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Thurrock Museum

Thurrock Museum is a local museum in Grays. Our list has 31 more places within 15 km; first among them is Red House, at 14 km.

Where

In Grays

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Grays

Inside Grays

Thurrock Museum is inside Grays’ 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.

When to go

The weather, month by month

If warmth matters, go May to September: Grays reaches 18–24°C.

Jan8° / 2°48 mm

Feb9° / 3°37 mm

Mar11° / 4°32 mm

Apr15° / 5°34 mm

May18° / 8°41 mm

Jun22° / 11°49 mm

Jul24° / 13°40 mm

Aug23° / 13°54 mm

Sep20° / 11°44 mm

Oct16° / 8°55 mm

Nov12° / 5°58 mm

Dec9° / 3°52 mm

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

About

Thurrock Museum

Local museum in Grays.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Grays
Official site: thurrock.gov.uk/thurrock-museum/about-museum

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

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Getting to Thurrock Museum

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

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Thurrock Museum

In size, Grays comes first of the 8, with 44,340 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Grays

44,340 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 800 m northwest of it

Chafford Hundred

291 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 1 km southeast of it

Tilbury

14,187 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km west of it

Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock

23,589 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Thurrock Museum is	People	Places to visit
Grays	It’s in town	44,340	11
Chafford Hundred	800 m northwest of it	291	4
Tilbury	1 km southeast of it	14,187	11
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock	1.2 km west of it	23,589	6
Northfleet	2 km south of it	29,892	12
Chadwell St Mary	2.4 km east of it	10,680	10
Baker Street	3 km northeast of it	499	2
Swanscombe	3 km southwest of it	15,462	13

Make a day of it

After Thurrock Museum

31 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 forts among them.

Museum · National TrustRed House14 km away 2

Fort · English HeritageTilbury Fort4.6 km away 3

CastleStone Castle5.2 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageEynsford Castle14 km away 5

FortCoalhouse Fort7.6 km away 6

CastleNew Tavern Fort5.4 km away 7

Museum · National TrustRainham Hall10 km away 8Theme parkTheme parkLondon Paramount2.2 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Thurrock Museum?

Thurrock Museum is in Grays, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Thurrock Museum?

Local museum in Grays.

When is the best time to visit Thurrock Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Grays, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Thurrock Museum?

Within 15 km: Red House (14 km), Tilbury Fort (4.6 km), Stone Castle (5.2 km) and Eynsford 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)

Red House: Velela, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Tilbury Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stone Castle: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eynsford Castle: Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coalhouse Fort: The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
New Tavern Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rainham Hall: JRennocks, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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