Museum · St Albans · Hertfordshire

Verulamium Museum

Verulamium Museum is a museum in St Albans. The site is run by St Albans Museums. 49 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by St Albans Cathedral (900 m).

Photo: Verulamium Museum, Dave Skinner (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In St Albans

inside the built-up area

Run by

St Albans Museums

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in St Albans

Inside St Albans

Verulamium Museum is inside St Albans’ built-up area, with 7 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

The best months to visit

The warmest afternoons in St Albans run June to September, at 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar11° / 3°41 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May17° / 7°51 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul22° / 12°52 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°76 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec8° / 2°69 mm

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

About

Verulamium Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: St Albans Museums
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in St Albans
Official site: stalbansmuseums.org.uk/visit/verulamium-museum

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

The map

Mapping Verulamium Museum

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

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Hemel Hempstead, with 95,995 people, is the largest of the 8. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

St Albans

75,544 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 2 km south of it

Chiswell Green

6,681 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km south of it

Park Street and Frogmore

2,256 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 4 km northeast of it

Sandridge

1,457 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Verulamium Museum is	People	Places to visit
St Albans	It’s in town	75,544	19
Chiswell Green	2 km south of it	6,681	16
Park Street and Frogmore	2.6 km south of it	2,256	16
Sandridge	4 km northeast of it	1,457	9
London Colney	4.2 km southeast of it	7,932	12
Harpenden	4.3 km north of it	30,964	14
Hemel Hempstead	4.4 km west of it	95,995	14
Bricket Wood	4.5 km south of it	4,624	16

Make a day of it

Next door to Verulamium Museum

Within 15 km are 49 places, among them 4 historic houses, 2 castles and a cathedral.

CathedralSt Albans Cathedral900 m away 2

Historic houseHatfield House10 km away 3

MuseumThe Hypocaust400 m away 4

Historic house · English HeritageOld Gorhambury House2.6 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle14 km away 6

Historic houseGorhambury House2.3 km away 7

CastleSomeries Castle13 km away 8

Historic houseBrocket Hall9.6 km away

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

Visiting Verulamium Museum

Where is Verulamium Museum?

Verulamium Museum is in St Albans, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Verulamium Museum?

Museum in St Albans, United Kingdom.

Who runs Verulamium Museum?

St Albans Museums.

When is the best time to visit Verulamium Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in St Albans, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Verulamium Museum?

Within 15 km: St Albans Cathedral (900 m), Hatfield House (10 km), The Hypocaust (400 m) and Old Gorhambury House (2.6 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)

Verulamium Museum: Dave Skinner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Hypocaust: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Gorhambury House: Gary Houston, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gorhambury House: Srlee at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brocket Hall: Self, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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