Museum · Harrow · London

Heath Robinson Museum

Heath Robinson Museum is a museum in northwest London, United Kingdom, about W. Heath Robinson. You will find it inside Harrow’s built-up area. Nearby, Kew Gardens (14 km) heads a list of 77 within 15 km.

Photo: Heath Robinson Museum, Sharonpink2 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Harrow

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 Harrow

Inside Harrow

Heath Robinson Museum is inside Harrow’s built-up area, with 8 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

For warmth, aim for May to September (18–23°C highs in Harrow).

Jan8° / 2°68 mm

Feb9° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 4°42 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May18° / 8°50 mm

Jun21° / 11°53 mm

Jul23° / 13°48 mm

Aug23° / 13°58 mm

Sep20° / 11°53 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 4°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

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

About

Heath Robinson Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Harrow
Official site: heathrobinsonmuseum.org

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Heath Robinson Museum on the map

The places near Heath Robinson Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns around Heath Robinson Museum, by distance

The 7 towns are led in size by Ealing, with 367,271 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Harrow

260,534 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

Hillingdon

307,089 people · 31 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km north of it

Watford

131,336 people · 23 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km northwest of it

Moor Park

5,850 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Heath Robinson Museum is	People	Places to visit
Harrow	It’s in town	260,534	23
Hillingdon	600 m southwest of it	307,089	31
Watford	2.5 km north of it	131,336	23
Moor Park	2.6 km northwest of it	5,850	13
Ealing	4.3 km southeast of it	367,271	101
Brent	4.5 km southeast of it	340,611	245
Bushey	4.6 km north of it	28,427	18

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Also close at hand are 4 museums, 3 historic houses and a garden, among 77 within 15 km.

GardenKew Gardens14 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustOsterley House12 km away · 350K visitors a year 3

MuseumTransport Museum Depot12 km away 4

Historic houseKew Palace14 km away 5

MuseumRAF Museum10 km away 6

Historic houseSyon House14 km away 7

MuseumBattle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge7.9 km away 8

MuseumHarrow Museum2.2 km away

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

What people ask about Heath Robinson Museum

Where is Heath Robinson Museum?

Heath Robinson Museum is in Harrow, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Heath Robinson Museum?

Museum in northwest London, United Kingdom, about W. Heath Robinson.

When is the best time to visit Heath Robinson Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Heath Robinson Museum?

Within 15 km: Kew Gardens (14 km), Osterley House (12 km), Transport Museum Depot (12 km) and Kew Palace (14 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)

Heath Robinson Museum: Sharonpink2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Osterley House: Osterley Park House, London-25June2009.jpg: Jim Linwood derivative work: Snowmanradio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Transport Museum Depot: Wei-Te Wong from Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kew Palace: xlibber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Museum: Panhard, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Syon House: Russ Hamer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge: Danielstirland at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Harrow Museum: Bernard Burns, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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