Museum · Southwark · London

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms, a museum, stands in Southwark. Within 5 km there are 328 more places to visit. Add Tower of London, 400 m away, to a visit.

Where

In Southwark

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Southwark

Inside Southwark

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 328 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

The weather, month by month

Aim for May to September, when Southwark reaches 18–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 5°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May18° / 9°47 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov12° / 6°65 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms

Museum.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Southwark

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

Plan your visit

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

The area around Tower Bridge Engine Rooms

Numbered points are the places near Tower Bridge Engine Rooms, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns around Tower Bridge Engine Rooms, by distance

Home to 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of these 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

2 · 200 m northeast of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

3 · 500 m northwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Tower Bridge Engine Rooms is	People	Places to visit
Southwark	It’s in town	307,076	471
Tower Hamlets	200 m northeast of it	311,072	430
City of London	500 m northwest of it	7,820	432
Islington	1.8 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Hackney	1.9 km north of it	258,464	407
Lambeth	2.1 km southwest of it	317,108	450
Lewisham	2.3 km southeast of it	300,764	218
Camden	2.4 km northwest of it	209,342	458

Make a day of it

More near Tower Bridge Engine Rooms

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

Big drawCastleTower of London400 m away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.9 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.7 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.6 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.4 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye3 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.6 km away

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

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms: common questions

Where is Tower Bridge Engine Rooms?

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tower Bridge Engine Rooms?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Tower Bridge Engine Rooms?

May to September are the warmest months in Southwark, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Tower Bridge Engine Rooms?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (400 m), British Museum (3.9 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.9 km) and Tate Modern (1.7 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 (8)

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
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 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
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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