Museum · Silloth · Cumbria

Toy Soldier Museum

Toy Soldier Museum is a toy museum in Silloth. Close by, Caerlaverock Castle is 15 km away, one of 4 within 15 km.

Photo: Toy Soldier Museum, AllyD (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Silloth

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Silloth

Inside Silloth

Toy Soldier Museum is inside Silloth’s built-up area. 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 Silloth reach 17–19°C from June to September.

Jan8° / 2°89 mm

Feb8° / 2°72 mm

Mar10° / 3°65 mm

Apr12° / 4°51 mm

May15° / 7°57 mm

Jun18° / 9°71 mm

Jul19° / 11°80 mm

Aug19° / 11°89 mm

Sep17° / 10°81 mm

Oct14° / 7°106 mm

Nov11° / 5°94 mm

Dec8° / 2°95 mm

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

About

Toy Soldier Museum

Toy museum in Silloth, England, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Silloth

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

Plan your visit

Visiting: the 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

Locating Toy Soldier Museum

Orange marks Toy Soldier Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Silloth

2,542 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 1.6 km northeast of it

Skinburness

270 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Toy Soldier Museum is	People	Places to visit
Silloth	It’s in town	2,542	1
Skinburness	1.6 km northeast of it	270	1

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Choose from 4 places within 15 km, such as 2 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum.

1CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandCaerlaverock Castle15 km away 2

Abbey or prioryHolmcultram Abbey7.4 km away 3

CastleHayton Castle12 km away 4MuseumMuseumJohn Paul Jones Museum13 km away

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

A visit to Toy Soldier Museum: questions

Where is Toy Soldier Museum?

Toy Soldier Museum is in Silloth, Cumbria, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Toy Soldier Museum?

Toy museum in Silloth, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Toy Soldier Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Silloth, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Toy Soldier Museum?

Within 15 km: Caerlaverock Castle (15 km), Holmcultram Abbey (7.4 km), Hayton Castle (12 km) and John Paul Jones Museum (13 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 (3)

Toy Soldier Museum: AllyD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Holmcultram Abbey: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hayton Castle: Belinda E Wroe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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