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Whitby Jet Heritage Centre

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre is a museum in Whitby. Look also at Whitby Abbey, 300 m away, first of 18 more within 15 km.

Where

In Whitby

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Whitby

Inside Whitby

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre is inside Whitby’s built-up area, with 11 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

Picking your season

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

Jan7° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar10° / 3°44 mm

Apr12° / 5°47 mm

May15° / 7°41 mm

Jun18° / 10°62 mm

Jul20° / 12°52 mm

Aug20° / 12°61 mm

Sep17° / 10°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°80 mm

Dec7° / 2°72 mm

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

About

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre

Museum in Whitby, England, UK.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Whitby
Official site: whitbyjet.co.uk

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

The map

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre at a glance

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The towns around Whitby Jet Heritage Centre

Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1Whitby
2Sleights

1 · It’s in town

Whitby

12,603 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 3.5 km southwest of it

Sleights

1,928 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Whitby Jet Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Whitby	It’s in town	12,603	15
Sleights	3.5 km southwest of it	1,928	16

Make a day of it

While you are near Whitby Jet Heritage Centre

Among the 18 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhitby Abbey300 m away 2

MuseumCaptain Cook Memorial Museum300 m away 3

MuseumWhitby Museum700 m away 4

CastleOld Mulgrave Castle6.1 km away 5

MuseumPannett Art Gallery700 m away 6CastleCastleSneaton Castle Centre2.1 km away 7AttractionAttraction · National TrustBrickyard Quarry (disused)12 km away 8MuseumMuseumCholmley House300 m away

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

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre, answered

Where is Whitby Jet Heritage Centre?

Whitby Jet Heritage Centre is in Whitby, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Whitby Jet Heritage Centre?

Museum in Whitby, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Whitby Jet Heritage Centre?

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

What else is there to see near Whitby Jet Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Whitby Abbey (300 m), Captain Cook Memorial Museum (300 m), Whitby Museum (700 m) and Old Mulgrave Castle (6.1 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 (5)

Whitby Abbey: aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Captain Cook Memorial Museum: aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whitby Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Mulgrave Castle: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pannett Art Gallery: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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