God's Own Junkyard
God's Own Junkyard is an art gallery. You will find it inside Waltham Forest’s built-up area. Top of the 515 other places within 15 km is British Museum, 11 km off.
Art gallery in Waltham Forest
Inside Waltham Forest
God's Own Junkyard is inside Waltham Forest’s built-up area, with 16 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.
Month by month
The warmest stretch in Waltham Forest is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.
God's Own Junkyard
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Art gallery
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Waltham Forest
Mapping God's Own Junkyard
God's Own Junkyard sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Waltham Forest’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near God's Own Junkyard
With 351,065 people, Newham is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Waltham Forest
Redbridge
Haringey
Enfield
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where God's Own Junkyard is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | It’s in town | 278,129 | 73 |
| Redbridge | 1.5 km east of it | 309,509 | 33 |
| Haringey | 3.1 km west of it | 264,069 | 149 |
| Enfield | 3.3 km northwest of it | 329,822 | 39 |
| Hackney | 3.3 km southwest of it | 258,464 | 407 |
| Newham | 3.5 km southeast of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Tower Hamlets | 4.5 km south of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 4.9 km northeast of it | 11,749 | 7 |
Also near God's Own Junkyard
2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum are among the 515 within 15 km.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum11 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawCastleTower of London9.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey13 km away4
Historic houseBuckingham Palace13 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower12 km away6
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral10 km away7
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery12 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8
AttractionLondon Eye12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about God's Own Junkyard
Where is God's Own Junkyard?
God's Own Junkyard is in Waltham Forest, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is God's Own Junkyard?
Art gallery in London.
When is the best time to visit God's Own Junkyard?
May to September are the warmest months in Waltham Forest, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near God's Own Junkyard?
Within 15 km: British Museum (11 km), Tower of London (9.7 km), Westminster Abbey (13 km) and Buckingham 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 (9)
- God's Own Junkyard: JRennocks, CC BY 4.0, 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
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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