Ulster Folk Museum
Ulster Folk Museum is an open air museum. The site is 600 m east of Holywood. Its operator is National Museums Northern Ireland.
Museum near Holywood
Just outside Holywood
Ulster Folk Museum is 600 m east of Holywood. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
Expect 18–19°C highs in Holywood in July and August.
Ulster Folk Museum
Around it, within 15 km, lie 63 more places, Stormont Castle (5.5 km) first on our list.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- National Museums Northern Ireland
- Town
- 600 m east of Holywood
The essentials
- EntryA fee is charged
Finding Ulster Folk Museum
Find Ulster Folk Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.
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Towns close to Ulster Folk Museum
Belfast is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (293,298 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.
Holywood
Belfast
Bangor
Metropolitan Castlereagh
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Ulster Folk Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holywood | 600 m west of it | 10,757 | 18 |
| Belfast | 4.3 km southwest of it | 293,298 | 51 |
| Bangor | 4.6 km east of it | 64,596 | 14 |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 5 km southwest of it | 58,763 | 39 |
Worth adding to a visit
Choose from 63 places within 15 km, such as 2 historic houses, 2 historic ships and a castle.
Historic houseStormont Castle5.5 km away2
CastleCarrickfergus Castle7.5 km away3
MuseumUlster Folk and Transport Museum300 m away4
Historic shipSS Nomadic8.8 km away5
Historic houseBelfast Castle9.7 km away6
CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast10 km away7
Historic shipHMS Caroline8 km away8
GardenBotanic Gardens11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Ulster Folk Museum: questions
Where is Ulster Folk Museum?
Ulster Folk Museum is 600 m east of Holywood, Ards and North Down.
What is Ulster Folk Museum?
Museum: open air.
Who runs Ulster Folk Museum?
National Museums Northern Ireland.
When is the best time to visit Ulster Folk Museum?
July and August are the warmest months in Holywood, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Ulster Folk Museum?
Within 15 km: Stormont Castle (5.5 km), Carrickfergus Castle (7.5 km), Ulster Folk and Transport Museum (300 m) and SS Nomadic (8.8 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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)
- Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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