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Ragged School Museum

Ragged School Museum is a museum in Tower Hamlets, London. Our list has 571 more places within 15 km; first among them is Tower of London, at 3.1 km. 3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Photo: Ragged School Museum, Pierre Terre (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Tower Hamlets

Inside Tower Hamlets

Ragged School Museum is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 148 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

Choosing a month

Afternoons in Tower Hamlets reach 19–24°C from May to September.

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

Ragged School Museum

Museum in Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom.

In Tower Hamlets, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Ragged School Museum on the map

Orange: Ragged School Museum.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

The biggest base of the 8 is Newham (351,065 people). Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km southwest of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km east of it

Newham

351,065 people · 133 places to visit

4 · 2 km northwest of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ragged School Museum is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
Southwark	1.3 km southwest of it	307,076	471
Newham	1.9 km east of it	351,065	133
Hackney	2 km northwest of it	258,464	407
City of London	2.7 km west of it	7,820	432
Lewisham	2.9 km south of it	300,764	218
Greenwich	2.9 km southeast of it	288,117	125
Islington	3.4 km northwest of it	216,309	425

Make a day of it

Places to add to Ragged School Museum

Within 15 km you can add 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.

Big drawCastleTower of London3.1 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum6.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral4.4 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.7 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower6.5 km away 6

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern4.6 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace7.7 km away 8

AttractionLondon Eye6.1 km away

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

Visiting Ragged School Museum

Where is Ragged School Museum?

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

What is Ragged School Museum?

Museum in Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Ragged School 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 Ragged School Museum?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (3.1 km), British Museum (6.3 km), St Paul's Cathedral (4.4 km) and Westminster Abbey (6.7 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)

Ragged School Museum: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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