Museum · Tower Hamlets · London

Young V&A

Young V&A is a National museum. You will find it inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area. The register lists it as a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Young V&A, Bex Walton (CC BY 4.0)

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

400K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 3%

#245 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

#245 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Tower Hamlets

Young V&A is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 187 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Tower Hamlets has 923 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

Aim for May to September, when Tower Hamlets reaches 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

Young V&A

Each year, some 400K people come. It is written up in 11 Wikipedias. A short trip away is Tower of London, 2.8 km off, the first of 577 within 15 km.

Tower Hamlets’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Visitors: 400K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: vam.ac.uk/young

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Young V&A on the map

The orange dot is Young V&A; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Young V&A, by distance

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

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 600 m north of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km southwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Young V&A is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
Hackney	600 m north of it	258,464	407
City of London	1.9 km southwest of it	7,820	432
Islington	2.1 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Newham	2.5 km east of it	351,065	133
Southwark	2.5 km south of it	307,076	471
Camden	3.2 km west of it	209,342	458
Waltham Forest	3.6 km northeast of it	278,129	73

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

Make a day of it

While you are near Young V&A

Within 15 km you can add 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.

Big drawCastleTower of London2.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral3.4 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower5.7 km away 6

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern3.9 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace6.8 km away 8

AttractionLondon Eye5.3 km away

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

Questions people have about Young V&A

Where is Young V&A?

Young V&A is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Young V&A?

National museum in Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Young V&A?

About 400K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Young V&A?

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

Is Young V&A a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Young V&A?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (2.8 km), British Museum (5.1 km), St Paul's Cathedral (3.4 km) and Westminster Abbey (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)

Young V&A: Bex Walton, CC BY 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
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 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
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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