Velocity
Velocity is an attraction in Kirby Misperton. The surrounding 5 km hold 8 more places to visit. A drive of 12 km reaches Castle Howard.
Attraction in Kirby Misperton
Inside Kirby Misperton
Velocity is inside Kirby Misperton’s built-up area, with 8 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 weather, month by month
Afternoons in Kirby Misperton peak at 18–21°C, June to September.
Velocity
Attraction.
In Kirby Misperton, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Kirby Misperton
- Official site
- flamingoland.co.uk/theme-park/thrill-rides/velocity
Its place on the map
Spot Velocity in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kirby Misperton’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
Largest of the 3 is Pickering, home to 7,260. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Velocity is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Misperton | It’s in town | 310 | 10 |
| Pickering | 2.7 km northeast of it | 7,260 | 10 |
| Middleton | 4.9 km north of it | 400 | 9 |
More to see nearby
Choose from 22 places within 15 km, such as 3 attractions, a historic house and a castle.
Historic houseCastle Howard12 km away2
AttractionMumbo Jumbo200 m away3
Castle · English HeritagePickering Castle5 km away4
Theme parkFlamingo Land200 m away5
AttractionKumali300 m away6AttractionAttractionSik100 m away7
Heritage railwayNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway5 km away8
MuseumBeck Isle Museum4.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Velocity
Where is Velocity?
Velocity is in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Velocity?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Velocity?
June to September are the warmest months in Kirby Misperton, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Velocity?
Within 15 km: Castle Howard (12 km), Mumbo Jumbo (200 m), Pickering Castle (5 km) and Flamingo Land (200 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 (7)
- Castle Howard: Pwojdacz. Original uploader was Pwojdacz at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mumbo Jumbo: chris 論, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pickering Castle: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Flamingo Land: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kumali: Stefan Scheer, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Subarite, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beck Isle Museum: Geoff King, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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