Museum · Bromley · London

Crystal Palace Museum

Bromley counts Crystal Palace Museum among its places to visit. Another 12 places to visit lie within 5 km. Further out, Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry is 300 m away.

Photo: Crystal Palace Museum, Stephen Craven (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Bromley

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Bromley

Inside Bromley

Crystal Palace Museum is inside Bromley’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

Which month to go

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

Jan8° / 2°70 mm

Feb8° / 2°55 mm

Mar11° / 4°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°52 mm

Jun21° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°49 mm

Aug22° / 13°60 mm

Sep20° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°76 mm

Nov11° / 5°76 mm

Dec8° / 3°74 mm

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

About

Crystal Palace Museum

Museum in London, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Bromley
Official site: crystalpalacepark.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Before you set off

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Where Crystal Palace Museum is

Crystal Palace Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

With 389,242 people, Croydon is the largest of the 7. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Bromley

325,469 people · 66 places to visit

2 · 100 m northwest of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

3 · 200 m north of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

4 · 200 m south of it

Croydon

389,242 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Crystal Palace Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bromley	It’s in town	325,469	66
Lambeth	100 m northwest of it	317,108	450
Southwark	200 m north of it	307,076	471
Croydon	200 m south of it	389,242	49
Lewisham	700 m northeast of it	300,764	218
Merton	3.8 km west of it	214,931	58
Wandsworth	4.3 km northwest of it	326,725	442

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

There are 556 within 15 km, 2 museums, 2 attractions and a castle among them.

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry300 m away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum12 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Big drawCastleTower of London9.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey9.5 km away 5

Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower9.6 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye9.8 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery11 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Questions before you go

Where is Crystal Palace Museum?

Crystal Palace Museum is in Bromley, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Crystal Palace Museum?

Museum in London, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Crystal Palace Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Crystal Palace Museum?

Within 15 km: Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (300 m), British Museum (12 km), Tower of London (9.8 km) and Westminster Abbey (9.5 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 (9)

Crystal Palace Museum: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, 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
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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