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Waterloo Block

Waterloo Block is a National museum of arms and armour. Its place is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area. Our list has 588 more places within 15 km; first among them is Tower of London, at 100 m.

Photo: Waterloo Block, Paul Glazzard (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 7%

#525 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Tower Hamlets

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#525 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (12 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Tower Hamlets

Waterloo Block is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 338 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

Picking your season

From May to September, Tower Hamlets sees highs of 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

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

About

Waterloo Block

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 12 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 12 languages
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: royalarmouries.org

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

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 Waterloo Block

The orange dot is Waterloo Block; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Lambeth tops the 8 for size, at 317,108 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

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 200 m northwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

3 · 300 m south of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Waterloo Block is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
City of London	200 m northwest of it	7,820	432
Southwark	300 m south of it	307,076	471
Islington	1.4 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Hackney	1.4 km north of it	258,464	407
Camden	2.1 km northwest of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	2.2 km southwest of it	317,108	450
Westminster	2.5 km west of it	203,571	461

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

Make a day of it

Also within reach

A visit can add 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle, from 588 places within 15 km.

Big drawCastleTower of London100 m away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.6 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.6 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.7 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.5 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye3.1 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.7 km away

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

Waterloo Block, answered

Where is Waterloo Block?

Waterloo Block is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Waterloo Block?

National museum of arms and armour, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Waterloo Block?

May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Waterloo Block?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (100 m), British Museum (3.7 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.6 km) and Tate Modern (1.6 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)

Waterloo Block: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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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