Museum · Richmond upon Thames · London

Eel Pie Island Museum

Eel Pie Island Museum is a music museum. Visitors find it inside Richmond upon Thames’ built-up area. Look also at Kew Gardens, 4.1 km away, first of 322 more within 15 km.

Photo: Eel Pie Island Museum, Jim Linwood from London (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Richmond upon Thames

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Richmond upon Thames

Inside Richmond upon Thames

Eel Pie Island Museum is inside Richmond upon Thames’ built-up area, with 30 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

A month-by-month guide

If warmth matters, go May to September: Richmond upon Thames reaches 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May18° / 9°44 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul23° / 14°45 mm

Aug23° / 14°54 mm

Sep20° / 11°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov11° / 5°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Eel Pie Island Museum

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Richmond upon Thames
Official site: eelpiemuseum.co.uk

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

The map

Locating Eel Pie Island Museum

The orange dot is Eel Pie Island Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Eel Pie Island Museum

Of the 6, Ealing is the largest, at 367,271 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

2 · 900 m northwest of it

Hounslow

286,591 people · 106 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Kingston upon Thames

166,333 people · 67 places to visit

4 · 4.7 km east of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Eel Pie Island Museum is	People	Places to visit
Richmond upon Thames	It’s in town	192,888	128
Hounslow	900 m northwest of it	286,591	106
Kingston upon Thames	2.1 km southeast of it	166,333	67
Wandsworth	4.7 km east of it	326,725	442
West Molesey	4.8 km south of it	47,144	36
Ealing	4.9 km north of it	367,271	101

Make a day of it

Also near Eel Pie Island Museum

There are 322 within 15 km, 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a garden among them.

GardenKew Gardens4.1 km away 2

Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace5.1 km away 3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace14 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey15 km away 5

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum12 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)6

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum12 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)7

Historic houseKensington Palace11 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)8

MuseumMadame Tussauds14 km away

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

Visiting Eel Pie Island Museum: the answers

Where is Eel Pie Island Museum?

Eel Pie Island Museum is in Richmond upon Thames, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Eel Pie Island Museum?

Music museum in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Eel Pie Island Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Eel Pie Island Museum?

Within 15 km: Kew Gardens (4.1 km), Hampton Court Palace (5.1 km), Buckingham Palace (14 km) and Westminster Abbey (15 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)

Eel Pie Island Museum: Jim Linwood from London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hampton Court Palace: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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