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Rainham Hall

Rainham Hall is a historic house museum in Rainham, London Borough of Havering. It holds the status of a Grade II* listed building. Top of the 83 other places within 15 km is Royal Observatory Greenwich, 14 km off.

Photo: Rainham Hall, JRennocks (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Havering

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Havering

Inside Havering

Rainham Hall is inside Havering’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Havering has 108 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

How the seasons run

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

Jan8° / 2°53 mm

Feb9° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 4°36 mm

Apr15° / 5°40 mm

May18° / 8°46 mm

Jun21° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°49 mm

Aug23° / 13°55 mm

Sep20° / 11°48 mm

Oct16° / 8°66 mm

Nov11° / 5°63 mm

Dec9° / 3°57 mm

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

About

Rainham Hall

Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust. Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Havering’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Havering
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/rainham-hall

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

Getting your bearings

Orange marks Rainham Hall, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 288,117 people, Greenwich is the largest of these 6. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Havering

259,401 people · 22 places to visit

2 · 2 km northwest of it

Barking and Dagenham

218,236 people · 29 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Bexley

246,074 people · 29 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km east of it

Aveley

9,364 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Rainham Hall is	People	Places to visit
Havering	It’s in town	259,401	22
Barking and Dagenham	2 km northwest of it	218,236	29
Bexley	2.3 km southwest of it	246,074	29
Aveley	3.2 km east of it	9,364	5
Purfleet-on-Thames	4.2 km southeast of it	5,881	7
Greenwich	4.9 km southwest of it	288,117	125

Make a day of it

Also within reach

There are 83 within 15 km, 5 museums, 2 historic houses and an attraction among them.

1MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich14 km away 2

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum14 km away · 2.4M visitors a year 3

MuseumCutty Sark14 km away 4

MuseumQueen's House14 km away 5

Museum · National TrustRed House8.1 km away 6

Historic house · English HeritageEltham Palace13 km away 7

Historic housePalace of Placentia14 km away 8

AttractionArcelorMittal Orbit14 km away

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

Questions people have about Rainham Hall

Where is Rainham Hall?

Rainham Hall is in Havering, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Rainham Hall?

Historic house museum in Rainham, London Borough of Havering, UK.

Who runs Rainham Hall?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Rainham Hall?

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

Is Rainham Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Rainham Hall?

Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (14 km), National Maritime Museum (14 km), Cutty Sark (14 km) and Queen's House (14 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)

Rainham Hall: JRennocks, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Red House: Velela, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Eltham Palace: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Placentia: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
ArcelorMittal Orbit: you_only_live_twice from Lighthorne Heath, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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