Museum · Waltham Forest · London

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Visitors to Waltham Forest can see Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Our list has 28 more places within 5 km. On the official register, it is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum, Electrolux2 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum is inside Waltham Forest’s built-up area, with 28 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

Choosing a month

Afternoons in Waltham Forest peak at 18–23°C, May to September.

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

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at British Museum, 9 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: walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Locating Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

The map centres on Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Newham (351,065 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Waltham Forest

278,129 people · 73 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km west of it

Haringey

264,069 people · 149 places to visit

4 · 3 km southeast of it

Newham

351,065 people · 133 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum is	People	Places to visit
Waltham Forest	It’s in town	278,129	73
Hackney	1.5 km southwest of it	258,464	407
Haringey	1.7 km west of it	264,069	149
Newham	3 km southeast of it	351,065	133
Enfield	3.2 km northwest of it	329,822	39
Redbridge	3.5 km east of it	309,509	33
Tower Hamlets	3.8 km south of it	311,072	430
Islington	4.2 km southwest of it	216,309	425

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Also near Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Among the 555 within 15 km are 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London8.2 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey11 km away 4

Historic houseBuckingham Palace11 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower10 km away 6

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral8.3 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery10 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

AttractionLondon Eye10 km away

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

Good to know about Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Where is Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum?

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

What is Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum?

Museum in London.

When is the best time to visit Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum?

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

Is Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (9 km), Tower of London (8.2 km), Westminster Abbey (11 km) and Buckingham Palace (11 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)

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum: Electrolux2, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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