Museum · Barking and Dagenham · London

Ford Heritage Centre

In Barking and Dagenham stands Ford Heritage Centre, a museum. There are 5 other places to visit inside 5 km. For a second stop, Royal Observatory Greenwich is 12 km away.

Where

In Barking and Dagenham

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Barking and Dagenham

Inside Barking and Dagenham

Ford Heritage Centre is inside Barking and Dagenham’s built-up area, with 5 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

Weather by the month

Warm weather in Barking and Dagenham runs May to September, with highs of 18–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°52 mm

Feb9° / 3°42 mm

Mar12° / 4°35 mm

Apr15° / 6°39 mm

May18° / 9°45 mm

Jun21° / 12°47 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°52 mm

Sep20° / 11°46 mm

Oct16° / 9°63 mm

Nov12° / 5°62 mm

Dec9° / 3°57 mm

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

About

Ford Heritage Centre

Museum.

In Barking and Dagenham, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Barking and Dagenham

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

The map

Ford Heritage Centre and what surrounds it

Orange marks Ford Heritage Centre, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns near Ford Heritage Centre

The 6 towns are led in size by Newham, with 351,065 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Barking and Dagenham

218,236 people · 29 places to visit

2 · 800 m northeast of it

Havering

259,401 people · 22 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km south of it

Bexley

246,074 people · 29 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km southwest of it

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Ford Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Barking and Dagenham	It’s in town	218,236	29
Havering	800 m northeast of it	259,401	22
Bexley	1.5 km south of it	246,074	29
Greenwich	2.4 km southwest of it	288,117	125
Newham	3.8 km west of it	351,065	133
Redbridge	4.6 km northwest of it	309,509	33

Make a day of it

Close to Ford Heritage Centre

Around it, within 15 km, lie 114 more, including 5 museums, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory.

1MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich12 km away 2

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum12 km away · 2.4M visitors a year 3

MuseumCutty Sark12 km away 4

MuseumQueen's House12 km away 5

Museum · National TrustRed House7.4 km away 6

Historic house · English HeritageEltham Palace11 km away 7

Historic housePalace of Placentia12 km away 8

Abbey or prioryBarking Abbey5.5 km away

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

Questions people have about Ford Heritage Centre

Where is Ford Heritage Centre?

Ford Heritage Centre is in Barking and Dagenham, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ford Heritage Centre?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Ford Heritage Centre?

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

What else is there to see near Ford Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (12 km), National Maritime Museum (12 km), Cutty Sark (12 km) and Queen's House (12 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 (7)

National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Red House: Velela, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Eltham Palace: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Placentia: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Barking Abbey: MRSC at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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