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York Museum Gardens

York Museum Gardens is a botanical gardens in York, England. Contains the Yorkshire Museum and ruined St. Mary's Abbey. It is a Grade II listed park and garden. There are 51 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with York Minster (400 m).

Photo: York Museum Gardens, Richard Croft (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

100 m

north of York

Run by

York Museums Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum near York

Just outside York

York Museum Gardens is 100 m north of York. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; York has 1,271 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

Month by month in York

June to September are the warmest in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

York Museum Gardens

Running it is York Museums Trust. Articles on it exist in 6 languages.

York’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: York Museums Trust
Listed: Grade II listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 100 m north of York
Official site: yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/york-museum-gardens

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

The map

The way to York Museum Gardens

Orange shows York Museum Gardens; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of York Museum Gardens

Home to 141,696 people, York is the largest of these 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 100 m south of it

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Huntington

12,420 people · 44 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km northwest of it

Nether Poppleton

727 people · 38 places to visit

4 · 3 km southeast of it

Heslington

1,787 people · 41 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where York Museum Gardens is	People	Places to visit
York	100 m south of it	141,696	46
Huntington	2.3 km northeast of it	12,420	44
Nether Poppleton	2.6 km northwest of it	727	38
Heslington	3 km southeast of it	1,787	41
Osbaldwick	3 km east of it	2,313	44
Upper Poppleton	3.5 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Bishopthorpe	4.1 km south of it	3,333	40
Skelton (York)	4.5 km northwest of it	1,380	21

Make a day of it

Close to York Museum Gardens

Nearby, 51 places within 15 km include 3 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster400 m away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum600 m away · 808K visitors a year 3

MuseumYorkshire Museum100 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)4

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower800 m away 5

MuseumYork Castle Museum900 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

Art galleryYork Art Gallery200 m away 7

FortYork city walls800 m away 8

Abbey or priorySt Mary's Abbey100 m away

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

A visit to York Museum Gardens: questions

Where is York Museum Gardens?

York Museum Gardens is 100 m north of York, North Yorkshire.

What is York Museum Gardens?

Botanical gardens in York, England. Contains the Yorkshire Museum and ruined St. Mary's Abbey.

Who runs York Museum Gardens?

York Museums Trust.

When is the best time to visit York Museum Gardens?

June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is York Museum Gardens a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near York Museum Gardens?

Within 15 km: York Minster (400 m), National Railway Museum (600 m), Yorkshire Museum (100 m) and Clifford's Tower (800 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 (8)

York Museum Gardens: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Abbey: Kaly99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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