Borough Museum
Borough Museum is part of what Greenwich has to see. The surrounding 5 km hold 12 more places to visit. A short trip away is Tower of London, 12 km off.
Museum in Greenwich
Inside Greenwich
Borough Museum is inside Greenwich’s built-up area, with 12 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
The warmest stretch in Greenwich is May to September, at 18–24°C in the afternoon.
Borough Museum
In Greenwich, inside the town’s built-up area.
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The way to Borough Museum
Orange: Borough Museum.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Greenwich’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Among the 4, Newham is the biggest, home to 351,065 people. Each town here links to its own guide.
Greenwich
Bexley
Newham
Barking and Dagenham
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Borough Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | It’s in town | 288,117 | 125 |
| Bexley | 1.3 km southeast of it | 246,074 | 29 |
| Newham | 2.2 km northwest of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 3.1 km north of it | 218,236 | 29 |
What else is near Borough Museum
Of the 263 within 15 km, look for 5 museums, a castle and a cathedral.
Big drawCastleTower of London12 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich6.8 km away3
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral14 km away4
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum7.1 km away · 2.4M visitors a year5
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern14 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)6
MuseumCutty Sark7.3 km away7
MuseumQueen's House6.9 km away8
MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Borough Museum in questions
Where is Borough Museum?
Borough Museum is in Greenwich, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Borough Museum?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Borough Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Greenwich, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Borough Museum?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (12 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (6.8 km), St Paul's Cathedral (14 km) and National Maritime Museum (7.1 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 (7)
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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