The Seaside Museum
The Seaside Museum is a local history museum in Herne Bay, Kent. There are 29 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Canterbury Cathedral (11 km). It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.
Museum in Herne Bay
Inside Herne Bay
The Seaside Museum is inside Herne Bay’s built-up area, with 4 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.
Month by month
Afternoons in Herne Bay peak at 17–23°C, May to September.
The Seaside Museum
Local history museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
In Herne Bay, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Herne Bay
- Official site
- theseasidemuseumhernebay.org
Where it sits
The numbers show what else is near The Seaside Museum, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Herne Bay’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count The Seaside Museum
With 32,185 people, Whitstable is the largest of the 6. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Herne Bay
Herne
Whitstable
Broad Oak
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where The Seaside Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herne Bay | It’s in town | 24,873 | 8 |
| Herne | 1 km south of it | 14,874 | 8 |
| Whitstable | 3.4 km west of it | 32,185 | 9 |
| Broad Oak | 7 km south of it | 836 | 17 |
| Sturry | 7.7 km south of it | 4,857 | 17 |
| Tyler Hill | 8.4 km southwest of it | 589 | 16 |
Places to add to The Seaside Museum
Within 15 km are 29 places, among them 3 museums, a cathedral and an abbey or priory.
CathedralCanterbury Cathedral11 km away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSaint Augustine's Abbey11 km away3
CastleCanterbury Castle11 km away4Wildlife parkWildlife parkWildwood4.5 km away5
FortCanterbury city walls11 km away6
MuseumThe Marlowe Kit11 km away7
MuseumCanterbury Roman Museum11 km away8
MuseumWhitstable Museum and Gallery7.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting The Seaside Museum
Where is The Seaside Museum?
The Seaside Museum is in Herne Bay, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Seaside Museum?
Local history museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit The Seaside Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Herne Bay, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Seaside Museum?
Within 15 km: Canterbury Cathedral (11 km), Saint Augustine's Abbey (11 km), Canterbury Castle (11 km) and Wildwood (4.5 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 (8)
- The Seaside Museum: Linda Spashett Storye_book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury Cathedral: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Augustine's Abbey: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury Castle: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury city walls: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Marlowe Kit: Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury Roman Museum: Linda Spashett (Storye book), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitstable Museum and Gallery: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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