Museum · Bexley · London

Red House

Red House is a grade I listed historic house museum, former home of William Morris. Visitors find it inside Bexley’s built-up area. The site is looked after by the National Trust.

Photo: Red House, Velela (Public domain)

Where

In Bexley

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 4%

#309 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Bexley

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

#309 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (15 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Bexley

Red House is inside Bexley’s built-up area, with 7 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 I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bexley 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

A month-by-month guide

The warmest stretch in Bexley is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 2°44 mm

Mar11° / 4°36 mm

Apr15° / 5°40 mm

May18° / 8°46 mm

Jun21° / 11°47 mm

Jul23° / 14°43 mm

Aug23° / 13°53 mm

Sep20° / 11°48 mm

Oct16° / 8°64 mm

Nov11° / 5°63 mm

Dec9° / 3°59 mm

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

About

Red House

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 15 languages. Nearby, Royal Observatory Greenwich (9.4 km) heads a list of 118 within 15 km.

Bexley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 15 languages
Town: in Bexley
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/red-house

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Where to find Red House

The map centres on Red House, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Bromley tops the 8 for size, at 325,469 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Bexley

246,074 people · 29 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km northwest of it

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km east of it

Dartford

69,131 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.6 km southeast of it

Joyden's Wood

4,912 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Red House is	People	Places to visit
Bexley	It’s in town	246,074	29
Greenwich	2.6 km northwest of it	288,117	125
Dartford	3.4 km east of it	69,131	11
Joyden's Wood	3.6 km southeast of it	4,912	7
Bromley	4.5 km southwest of it	325,469	66
Higham	23 km east of it	2,642	19
Cliffe	26 km east of it	2,531	2
Cliffe Woods	26 km east of it	2,689	18

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

There are 118 within 15 km, 6 museums and 2 historic houses among them.

1MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich9.4 km away 2

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum9.8 km away · 2.4M visitors a year 3

MuseumCutty Sark10 km away 4

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry15 km away 5

MuseumQueen's House9.7 km away 6

Historic house · English HeritageEltham Palace5.8 km away 7

Historic housePalace of Placentia9.9 km away 8

MuseumOld Royal Naval College10 km away

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

Visiting Red House: the answers

Where is Red House?

Red House is in Bexley, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Red House?

Grade I listed historic house museum, former home of William Morris.

Who runs Red House?

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

When is the best time to visit Red House?

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

Is Red House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Red House?

Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (9.4 km), National Maritime Museum (9.8 km), Cutty Sark (10 km) and Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (15 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)

Red House: Velela, Public domain, 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
Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eltham Palace: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Placentia: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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