From Valentines Mansion on: Redbridge’s list
Among the places to visit in and near Redbridge are 16 museums, 4 attractions and 3 historic sites. Mapped inside Redbridge’s built-up area are 3 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 30. Here, one place is kept up by the National Trust. A short walk covers 2, both within 1 km. The best-known trip out is to British Museum, 15 km away.
The names to know in Redbridge
Next to Valentines Mansion, the best known are 2 museums, an attraction and an abbey or priory.
Historic houseValentines Mansionin town
MuseumRedbridge Museumin townMuseumMuseumDairy Wingin town
AttractionArcelorMittal Orbit3.5 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or prioryBarking Abbey900 m outside town, to the south
GardenVictoria Park4.9 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
The farthest of them, The Hirsch Family Adventure Gallery, is 9.3 km out.
The dashed line is Redbridge’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What you can see
Ahead are museums or galleries (18); next, castles or historic places (5).
Green: inside Redbridge. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Eastbury Manor House).
Place after place
3 in town lead, with 30 more within 5 km of its edge after them.
ArcelorMittal Orbit
Sculpture and observation tower in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London.
Victoria Park
Urban park majority in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and small part in Hackney, England.
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8Eastbury Manor House
Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, United Kingdom.
East End Women's Museum
Women's Museum in London Barking, United Kingdom.
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11Valence House
Local museum within a medieval manor house in Dagenham, United Kingdom.
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18The 3 inside Redbridge come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
133 listed buildings are on Redbridge’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Redbridge →
Within a day
Day trips number 12; the best known is British Museum, 15 km off.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum15 km southwest · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)
Big drawCastleTower of London13 km southwest · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey16 km southwest
Historic houseBuckingham Palace17 km southwest
AttractionElizabeth Tower16 km southwest
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral14 km southwest
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery16 km southwest · 709K visitors a year (2021)
AttractionLondon Eye16 km southwest
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern14 km southwest · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich12 km southwest
MuseumMadame Tussauds17 km west
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum19 km southwest · 858K visitors a year (2021)Places well known beyond Redbridge (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
What visitors ask about Redbridge
What are the main attractions in Redbridge?
The best known inside Redbridge’s built-up area are Valentines Mansion, Redbridge Museum and Dairy Wing. In all, 3 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 30 more within 5 km.
Does Redbridge have a museum?
18 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Redbridge: Redbridge Museum, Dairy Wing, William Morris Gallery and Eastbury Manor House.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Redbridge?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Redbridge, 1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Eastbury Manor House).
What are the best-known days out near Redbridge?
Within 40 km: British Museum (15 km), Tower of London (13 km), Westminster Abbey (16 km), Buckingham Palace (17 km).
Where are Redbridge’s historic buildings listed?
Redbridge has 133 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Redbridge when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (25)
- Valentines Mansion: I M Chengappa, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Redbridge Museum: JuliaC2006 from Rochester, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- ArcelorMittal Orbit: you_only_live_twice from Lighthorne Heath, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barking Abbey: MRSC at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Park: Matt Brown from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Morris Gallery: ProfDEH, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eastbury Manor House: Gordon Joly, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- V&A East Museum: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valence House: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Havering Museum: Mx. Granger, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vestry House Museum: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum: Electrolux2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- God's Own Junkyard: JRennocks, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- V&A David Bowie Centre: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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