Markfield Beam Engine and Museum, London

Name: Markfield Beam Engine and Museum
Address: Markfield Rd, London, N15 4RB, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1707 873628

#1512 among attractions in London

Museum, Science museum, History museum

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Markfield Beam Engine and Museum, London

Facts and practical information

Markfield Road Pumping Station, now known as Markfield Beam Engine and Museum or sometimes just as Markfield Beam Engine is a Grade II listed building containing a 100 horsepower beam engine, originally built in 1886 to pump sewage from Tottenham towards the Beckton Works. The grounds of the building now form a public park known as Markfield Park. ()

Built: 1886 (138 years ago)Coordinates: 51°34'55"N, 0°3'41"W

Address

Markfield RdHaringey (Seven Sisters)London N15 4RB United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1707 873628

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Day trips

Markfield Beam Engine and Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bruce Castle, Abney Park, Bomb Crater Pond, Abney Park Cemetery.

1.3 miNW
Museum, Vernacular architecture, Reportedly haunted
Bruce Castle, London
34 min walk • Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who formerly owned the land on which it is built.
1.4 miSW
Park
Abney Park, London
36 min walk • Abney Park is in Stoke Newington, London, England. It is a 13-hectare park dating from just before 1700, named after Lady Mary Abney and associated with Dr Isaac Watts, who laid out an arboretum.
1.2 miSE
Lake
Bomb Crater Pond, London
30 min walk • Bomb Crater Pond is a pond in the Walthamstow Marshes in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England. It formed in the crater left by the explosion of a German V-2 rocket on 11 February 1945, during World War II.
1.4 miSW
Cemetery
Abney Park Cemetery, London
36 min walk • Abney Park cemetery is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries in London, England. Abney Park in Stoke Newington in the London Borough of Hackney is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr.
0.9 miSE
Park
Walthamstow Marshes, London
24 min walk • Walthamstow Marshes, is a 36.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It was once an area of lammas land – common land used for growing crops and grazing cattle.
1.1 miNW
Church
St Philip the Apostle, London
27 min walk • St Philip the Apostle Church is a Church of England parish church in Tottenham, London, and part of the Diocese of London. In 1899 the London Diocesan Home Mission established a district which was served by an iron church in Philip Lane.
1.4 miNW
Park
Lordship Recreation Ground, London
37 min walk • Lordship Recreation Ground is a public park in Tottenham, London Borough of Haringey. It is over 20 hectares in size. Access is from Lordship Lane and from opposite Downhills Park in Downhills Park Road. It stretches approximately 750m north-south.
1.1 miNE
Lake
Lockwood Reservoir, London
27 min walk • Lockwood Reservoir is located in Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is one of the ten Walthamstow Reservoirs, which are part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain.
0.8 miS
Park
Springfield Park, London
21 min walk • Springfield Park is a park in Upper Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney. Spring Hill Recreation Ground, immediately to the north of the park, is an additional amenity.
0.6 miNW
Memorial
Tottenham High Cross, London
16 min walk • Tottenham High Cross was erected in Tottenham sometime between 1600 and 1609 by Owen Wood, Dean of Armagh, on the site of a wooden wayside cross first mentioned in 1409, and marks what was the centre of Tottenham Village.
1.4 miSE
Park
Leyton Marsh, London
37 min walk • Leyton Marsh is an open space in the Lower Lea Valley, located in Leyton in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Markfield Beam Engine and Museum?

Nearby attractions include West Warwick Reservoir, London (10 min walk), Walthamstow Wetlands, London (14 min walk), Tottenham Town Hall, London (16 min walk), Tottenham High Cross, London (16 min walk).

How to get to Markfield Beam Engine and Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Markfield Beam Engine and Museum:

Bus

Ferry Lane Primary School • Lines: W4 (6 min walk)
Grovelands Road • Lines: 318 (8 min walk)

Metro

Tottenham Hale • Lines: Victoria (12 min walk)
Seven Sisters • Lines: Victoria (14 min walk)

Train

South Tottenham (12 min walk)
Stamford Hill (22 min walk)