Museums

Spring Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1UF [map]

Bourne Hall is a local history museum in Ewell in an extraordinary 1960s building in a Victorian park.

Lordship Lane, N17 8NU [map]

Since 1906, the Grade I listed Bruce Castle has been a museum and now houses the Borough of Haringey's local history collections, archives and art exhibitions.

Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, SE16 4LF [map]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's first project, with his father Sir Marc, scheduled ancient monument and international landmark site, now a museum, the Thames tunnel, the first under a river, is the oldest section in the London underground.

Rudolph Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3HW [map]

Bushey Museum is a local history museum with locally made products, a large collection of art by Lucy Kemp-Welch and historic artefacts.

48 Doughty Street, WC1N 2LX [map]

The Charles Dickens Museum is located in the building he lived in from 1837-1839. The collection includes letters, pictures, first editions, furniture, memorabilia and lovingly restored rooms.

The Cedars, Windsor Street, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8AT [map]

Chertsey Museum is a local history museum in a Regency townhouse exploring the history of the local Runnymede area. The collection includes photographs, furniture, ceramics, the Magna Carta story and the Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles.

1 Clink Street, Bankside, SE1 9DG [map]

Step inside a recreation of the world's most notorious medieval prison. Enjoy hands-on experience of torture devices and explore a day in the life of a medieval prisoner.