors a year 8

Historic houseBramall Hall4.2 km away

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

Know before you visit Staircase House

Where is Staircase House?

Staircase House is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Staircase House?

Grade II* listed medieval building and museum in Stockport, England.

When is the best time to visit Staircase House?

June to September are the warmest months in Stockport, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Staircase House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Staircase House?

Within 15 km: The Manchester Museum (8 km), English Football Hall of Fame (10 km), Manchester Art Gallery (9.3 km) and Manchester Cathedral (10 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)

Staircase House: Polishname, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramall Hall: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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