Museum · Tower Hamlets · London

Jack the Ripper Museum

Jack the Ripper Museum is one of the places to visit in Tower Hamlets. Another 290 places to visit lie within 5 km. The first name on our list around it is Tower of London, 700 m away.

Photo: Jack the Ripper Museum, Mike Prior (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Tower Hamlets

Inside Tower Hamlets

Jack the Ripper Museum is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 290 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

Seasons in Tower Hamlets

The warmest stretch in Tower Hamlets is May to September, at 19–24°C in the afternoon.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

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

About

Jack the Ripper Museum

Its story is told in 8 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: jacktherippermuseum.com

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

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Finding Jack the Ripper Museum

The map centres on Jack the Ripper Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Staying near Jack the Ripper Museum

Of the 8, Lambeth is the largest, at 317,108 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 400 m northwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

3 · 800 m south of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km north of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Jack the Ripper Museum is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
City of London	400 m northwest of it	7,820	432
Southwark	800 m south of it	307,076	471
Hackney	1.4 km north of it	258,464	407
Islington	1.6 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Camden	2.4 km northwest of it	209,342	458
Lewisham	2.6 km southeast of it	300,764	218
Lambeth	2.8 km southwest of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

While you are near Jack the Ripper Museum

There are 586 within 15 km, 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle among them.

Big drawCastleTower of London700 m away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral2.1 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern2.2 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.3 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower4.1 km away 7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace5.3 km away 8

AttractionLondon Eye3.7 km away

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

Your questions on Jack the Ripper Museum

Where is Jack the Ripper Museum?

Jack the Ripper Museum is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Jack the Ripper Museum?

Museum in London.

When is the best time to visit Jack the Ripper Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Jack the Ripper Museum?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (700 m), British Museum (4.2 km), St Paul's Cathedral (2.1 km) and Tate Modern (2.2 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)

Jack the Ripper Museum: Mike Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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