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Wellingborough Museum

Wellingborough Museum is a museum in Wellingborough. Running it is Registered charity: 1079695. Top of the 17 other places within 15 km is Irchester Railway Museum, 2 km off.

Where

In Wellingborough

inside the built-up area

Run by

Registered charity: 1079695

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Wellingborough

Inside Wellingborough

Wellingborough Museum is inside Wellingborough’s built-up area, with 3 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

Which month to go

Afternoons in Wellingborough reach 17–23°C from May to September.

Jan7° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°43 mm

Mar11° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 4°46 mm

May17° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°52 mm

Jul23° / 12°57 mm

Aug22° / 12°62 mm

Sep19° / 10°56 mm

Oct15° / 7°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°62 mm

Dec8° / 2°62 mm

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

About

Wellingborough Museum

Museum in Wellingborough, England, United Kingdom.

It is run by Registered charity: 1079695.

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

Type: Museum
Run by: Registered charity: 1079695
Town: in Wellingborough
Official site: northamptonshireheritageforum.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/wellingborough-museum

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

The map

Where Wellingborough Museum is

Wellingborough Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Wellingborough Museum

Among the 8, Wellingborough is the biggest, home to 54,421 people. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Wellingborough

54,421 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southeast of it

Little Irchester

369 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Great Doddington

1,147 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Wilby

644 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Wellingborough Museum is	People	Places to visit
Wellingborough	It’s in town	54,421	8
Little Irchester	1.1 km southeast of it	369	7
Great Doddington	2.1 km southwest of it	1,147	5
Wilby	2.3 km southwest of it	644	5
Irchester	2.8 km southeast of it	4,543	7
Rushden	3.8 km east of it	31,689	8
Finedon	4.1 km northeast of it	4,554	2
Wollaston	4.2 km south of it	3,564	4

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Of the 17 within 15 km, look for 2 museums, 2 historic houses and 2 castles.

MuseumIrchester Railway Museum2 km away 2

Historic houseColworth House11 km away 3

Historic houseBoughton House14 km away 4

CastleCastle Ashby House9 km away 5

CastleLavendon Castle13 km away 6Heritage railwayHeritage railwayRushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway6.2 km away 7

MuseumSywell Aviation Museum6.7 km away 8

Theme parkWicksteed Park9.5 km away

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

A visit to Wellingborough Museum: questions

Where is Wellingborough Museum?

Wellingborough Museum is in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Wellingborough Museum?

Museum in Wellingborough, England, United Kingdom.

Who runs Wellingborough Museum?

Registered charity: 1079695.

When is the best time to visit Wellingborough Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Wellingborough, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Wellingborough Museum?

Within 15 km: Irchester Railway Museum (2 km), Colworth House (11 km), Boughton House (14 km) and Castle Ashby House (9 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 (7)

Irchester Railway Museum: Mick from Northamptonshire, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Boughton House: John Stolarski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lavendon Castle: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sywell Aviation Museum: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wicksteed Park: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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