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Carshalton Water Tower

Set in Sutton, Carshalton Water Tower is a museum. Its neighbours on our list number 11 within 5 km. Our list goes on with Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry, 8.9 km away.

Where

In Sutton

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Sutton

Inside Sutton

Carshalton Water Tower is inside Sutton’s built-up area, with 11 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

Expect highs of 18–23°C in Sutton from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°65 mm

Feb9° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 4°41 mm

Apr15° / 5°44 mm

May18° / 8°47 mm

Jun21° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°48 mm

Aug23° / 13°57 mm

Sep20° / 11°52 mm

Oct16° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°72 mm

Dec9° / 3°66 mm

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

About

Carshalton Water Tower

Museum.

In Sutton, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Sutton
Official site: carshaltonwatertower.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Carshalton Water Tower on the map

The map centres on Carshalton Water Tower, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Carshalton Water Tower

Largest of the 8 is Croydon, home to 389,242. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Sutton

208,858 people · 26 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km north of it

Merton

214,931 people · 58 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km east of it

Croydon

389,242 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km southwest of it

Banstead

8,929 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Carshalton Water Tower is	People	Places to visit
Sutton	It’s in town	208,858	26
Merton	2.6 km north of it	214,931	58
Croydon	2.9 km east of it	389,242	49
Banstead	3.4 km southwest of it	8,929	11
Chipstead and Woodmansterne	3.9 km south of it	4,523	10
Ewell	4 km west of it	27,509	30
Worcester Park and Stoneleigh	4.6 km west of it	15,851	30
Tadworth and Epsom Downs	4.9 km southwest of it	27,095	20

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral are among the 188 within 15 km.

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry8.9 km away 2

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum15 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)3

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum15 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)4

Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace13 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience Museum15 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)6

CathedralWestminster Cathedral15 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryTate Britain14 km away · 525K visitors a year (2021)8

Historic houseNonsuch Palace5.1 km away

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

Before visiting Carshalton Water Tower

Where is Carshalton Water Tower?

Carshalton Water Tower is in Sutton, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Carshalton Water Tower?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Carshalton Water Tower?

May to September are the warmest months in Sutton, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Carshalton Water Tower?

Within 15 km: Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (8.9 km), Victoria and Albert Museum (15 km), Natural History Museum (15 km) and Hampton Court Palace (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 (8)

Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hampton Court Palace: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Cathedral: Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Britain: Carlos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nonsuch Palace: Joris Hoefnagel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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