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Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall is a country house museum in Nottingham. It is protected as a Grade I listed building. 48 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Nottingham Castle (3.7 km).

Photo: Wollaton Hall, Harry Mitchell (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Nottingham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Nottingham City Museums and Galleries

the operator on record

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Nottingham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Nottingham

Wollaton Hall is inside Nottingham’s built-up area, with 20 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Nottingham has 767 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

How the seasons run

Aim for June to September, when Nottingham reaches 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 8°49 mm

Jun20° / 11°63 mm

Jul22° / 13°66 mm

Aug22° / 13°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°56 mm

Oct15° / 8°69 mm

Nov11° / 4°64 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

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

About

Wollaton Hall

The site is run by Nottingham City Museums and Galleries. Articles on it exist in 11 languages.

Nottingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Nottingham City Museums and Galleries
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Nottingham
Official site: wollatonhall.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Wollaton Hall on the map

Find Wollaton Hall in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns near Wollaton Hall

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Nottingham (299,786 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Nottingham

299,786 people · 35 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Beeston

52,359 people · 30 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km southwest of it

Stapleford

15,041 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km southeast of it

Wilford

4,849 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Wollaton Hall is	People	Places to visit
Nottingham	It’s in town	299,786	35
Beeston	1.1 km southwest of it	52,359	30
Stapleford	3.3 km southwest of it	15,041	13
Wilford	3.7 km southeast of it	4,849	28
Nuthall and Watnall	3.9 km north of it	9,581	13
Clifton	3.9 km south of it	22,936	27
Trowell	4 km west of it	2,165	10
West Bridgford	4.2 km southeast of it	36,489	27

Make a day of it

Around Wollaton Hall

There are 48 within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 abbeys or priories among them.

CastleNottingham Castle3.7 km away 2

CathedralNottingham Cathedral3.6 km away 3

CastleCodnor Castle15 km away 4

MuseumNottingham Industrial Museum100 m away 5

Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey15 km away 6

Art galleryNottingham Contemporary4.3 km away 7

MuseumJudges Retiring Room4.4 km away 8

Abbey or prioryBeauvale Priory11 km away

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

Asked about Wollaton Hall

Where is Wollaton Hall?

Wollaton Hall is in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Wollaton Hall?

Country house museum in Nottingham, England.

Who runs Wollaton Hall?

Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.

When is the best time to visit Wollaton Hall?

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

Is Wollaton Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Wollaton Hall?

Within 15 km: Nottingham Castle (3.7 km), Nottingham Cathedral (3.6 km), Codnor Castle (15 km) and Nottingham Industrial Museum (100 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 (9)

Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Castle: Cosmicutencil, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Cathedral: The original uploader was David Newton at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Codnor Castle: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Industrial Museum: Oxymoron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newstead Abbey: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Contemporary: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Judges Retiring Room: Roland Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beauvale Priory: Tina Cordon at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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