Tower Street drill hall
In York, Tower Street drill hall is a museum. Another 40 places to visit lie within 5 km. Add York Minster, 700 m away, to a visit.
Museum in York
Inside York
Tower Street drill hall is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 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.
The seasons here
From June to September, York sees highs of 18–22°C.
Tower Street drill hall
Museum.
In York, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in York
- Official site
- yorkarmymuseum.co.uk
Locating Tower Street drill hall
Orange is Tower Street drill hall; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is York’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Tower Street drill hall
The 7 towns are led in size by York, with 141,696 people. The list runs from its own town outward.
York
Heslington
Osbaldwick
Huntington
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Tower Street drill hall is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | It’s in town | 141,696 | 46 |
| Heslington | 2.2 km southeast of it | 1,787 | 41 |
| Osbaldwick | 2.5 km east of it | 2,313 | 44 |
| Huntington | 2.6 km north of it | 12,420 | 44 |
| Nether Poppleton | 3.3 km northwest of it | 727 | 38 |
| Bishopthorpe | 3.6 km south of it | 3,333 | 40 |
| Upper Poppleton | 4.2 km northwest of it | 3,520 | 37 |
Nearby, too
Within 15 km are 51 places, among them 4 museums, a church and a castle.
ChurchYork Minster700 m away2
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower100 m away3MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1.1 km away · 808K visitors a year4
MuseumYorkshire Museum800 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5
MuseumYork Castle Museum200 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6
FortYork city walls100 m away7
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre100 m away8
Art galleryYork Art Gallery800 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about Tower Street drill hall
Where is Tower Street drill hall?
Tower Street drill hall is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Tower Street drill hall?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Tower Street drill hall?
June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Tower Street drill hall?
Within 15 km: York Minster (700 m), Clifford's Tower (100 m), National Railway Museum (1.1 km) and Yorkshire Museum (800 m).
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)
- Tower Street drill hall: Robin Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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