Museum · Haringey · London

Markfield Beam Engine & Museum

Visitors to Haringey can see Markfield Beam Engine & Museum. Nearby, 26 more places to visit are within 5 km. It is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Markfield Beam Engine & Museum, Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Haringey

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 Haringey

Inside Haringey

Markfield Beam Engine & Museum is inside Haringey’s built-up area, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Haringey has 306 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

Seasons and weather

If warmth matters, go May to September: Haringey reaches 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°66 mm

Feb9° / 3°49 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 6°46 mm

May18° / 9°49 mm

Jun21° / 12°55 mm

Jul23° / 14°51 mm

Aug23° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 11°54 mm

Oct15° / 9°73 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec8° / 3°65 mm

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

About

Markfield Beam Engine & Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. For a second stop, British Museum is 8.3 km away.

Haringey’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Haringey
Official site: mbeam.org

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

The map

Getting to Markfield Beam Engine & Museum

The map centres on Markfield Beam Engine & Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The towns around Markfield Beam Engine & Museum

By population, Newham leads the 7 with 351,065. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Haringey

264,069 people · 149 places to visit

2 · 500 m south of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

3 · 800 m east of it

Waltham Forest

278,129 people · 73 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km north of it

Enfield

329,822 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Markfield Beam Engine & Museum is	People	Places to visit
Haringey	It’s in town	264,069	149
Hackney	500 m south of it	258,464	407
Waltham Forest	800 m east of it	278,129	73
Enfield	2.9 km north of it	329,822	39
Islington	3.2 km southwest of it	216,309	425
Newham	4.5 km southeast of it	351,065	133
Tower Hamlets	4.9 km south of it	311,072	430

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Around it, within 15 km, lie 550 more, including 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London8.3 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey10 km away 4

Historic houseBuckingham Palace11 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower10 km away 6

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral8 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery9.4 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

AttractionLondon Eye9.6 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Markfield Beam Engine & Museum?

Markfield Beam Engine & Museum is in Haringey, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Markfield Beam Engine & Museum?

Museum in London.

When is the best time to visit Markfield Beam Engine & Museum?

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

Is Markfield Beam Engine & Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Markfield Beam Engine & Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (8.3 km), Tower of London (8.3 km), Westminster Abbey (10 km) and Buckingham Palace (11 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)

Markfield Beam Engine & Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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