Vestry House Museum
Overview
Victorian parlour, police cell, domestic displays, the 1892 Bremer car and exhibits on local industry housed in an 18thC workhouse and police station. Reinterpreted workhouse gardens. Archives and Local Studies Library for London Borough of Waltham Forest are housed in the same building, available by appointment only. A short talk about the building can be pre-booked.
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Practical Information
Wednesday - Friday ,10:00 - 17:00.
Saturday 10:00 - 17:30.
Closed : Monday, Tuesday & Sunday.
Admission free, donations are welcome.
Vestry Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 9NH
For More Information:
+44 (0)20 8496 4391
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Vestry House Museum
- Address
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Vestry Road
WalthamstowLondonE17 9NH - Telephone:
- +44 (0)20 8496 4391
- Public transport:
- Exit station, cross Selbourne Road at junction with Hoe Street. Then cross Hoe Street and go down to St Mary Road. Walk to end of St Mary Road and then straight along Church
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Latest 1 review of Vestry House Museum
I did my work experience here,and although the building may seem inferior from the outside,its not from the inside.
Things inlcuded within are the first ever engine powered car,an orginial lock up cell,numerous Waltham Forest related items such as Halex/Xylonite etc.
There are also things such as a roman sarchophagus,old signs,a recreation of a Victorian Parlour Room and a 1940's room
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