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Kirkaldy Testing Museum

Kirkaldy Testing Museum is a museum in Southwark, London. It holds the status of a Grade II* listed building. Add British Museum, 2.3 km away, to a visit; it leads 603 places within 15 km.

Photo: Kirkaldy Testing Museum, Spudgun67 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Southwark

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Southwark

Inside Southwark

Kirkaldy Testing Museum is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 374 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Southwark has 910 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

Month by month in Southwark

Afternoons in Southwark reach 18–24°C from May to September.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 5°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May18° / 9°47 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov12° / 6°65 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Southwark’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Southwark
Official site: testingworks.org.uk

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

Where to find Kirkaldy Testing Museum

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

Towns near it

Towns around Kirkaldy Testing Museum, by distance

Lambeth is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (317,108 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

2 · 400 m south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

3 · 400 m northeast of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

4 · 900 m west of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kirkaldy Testing Museum is	People	Places to visit
Southwark	It’s in town	307,076	471
Lambeth	400 m south of it	317,108	450
City of London	400 m northeast of it	7,820	432
Westminster	900 m west of it	203,571	461
Camden	900 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Islington	1.5 km north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	1.5 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	2 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

Beyond Kirkaldy Testing Museum

Of the 603 within 15 km, look for 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London1.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern200 m away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.9 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.7 km away 6

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral900 m away 7

AttractionLondon Eye1.3 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.9 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Kirkaldy Testing Museum?

Kirkaldy Testing Museum is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Kirkaldy Testing Museum?

Museum in Southwark, London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Kirkaldy Testing Museum?

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

Is Kirkaldy Testing Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Kirkaldy Testing Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (2.3 km), Tower of London (1.7 km), Tate Modern (200 m) and Westminster Abbey (1.9 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)

Kirkaldy Testing Museum: Spudgun67, 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
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
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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