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British Red Cross Museum

British Red Cross Museum is a medical archive and museum. Head into City of London’s built-up area to find it. Look also at British Museum, 2.7 km away, first of 593 more within 15 km.

Where

In City of London

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in City of London

Inside City of London

British Red Cross Museum is inside City of London’s built-up area, with 357 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 afternoons in City of London run May to September, at 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°58 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°47 mm

Jun22° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°50 mm

Aug24° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 4°59 mm

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

About

British Red Cross Museum

Medical archive and museum, United Kingdom.

In City of London, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in City of London
Official site: redcross.org.uk/about-us/our-history/museum-and-archives/visiting-our-museum-and-archives

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

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Mapping British Red Cross Museum

British Red Cross Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from British Red Cross Museum

Home to 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of these 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

2 · 100 m northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

3 · 100 m east of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

4 · 300 m north of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where British Red Cross Museum is	People	Places to visit
City of London	It’s in town	7,820	432
Islington	100 m northwest of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	100 m east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	300 m north of it	258,464	407
Camden	800 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Southwark	1.2 km south of it	307,076	471
Westminster	1.7 km west of it	203,571	461
Lambeth	1.9 km south of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

Close to British Red Cross Museum

There are 593 within 15 km, 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum among them.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London1.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral900 m away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.5 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.5 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.2 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye2.8 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.3 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is British Red Cross Museum?

British Red Cross Museum is in City of London, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is British Red Cross Museum?

Medical archive and museum, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit British Red Cross Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in City of London, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near British Red Cross Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (2.7 km), Tower of London (1.5 km), St Paul's Cathedral (900 m) and Tate Modern (1.5 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 (8)

British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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