Museum · Barking and Dagenham · London

Valence House

Valence House is a local museum within a medieval manor house. It lies inside the built-up area of Barking and Dagenham. Its status is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Valence House, Gordon Joly (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Barking and Dagenham

inside the built-up area

Run by

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Barking and Dagenham

Inside Barking and Dagenham

Valence House is inside Barking and Dagenham’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Barking and Dagenham has 39 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

Picking your season

In Barking and Dagenham, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°52 mm

Feb9° / 3°42 mm

Mar12° / 4°35 mm

Apr15° / 6°39 mm

May18° / 9°45 mm

Jun21° / 12°47 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°52 mm

Sep20° / 11°46 mm

Oct16° / 9°63 mm

Nov12° / 5°62 mm

Dec9° / 3°57 mm

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

About

Valence House

The site is in the hands of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages. Our list has 124 more places within 15 km; first among them is Royal Observatory Greenwich, at 13 km.

Barking and Dagenham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Barking and Dagenham
Official site: valencehousecollections.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Getting your bearings

On this map, Valence House is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Valence House

The biggest base of the 4 is Newham (351,065 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Barking and Dagenham

218,236 people · 29 places to visit

2 · 1 km northwest of it

Redbridge

309,509 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km east of it

Havering

259,401 people · 22 places to visit

4 · 4.7 km west of it

Newham

351,065 people · 133 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Valence House is	People	Places to visit
Barking and Dagenham	It’s in town	218,236	29
Redbridge	1 km northwest of it	309,509	33
Havering	1.4 km east of it	259,401	22
Newham	4.7 km west of it	351,065	133

Make a day of it

Pair Valence House with these

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, an abbey or priory and an attraction.

1MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich13 km away 2

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum13 km away · 2.4M visitors a year 3

MuseumCutty Sark13 km away 4

MuseumQueen's House13 km away 5

Abbey or prioryBarking Abbey4.8 km away 6

AttractionArcelorMittal Orbit10 km away 7

Historic housePalace of Placentia13 km away 8

Art galleryWhitechapel Gallery15 km away · 490K visitors a year

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

Valence House: common questions

Where is Valence House?

Valence House is in Barking and Dagenham, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Valence House?

Local museum within a medieval manor house in Dagenham, United Kingdom.

Who runs Valence House?

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

When is the best time to visit Valence House?

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

Is Valence House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Valence House?

Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (13 km), National Maritime Museum (13 km), Cutty Sark (13 km) and Queen's House (13 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)

Valence House: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barking Abbey: MRSC at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
ArcelorMittal Orbit: you_only_live_twice from Lighthorne Heath, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Placentia: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Whitechapel Gallery: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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