Museum · Huddersfield · West Yorkshire

Tolson Museum

Tolson Museum is a museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Around it, within 15 km, lie 30 more places, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (13 km) first on our list. Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages.

Photo: Tolson Museum, Charlesdrakew (Public domain)

Where

In Huddersfield

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Huddersfield

Inside Huddersfield

Tolson Museum is inside Huddersfield’s built-up area, with 3 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

Month by month in Huddersfield

Aim for June to September, when Huddersfield reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°92 mm

Feb7° / 1°86 mm

Mar9° / 3°73 mm

Apr12° / 4°65 mm

May16° / 7°63 mm

Jun18° / 10°77 mm

Jul20° / 12°77 mm

Aug20° / 12°78 mm

Sep17° / 10°80 mm

Oct13° / 7°93 mm

Nov9° / 4°100 mm

Dec7° / 2°112 mm

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

About

Tolson Museum

Museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Huddersfield
Official site: kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/tolson-museum.aspx

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Tolson Museum and what surrounds it

Find Tolson Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Tolson Museum, by distance

The biggest base of the 8 is Huddersfield (141,683 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Huddersfield

141,683 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Kirkheaton

3,492 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km southeast of it

Lepton

4,950 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.6 km southeast of it

Kirkburton

4,033 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Tolson Museum is	People	Places to visit
Huddersfield	It’s in town	141,683	11
Kirkheaton	1.5 km northeast of it	3,492	6
Lepton	1.9 km southeast of it	4,950	5
Kirkburton	3.6 km southeast of it	4,033	5
Mirfield	3.6 km northeast of it	19,614	9
Honley	4.1 km south of it	14,399	5
Netherton (Kirklees)	4.3 km southwest of it	3,151	5
Brighouse	4.7 km north of it	33,159	13

Make a day of it

Beyond Tolson Museum

Within 15 km are 30 places, among them 5 museums, an art gallery and a zoo.

MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park13 km away · 300K visitors a year 2

Art galleryHuddersfield Library and Art Gallery1.7 km away 3

MuseumNational Coal Mining Museum9 km away 4

MuseumDewsbury Bus Museum7.1 km away 5

MuseumColne Valley Museum6.7 km away 6

MuseumCannon Hall14 km away 7

ZooPonderosa Zoo7.8 km away 8

Historic houseRed House Museum11 km away

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

Tolson Museum in questions

Where is Tolson Museum?

Tolson Museum is in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tolson Museum?

Museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Tolson Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Huddersfield, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Tolson Museum?

Within 15 km: Yorkshire Sculpture Park (13 km), Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery (1.7 km), National Coal Mining Museum (9 km) and Dewsbury Bus Museum (7.1 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)

Tolson Museum: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery: Chris Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Coal Mining Museum: Ian M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dewsbury Bus Museum: 24 Barnsley Road, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Colne Valley Museum: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cannon Hall: Dave Gorman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ponderosa Zoo: TheArmchairSoldier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Red House Museum: Storye book, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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