Museum · Lewisham · London

Horniman Museum

Among the sights of Lewisham is Horniman Museum. Our list has 21 more places within 5 km. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Horniman Museum, No Swan So Fine (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Lewisham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 4%

#269 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Lewisham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#269 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (18 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Lewisham

Horniman Museum is inside Lewisham’s built-up area, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Lewisham has 357 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Lewisham

The warmest afternoons in Lewisham run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°56 mm

Feb9° / 3°46 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul23° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°58 mm

Sep20° / 11°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov11° / 6°66 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Horniman Museum

Articles on it exist in 18 languages. The first to add nearby is British Museum, at 9.8 km.

Lewisham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 18 languages
Town: in Lewisham
Official site: horniman.ac.uk

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Around Horniman Museum, mapped

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

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Horniman Museum

Among the 7, Croydon is the biggest, home to 389,242 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Lewisham

300,764 people · 218 places to visit

2 · 200 m north of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km southeast of it

Bromley

325,469 people · 66 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Horniman Museum is	People	Places to visit
Lewisham	It’s in town	300,764	218
Southwark	200 m north of it	307,076	471
Bromley	1.7 km southeast of it	325,469	66
Lambeth	2.1 km northwest of it	317,108	450
Croydon	2.7 km south of it	389,242	49
Greenwich	4.3 km northeast of it	288,117	125
Wandsworth	8.4 km west of it	326,725	442

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

575 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 attractions and a castle among them.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9.8 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London7.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry2.4 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey8 km away 5

Historic houseBuckingham Palace8.7 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower8 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye8 km away 8MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich5.8 km away

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

Planning a visit to Horniman Museum

Where is Horniman Museum?

Horniman Museum is in Lewisham, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Horniman Museum?

Museum in Forest Hill, London, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Horniman Museum?

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

Is Horniman Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Horniman Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (9.8 km), Tower of London (7.5 km), Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (2.4 km) and Westminster Abbey (8 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 (8)

Horniman Museum: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 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
Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, 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

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