Story Box
Story Box is a history museum. Head into Tower Hamlets’ built-up area to find it. Close by, Tower of London is 5.9 km away, one of 559 within 15 km.
Museum in Tower Hamlets
Inside Tower Hamlets
Story Box is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 54 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.
Choosing a month
In Tower Hamlets the warm season is May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.
Story Box
Museum: history.
In Tower Hamlets, inside the town’s built-up area.
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Story Box at a glance
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Story Box is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Tower Hamlets’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
With 351,065 people, Newham is the largest of the 7. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Tower Hamlets
Newham
Greenwich
Southwark
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Story Box is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | It’s in town | 311,072 | 430 |
| Newham | 100 m northeast of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Greenwich | 400 m southeast of it | 288,117 | 125 |
| Southwark | 2.8 km southwest of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Lewisham | 3.3 km south of it | 300,764 | 218 |
| Hackney | 4.4 km northwest of it | 258,464 | 407 |
| Waltham Forest | 4.8 km north of it | 278,129 | 73 |
More near Story Box
Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle, among 559 within 15 km.
Big drawCastleTower of London5.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9.5 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich3.4 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey9.4 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower9.2 km away6
Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away7
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral7.4 km away8
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum3.1 km away · 2.4M visitors a yearWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Story Box
Where is Story Box?
Story Box is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Story Box?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit Story Box?
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 Story Box?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (5.9 km), British Museum (9.5 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (3.4 km) and Westminster Abbey (9.4 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 (7)
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, 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
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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