V&A East Museum
In Newham stands V&A East Museum. The surrounding 5 km hold 55 more places to visit. For a second stop, Tower of London is 5.8 km away.
Museum in Newham
Inside Newham
V&A East Museum is inside Newham’s built-up area, with 55 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.
Month by month
In Newham the warm season is May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.
V&A East Museum
It is written up in 5 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Newham
- Official site
- vam.ac.uk/east/museum/visit
The map
The map centres on V&A East Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Newham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
With 351,065 people, Newham is the largest of the 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Waltham Forest
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where V&A East Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newham | It’s in town | 351,065 | 133 |
| Tower Hamlets | 300 m southwest of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Hackney | 300 m west of it | 258,464 | 407 |
| Waltham Forest | 1 km north of it | 278,129 | 73 |
| Redbridge | 3.2 km northeast of it | 309,509 | 33 |
| Southwark | 4.2 km southwest of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Greenwich | 4.2 km southeast of it | 288,117 | 125 |
| Islington | 4.4 km west of it | 216,309 | 425 |
Other places close by
Of the 562 within 15 km, look for 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.
Big drawCastleTower of London5.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey9.2 km away4
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral6.6 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower8.9 km away6
Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away7
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern7.1 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)8
AttractionLondon Eye8.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting V&A East Museum
Where is V&A East Museum?
V&A East Museum is in Newham, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is V&A East Museum?
Museum in Stratford, Greater London, England.
When is the best time to visit V&A East Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Newham, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near V&A East Museum?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (5.8 km), British Museum (8.2 km), Westminster Abbey (9.2 km) and St Paul's Cathedral (6.6 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)
- V&A East Museum: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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