Museum · Stoke Bruerne · Northamptonshire

The Canal Museum

The Canal Museum is part of what Stoke Bruerne has to see. Nearby, one more place to visit is within 5 km. It is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: The Canal Museum, Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Stoke Bruerne

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Stoke Bruerne

Inside Stoke Bruerne

The Canal Museum is inside Stoke Bruerne’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Stoke Bruerne has 18 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

Seasons in Stoke Bruerne

Afternoons in Stoke Bruerne peak at 19–22°C, June to September.

Jan7° / 1°56 mm

Feb8° / 1°43 mm

Mar11° / 2°41 mm

Apr14° / 4°48 mm

May17° / 7°56 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul22° / 12°51 mm

Aug22° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 9°56 mm

Oct15° / 7°69 mm

Nov10° / 4°63 mm

Dec8° / 2°59 mm

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

About

The Canal Museum

Articles on it exist in 2 languages. The first to add nearby is Northampton Cathedral, at 12 km.

Stoke Bruerne’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Stoke Bruerne
Official site: canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/stoke-bruerne

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

The map

The Canal Museum at a glance

The Canal Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Largest of the 8 is Towcester, home to 11,333. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Stoke Bruerne

398 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Roade

3,571 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km east of it

Ashton

403 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km north of it

Collingtree and Milton Malsor

1,514 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Canal Museum is	People	Places to visit
Stoke Bruerne	It’s in town	398	5
Roade	1.5 km northeast of it	3,571	3
Ashton	1.7 km east of it	403	2
Collingtree and Milton Malsor	3.4 km north of it	1,514	8
Blisworth	3.4 km north of it	1,603	3
Hartwell	3.8 km east of it	1,493	3
Towcester	3.8 km west of it	11,333	5
Paulerspury	4.4 km southwest of it	720	4

Make a day of it

Also near The Canal Museum

Also close at hand are 3 castles, 3 museums and a cathedral, among 58 within 15 km.

CathedralNorthampton Cathedral12 km away 2

Historic houseEaston Neston4.2 km away 3

CastleBury Mount5.1 km away 4

Museum · National TrustStowe House14 km away 5

CastleNorthampton Castle11 km away 6

CastleAstwell Castle15 km away 7

MuseumCentral Museum11 km away 8

Museum78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House10 km away

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

The Canal Museum, answered

Where is The Canal Museum?

The Canal Museum is in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Canal Museum?

Museum in Northamptonshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit The Canal Museum?

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

Is The Canal Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near The Canal Museum?

Within 15 km: Northampton Cathedral (12 km), Easton Neston (4.2 km), Bury Mount (5.1 km) and Stowe House (14 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)

The Canal Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Easton Neston: Cj1340 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Bury Mount: Cj1340, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Central Museum: StJaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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