Museum · Thorp Arch · West Yorkshire

The Second World War Experience Centre

Set in Thorp Arch, The Second World War Experience Centre is a museum. Around it, within 5 km, is one more place on our list. Close by, National Railway Museum is 15 km away.

Where

In Thorp Arch

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 46%

#3,928 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Thorp Arch

Inside Thorp Arch

The Second World War Experience Centre is inside Thorp Arch’s built-up area, with 1 more place 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 in Thorp Arch

Warm weather in Thorp Arch runs June to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°49 mm

Feb8° / 1°43 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr13° / 4°45 mm

May16° / 7°45 mm

Jun19° / 10°59 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug21° / 12°63 mm

Sep18° / 10°54 mm

Oct14° / 7°59 mm

Nov10° / 4°59 mm

Dec8° / 2°56 mm

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

About

The Second World War Experience Centre

Museum in Otley, West Yorkshire, England.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Thorp Arch
Official site: war-experience.org

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

The map

Where it sits

The map puts The Second World War Experience Centre in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Wetherby, with 11,711 people, is the largest of the 6. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Thorp Arch

1,782 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 2 km southwest of it

Boston Spa

6,358 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km west of it

Wetherby

11,711 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km southeast of it

Tadcaster

6,339 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where The Second World War Experience Centre is	People	Places to visit
Thorp Arch	It’s in town	1,782	3
Boston Spa	2 km southwest of it	6,358	4
Wetherby	3.9 km west of it	11,711	3
Tadcaster	4.1 km southeast of it	6,339	4
Tockwith	4.3 km north of it	1,788	2
Bramham	4.3 km southwest of it	1,764	4

Make a day of it

Beyond The Second World War Experience Centre

Within 15 km you can add 4 castles, 2 historic houses and a museum.

1MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum15 km away · 808K visitors a year 2

Historic houseHarewood House14 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle10 km away 4

CastleKnaresborough Castle14 km away 5

CastleHazlewood Castle7.2 km away 6

Historic houseBramham Park6.8 km away 7

CastleHarewood Castle13 km away 8

AttractionOld Mother Shipton's Cave Park14 km away

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

The Second World War Experience Centre, answered

Where is The Second World War Experience Centre?

The Second World War Experience Centre is in Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Second World War Experience Centre?

Museum in Otley, West Yorkshire, England.

When is the best time to visit The Second World War Experience Centre?

June to September are the warmest months in Thorp Arch, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near The Second World War Experience Centre?

Within 15 km: National Railway Museum (15 km), Harewood House (14 km), Spofforth Castle (10 km) and Knaresborough Castle (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 (7)

Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hazlewood Castle: DAVID M GOODWIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramham Park: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood Castle: TJ Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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