Vestry House Museum
Vestry House Museum is a history museum in Walthamstow focusing on the heritage of the local area. The collection includes various artefacts dating from the Victorian era to the 20th century, including numerous archived documents and photographs.Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Waltham Forest Archives” and “Walthamstow Museum (Vestry House)”
- Address: 2 Vestry Road, London, E17 9NH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Walthamstow School for Girls.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Arkady Rose, Public domain.
St Mary's Church, Walthamstow, is a Church of England parish church in Walthamstow Village, a conservation area in Walthamstow, east London. It was founded in the 12th century. St Mary’s Church is situated 440 feet northeast of Vestry House Museum.
Walthamstow School for Girls
School
Walthamstow School for Girls is a single sex girls' secondary school situated in Walthamstow, London. It currently educates 900 girls between the ages of 11–16. Walthamstow School for Girls is situated 400 feet northwest of Vestry House Museum.
Walthamstow Central station
Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Walthamstow Central is an interchange station in Walthamstow, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is the northern terminus of the Victoria line, which has the most frequent service of any London Underground line. Walthamstow Central station is situated 1,700 feet west of Vestry House Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walthamstow Village and Walthamstow.
Walthamstow Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walthamstow Village is the oldest part of Walthamstow, east London. It was designated a Conservation Area by the London Borough of Waltham Forest in 1967, and another Conservation Area on nearby Orford Road was subsequently added.
Walthamstow
Town
Photo: David Gerard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walthamstow is a town within the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London. The town borders Chingford to the north, Snaresbrook and South Woodford to the east, Leyton and Leytonstone to the south, and Tottenham to the west.
Whipps Cross
Neighborhood
Photo: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whipps Cross is an area of the districts of Leytonstone and Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London, England. It is most famous for Whipps Cross University Hospital. Prior to 1965, it was located in the historic county of Essex.
Vestry House Museum
- Categories: local museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Waltham Forest, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58406° or 51° 35′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.01289° or 0° 0′ 46″ westOpen location code
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7923505
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