Wandle Industrial Museum
Museum · Mitcham, England
The Wandle Industrial Museum is in the Vestry Hall Annexe, London Road, Mitcham, CR4 3UD, on the Lower Green. It opens Wednesday 1pm to 4pm and Sunday 2pm to 5pm and closes on bank holiday weekends; the operator warns that Sunday opening may be subject to change, so check before visiting. Admission is free, donations are welcomed, and the charity number is 288655.
History
The museum's stated mission is to preserve, store, and interpret the heritage and history of the industries and people of the River Wandle — snuff, calico printing, dyeing and flour — and it interprets the sites at Merton Abbey, Morden Hall and Ravensbury Mill, which is listed Grade II as NHLE 1080857. The exhibition Women of the Wandle, on the women who inherited and ran the Wandle mills, opened to the public on Sunday 15 June. The operator advises 45 to 60 minutes for a visit; there is no museum car park and no public toilets, and wheelchair access is available but difficult for larger motorised chairs. Mitcham / Lower Green, 76 m away, takes routes 45, 127, 200, 201, 280, S1, N44 and N133, and the operator's own directions tell S1 passengers to get off at the last stop, Lower Green. Mitcham tram stop is 541 m away, Mitcham Eastfields 1,126 m and Mitcham Junction 1,177 m.
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Vestry Hall Annexe, London Road, Mitcham, London CR4 3UD
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