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London Museum Docklands

London Museum Docklands is a museum in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is managed by London Museum. 572 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Tower of London (3.6 km).

Photo: London Museum Docklands, Joyofmuseums (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

Run by

London Museum

the operator on record

Visitors a year

271K

in 2015 (Wikidata)

How well known

Top 4%

#338 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Tower Hamlets

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

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

Inside Tower Hamlets

London Museum Docklands is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 124 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

Weather by the month

Highs of 19–24°C mark May to September in Tower Hamlets.

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

London Museum Docklands

Over 2015, 271K visitors passed through. Wikipedia covers it in 8 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: London Museum
Visitors: 271K visitors a year (2015)
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: londonmuseum.org.uk/docklands

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

Plan your visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Its place on the map

Find London Museum Docklands in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around London Museum Docklands

Newham is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (351,065 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km southeast of it

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

4 · 1.7 km northeast of it

Newham

351,065 people · 133 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where London Museum Docklands is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
Southwark	600 m southwest of it	307,076	471
Greenwich	1.6 km southeast of it	288,117	125
Newham	1.7 km northeast of it	351,065	133
Lewisham	1.7 km south of it	300,764	218
City of London	3.4 km west of it	7,820	432
Hackney	3.5 km northwest of it	258,464	407
Islington	4.5 km northwest of it	216,309	425

Make a day of it

Also near London Museum Docklands

A visit can add 2 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle, from 572 places within 15 km.

Big drawCastleTower of London3.6 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum7.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey7.2 km away 4

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral5.2 km away 5MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich3.7 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower7 km away 7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace8.2 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern5.3 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)

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

London Museum Docklands in questions

Where is London Museum Docklands?

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

What is London Museum Docklands?

Museum in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Who runs London Museum Docklands?

London Museum.

How many people visit London Museum Docklands?

About 271K visitors a year, in 2015 (the latest count on Wikidata).

When is the best time to visit London Museum Docklands?

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 London Museum Docklands?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (3.6 km), British Museum (7.3 km), Westminster Abbey (7.2 km) and St Paul's Cathedral (5.2 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 (8)

London Museum Docklands: Joyofmuseums, 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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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