Abbey or priory · Merton · London

Merton Priory Chapter House Museum

Merton Priory Chapter House Museum is an English Augustinian priory founded in 1114. Head into Merton’s built-up area to find it. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.

Photo: Merton Priory Chapter House Museum, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Merton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Merton

Inside Merton

Merton Priory Chapter House Museum is inside Merton’s built-up area, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Merton has 231 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 best months to visit

Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Merton.

Jan8° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°49 mm

Jul23° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 11°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov11° / 5°67 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Merton Priory Chapter House Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 560 more places, British Museum (12 km) first on our list.

Merton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Merton
Official site: mertonpriory.org

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

The map

Locating Merton Priory Chapter House Museum

Orange shows Merton Priory Chapter House Museum; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Staying near Merton Priory Chapter House Museum

By population, Croydon leads the 6 with 389,242. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Merton

214,931 people · 58 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km north of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km south of it

Sutton

208,858 people · 26 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km northeast of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Merton Priory Chapter House Museum is	People	Places to visit
Merton	It’s in town	214,931	58
Wandsworth	1.1 km north of it	326,725	442
Sutton	2.4 km south of it	208,858	26
Lambeth	2.4 km northeast of it	317,108	450
Croydon	3.5 km southeast of it	389,242	49
Kingston upon Thames	4.6 km west of it	166,333	67

Make a day of it

Next door to Merton Priory Chapter House Museum

Nearby, 560 places within 15 km include 2 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum12 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away 3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey10 km away 4

AttractionElizabeth Tower10 km away 5

Big drawCastleTower of London13 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)6

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum9.2 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)7

AttractionLondon Eye11 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery11 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Questions people have about Merton Priory Chapter House Museum

Where is Merton Priory Chapter House Museum?

Merton Priory Chapter House Museum is in Merton, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Merton Priory Chapter House Museum?

English Augustinian priory founded in 1114.

When is the best time to visit Merton Priory Chapter House Museum?

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

Is Merton Priory Chapter House Museum a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Merton Priory Chapter House Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (12 km), Buckingham Palace (10 km), Westminster Abbey (10 km) and Elizabeth Tower (10 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)

Merton Priory Chapter House Museum: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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