Kirkaldy Testing Museum

The Kirkaldy Testing Museum is a museum in Southwark, south London, England, in David Kirkaldy's former testing works. It houses Kirkaldy's huge testing machine, and many smaller more modern machines.

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Email: info@testingworks.org.uk
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Southwark, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Kirkaldy’s Testing Works And Testing Machine”
Address: 99 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0JF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tate Modern and Shakespeares Globe.

Tate Modern

Art gallery

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Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Modern is situated 720 feet northeast of Kirkaldy Testing Museum.

Shakespeares Globe

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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Shakespeares Globe is situated 1,600 feet east of Kirkaldy Testing Museum.

London Bridge

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 3,200 feet east of Kirkaldy Testing Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwark and Bankside.

Southwark

Suburb

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Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.

Bankside

Quarter

Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Gabriel’s Wharf

Locality

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England.

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

Categories: building, tourism, office building, and tourist attraction
Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50597° or 51° 30′ 22″ north

Longitude

-0.10154° or 0° 6′ 6″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C3XGV4X+99

OpenStreetMap ID

way 82459230

OpenStreetMap feature

building=office

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6415564

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