Museum · Waltham Forest · London

Vestry House Museum

Among the sights of Waltham Forest is Vestry House Museum. Its neighbours on our list number 16 within 5 km. It is protected as a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Vestry House Museum, Mike Quinn (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Waltham Forest

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Waltham Forest

Inside Waltham Forest

Vestry House Museum is inside Waltham Forest’s built-up area, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Waltham Forest has 113 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

How the seasons run

The warmest stretch in Waltham Forest is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°52 mm

Jul23° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 11°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov11° / 5°66 mm

Dec8° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Vestry House Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages. Close by, British Museum is 11 km away.

Waltham Forest’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Waltham Forest
Official site: vestryhousemuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Getting to Vestry House Museum

The map centres on Vestry House Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The towns around Vestry House Museum

In size, Newham comes first of the 7, with 351,065 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Waltham Forest

278,129 people · 73 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km east of it

Redbridge

309,509 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km west of it

Haringey

264,069 people · 149 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Enfield

329,822 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Vestry House Museum is	People	Places to visit
Waltham Forest	It’s in town	278,129	73
Redbridge	1.8 km east of it	309,509	33
Haringey	2.8 km west of it	264,069	149
Enfield	3.1 km northwest of it	329,822	39
Hackney	3.2 km southwest of it	258,464	407
Newham	3.5 km southeast of it	351,065	133
Tower Hamlets	4.5 km south of it	311,072	430

Make a day of it

Pair Vestry House Museum with these

2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum are among the 522 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum11 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London9.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey12 km away 4

Historic houseBuckingham Palace13 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower12 km away 6

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral9.8 km away 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.

Asked about Vestry House Museum

Where is Vestry House Museum?

Vestry House Museum is in Waltham Forest, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Vestry House Museum?

Museum in Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Vestry House Museum?

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

Is Vestry House Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Vestry House Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (11 km), Tower of London (9.5 km), Westminster Abbey (12 km) and Buckingham Palace (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 (9)

Vestry House Museum: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, 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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