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Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum is a science museum. It stands inside Birmingham’s built-up area. 76 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (1.2 km).

Photo: Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, Amandachan1106 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 36 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

Weather by the month

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

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 8 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birminghammuseums.org.uk/thinktank

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

Plan your visit

Useful details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Mapping Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum

The numbers show what else is near Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum

Largest of the 8 is Birmingham, home to 1,121,367. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 4.2 km west of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 8.2 km west of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

4 · 8.8 km southeast of it

Solihull

107,754 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	4.2 km west of it	56,343	42
Oldbury	8.2 km west of it	45,188	30
Solihull	8.8 km southeast of it	107,754	14
West Bromwich	8.9 km northwest of it	103,099	38
Royal Sutton Coldfield	10 km northeast of it	93,392	6
Wednesbury	12 km northwest of it	20,321	16
Coleshill	12 km east of it	6,744	4

Make a day of it

What else is near Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum

Within 15 km are 76 places, among them 5 museums and 3 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery1.2 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral800 m away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral900 m away 4

MuseumAston Hall2.7 km away 5

MuseumSoho House Museum3.1 km away 6

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts4.5 km away 7

Museum · National TrustBack To Backs1.2 km away 8

CathedralBirmingham Orthodox Cathedral1.9 km away

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

A visit to Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: questions

Where is Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum?

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum?

Science museum.

When is the best time to visit Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (1.2 km), St Philip's Cathedral (800 m), St Chad's Cathedral (900 m) and Aston Hall (2.7 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)

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Back To Backs: User Oosoom on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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