Vestry House Museum is the local history museum for the London Borough of Waltham Forest, and stands within the village of Church End, Walthamstow. This secluded area still preserves a rural atmosphere, although it lies only a quarter of a mile from Walthamstow’s main shopping centre and barely six and a half miles from the City of London.
Vestry House, a two-storey building of brown stock brick, was constructed in 1730 as a workhouse by order of the Walthamstow Vestry. It was later a police station and a private house.
Vestry House Museum is financed by the London Borough of Waltham Forest and since 1931, when it was opened by Sir Ernest Pollock, Master of the Rolls, it has been the borough’s museum and local studies library and archive.
The first motor car to be driven in London and the first built in Britain is displayed at the museum. Frederick Bremer built the car in Walthamstow.
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- Address: Vestry Road, London,E17 9NH,United Kingdom
- Phone: 020 8496 4391
- Website: http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house
- Email: vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
- Get there by bus: The Museum is only a 7-minute walk from Walthamstow Central (rail/tube/bus) which is on the end of the Victoria line.Alternatively it is a 10 minute walk from Queen's Road station
- Get there by tube/train: Walthamstow Central Station (0.5 km)
- Wheelchair access: Yes
- Additional information: The ground floor of the Museum is accessible to individuals with wheelchairs
Opening Times
- Monday Closed
- Tuesday Closed
- Wednesday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Thursday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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