Historic house · Merton · London

Southside House

Southside House is a historic house museum in the London Borough of Merton. Officially, it is a Grade II* listed building. There are 527 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with British Museum (13 km).

Photo: Southside House, David Anstiss (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Merton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Historic house in Merton

Inside Merton

Southside House is inside Merton’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

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

A month-by-month guide

In Merton, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–23°C.

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

Southside House

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Merton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Merton
Official site: southsidehouse.com

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

The map

Its place on the map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Southside House is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Southside House

Wandsworth is the biggest of the 6 bases nearby (326,725 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Merton

214,931 people · 58 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km southwest of it

Kingston upon Thames

166,333 people · 67 places to visit

3 · 2 km northeast of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km southeast of it

Sutton

208,858 people · 26 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Southside House is	People	Places to visit
Merton	It’s in town	214,931	58
Kingston upon Thames	1.7 km southwest of it	166,333	67
Wandsworth	2 km northeast of it	326,725	442
Sutton	3.7 km southeast of it	208,858	26
Worcester Park and Stoneleigh	4.7 km south of it	15,851	30
Richmond upon Thames	4.7 km northwest of it	192,888	128

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Choose from 527 places within 15 km, such as 2 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum13 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace11 km away 3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey11 km away 4

AttractionElizabeth Tower11 km away 5

Big drawCastleTower of London14 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)6

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum9.3 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery12 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

AttractionLondon Eye12 km away

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

Good to know about Southside House

Where is Southside House?

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

What is Southside House?

Historic house museum in the London Borough of Merton, UK.

When is the best time to visit Southside House?

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

Is Southside House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Southside House?

Within 15 km: British Museum (13 km), Buckingham Palace (11 km), Westminster Abbey (11 km) and Elizabeth Tower (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)

Southside House: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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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