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Boston Manor

Boston Manor is a historic house museum. Visitors find it inside Hounslow’s built-up area. On the official register, it is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Boston Manor, P.g.champion (CC BY-SA 2.0 uk)

Where

In Hounslow

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Hounslow

Inside Hounslow

Boston Manor is inside Hounslow’s built-up area, with 38 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Hounslow has 465 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

Which month to go

Afternoons in Hounslow reach 18–24°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 3°61 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°39 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May18° / 9°44 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°44 mm

Aug23° / 14°55 mm

Sep20° / 11°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov11° / 5°70 mm

Dec9° / 3°61 mm

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

About

Boston Manor

It is written up in 6 Wikipedias. Top of the 427 other places within 15 km is Kew Gardens, 2.3 km off.

Hounslow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Hounslow
Official site: hounslow.gov.uk/info/20174/heritage_and_arts/1855/historic_houses

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

The map

Boston Manor on the map

The places near Boston Manor are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Boston Manor

Ealing is the biggest of the 5 bases nearby (367,271 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Hounslow

286,591 people · 106 places to visit

2 · 300 m north of it

Ealing

367,271 people · 101 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km south of it

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km northeast of it

Brent

340,611 people · 245 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Boston Manor is	People	Places to visit
Hounslow	It’s in town	286,591	106
Ealing	300 m north of it	367,271	101
Richmond upon Thames	1.9 km south of it	192,888	128
Brent	4.6 km northeast of it	340,611	245
Hammersmith and Fulham	4.7 km east of it	182,187	266

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Around it, within 15 km, lie 427 more, including 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a garden.

GardenKew Gardens2.3 km away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum14 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace12 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey13 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower13 km away 6

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum10 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)7

Historic houseKensington Palace9.1 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)8

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum9.9 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)

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

Quick answers on Boston Manor

Where is Boston Manor?

Boston Manor is in Hounslow, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Boston Manor?

Historic house museum in Brentford, London, UK.

When is the best time to visit Boston Manor?

May to September are the warmest months in Hounslow, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Boston Manor a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Boston Manor?

Within 15 km: Kew Gardens (2.3 km), British Museum (14 km), Buckingham Palace (12 km) and Westminster Abbey (13 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)

Boston Manor: P.g.champion, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk, Wikimedia Commons
Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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