Valence House Museum
Valence House Museum is the only surviving of the five manor houses of Dagenham. The timber-framed museum building, partially surrounded by a moat built to keep livestock in place, is situated in Valence Park off Becontree Avenue, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London, England.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Email: valencehousemuseum@lbbd.gov.uk
- Type: Museum
- Description: local museum within a medieval manor house in Dagenham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre” and “Valence House”
- Address: Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 3HT
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chadwell Heath railway station and Goodmayes railway station.
Chadwell Heath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chadwell Heath railway station is a stop on the Great Eastern Main Line in Chadwell Heath, which straddles the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham in East London, England. Chadwell Heath railway station is situated 3,800 feet north of Valence House Museum.
Goodmayes railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goodmayes railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line serving the district of Goodmayes in the London Borough of Redbridge, east London. It is 9 miles 23 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Seven Kings and Chadwell Heath. Goodmayes railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Valence House Museum.
St Thomas’s Church, Becontree
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Thomas’s Church, Becontree is situated 2,600 feet west of Valence House Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Becontree Heath and Becontree.
Becontree Heath
Suburb
Photo: MRSC, Public domain.
Becontree Heath is an open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The name has also been applied to the local area, in particular to the RM8 postal district.
Becontree
Suburb
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Becontree is an area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England, 11 miles northeast of Charing Cross. It was constructed between 1921 and 1935 as the largest public housing estate in the world.
Goodmayes
Quarter
Photo: terry joyce, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goodmayes is an area in East London, England. It is a ward of the London Borough of Redbridge, eleven miles north-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of both the Romford and Ilford post towns.
Valence House Museum
- Categories: house, local museum, archives, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.55824° or 51° 33′ 30″ northLongitude
0.13429° or 0° 8′ 4″ eastOperator
London Borough of Barking and DagenhamOpen location code
9F32H45M+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 371156655OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q7910630
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Valence House Museum” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Valence House Museum”
- French: “Valence House Museum”
- German: “Valence House Museum”
- Irish: “Valence House Museum”
- Italian: “Valence House Museum”
- Spanish: “Valence House Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Valence Library and Valence Primary School.
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