Museum · Macclesfield · Cheshire

West Park Museum

West Park Museum is a museum in Macclesfield, Cheshire. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building. Top of the 44 other places within 15 km is Lyme Hall, 10 km off.

Photo: West Park Museum, mike porter (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Macclesfield

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Macclesfield

Inside Macclesfield

West Park Museum is inside Macclesfield’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Macclesfield has 225 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Macclesfield.

Jan7° / 2°80 mm

Feb8° / 2°69 mm

Mar10° / 3°61 mm

Apr13° / 5°58 mm

May16° / 8°62 mm

Jun19° / 10°76 mm

Jul20° / 12°80 mm

Aug20° / 12°87 mm

Sep17° / 10°80 mm

Oct14° / 7°101 mm

Nov10° / 4°87 mm

Dec7° / 2°95 mm

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

About

West Park Museum

Museum in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

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

Macclesfield’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Town: in Macclesfield
Official site: silkmacclesfield.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Before you set off

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

West Park Museum at a glance

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; West Park Museum is the orange one.

Towns near it

Bases near West Park Museum

Of these 7 towns, the largest is Macclesfield (54,352 people). Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Macclesfield

54,352 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km north of it

Prestbury

2,629 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northeast of it

Bollington

7,236 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Sutton Lane Ends

906 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where West Park Museum is	People	Places to visit
Macclesfield	It’s in town	54,352	14
Prestbury	1.8 km north of it	2,629	15
Bollington	2.7 km northeast of it	7,236	14
Sutton Lane Ends	2.9 km southeast of it	906	5
Rainow	3.3 km northeast of it	619	9
Langley	3.6 km southeast of it	240	5
Gawsworth	3.7 km southwest of it	676	6

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

A visit can add 8 historic houses, from 44 places within 15 km.

Historic house · National TrustLyme Hall10 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustHare Hill4.5 km away 3

Historic houseBramall Hall13 km away 4

Historic houseSutton Hall, Sutton Lane Ends2.9 km away 5

Historic houseAdlington Hall6.5 km away 6

Historic houseGawsworth Old Hall4.7 km away 7

Historic houseCapesthorne Hall7 km away 8

Historic houseMottram Hall5.9 km away

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

A visit to West Park Museum: questions

Where is West Park Museum?

West Park Museum is in Macclesfield, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is West Park Museum?

Museum in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit West Park Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Macclesfield, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is West Park Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near West Park Museum?

Within 15 km: Lyme Hall (10 km), Hare Hill (4.5 km), Bramall Hall (13 km) and Sutton Hall, Sutton Lane Ends (2.9 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 (9)

West Park Museum: mike porter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lyme Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hare Hill: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramall Hall: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sutton Hall, Sutton Lane Ends: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adlington Hall: John Swallow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gawsworth Old Hall: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Capesthorne Hall: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mottram Hall: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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