Most reviewed Historical place museums in Orpington, United Kingdom to visit (Updated January, 2024)

Most reviewed Historical place museums in Orpington

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Orpington through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 54 places from Historical place museum category.

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Dover Castle

Castle

Military museum, medieval underground works, labyrinthine war-time tunnels, with views and tours.

4.70 (14.5K reviews) (~89.81 km from centre)

Bletchley Park

Historical landmark

Large Victorian mansion with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.

4.70 (13.8K reviews) (~89.94 km from centre)

Churchill War Rooms

History museum

Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.

4.60 (12.9K reviews) (~20.99 km from centre)

Leeds Castle

Castle

Travel from a medieval queen's room to the 1920s, plus gardens, golf, zip slides & falconry.

4.70 (11.4K reviews) (~39.78 km from centre)

Kenwood House

Heritage building

A 17th-century country house within Hampstead Heath with restored interiors and notable artworks.

4.60 (5.2K reviews) (~28.39 km from centre)

Audley End House and Gardens

Heritage building

English Heritage Jacobean mansion, a third its original size, in Capability Brown-designed gardens.

4.60 (5.1K reviews) (~72.35 km from centre)

Wrest Park

Historical landmark

Historically important landscape with a French-style mansion, sculpture gallery and walking paths.

4.60 (4.4K reviews) (~78.58 km from centre)

National Trust - Petworth House and Park

Park

Vast 17th-century mansion in a 700-acre deer park immortalised in the paintings of J.M.W. Turner.

$$ $$

4.60 (3.9K reviews) (~65.28 km from centre)

Battle Abbey

Historical landmark

Medieval ruins and battlefield site with an interactive exhibition, a film about 1066 and a cafe.

4.60 (3.7K reviews) (~58.08 km from centre)

Deal Castle

Castle

16th-century artillery castle with huge circular bastions for cannons linked by network of passages.

4.40 (2.8K reviews) (~92.66 km from centre)

London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE

Historical place museum

Archeological remains of a temple dedicated to Roman god Mithras at Bloomberg's 3.2-acre complex.

4.50 (2.7K reviews) (~19.94 km from centre)

Pevensey Castle

Castle

16 centuries of history in sturdy castle with square keep, powerful gatehouse and site artifacts.

4.50 (2.2K reviews) (~64.02 km from centre)

Charles Dickens Museum

History museum

Manuscripts and personal items displayed in author's former home, where he wrote Oliver Twist.

4.50 (2K reviews) (~22.05 km from centre)

The Clink Prison Museum

Historical place museum

Torture devices & grisly tales about inmates & the former medieval prison on the site.

4.10 (1.9K reviews) (~19.55 km from centre)

Fulham Palace

Museum

Paintings, archaeology and artefacts tracing the history of the Palace site from prehistoric times.

4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~24 km from centre)

Chiswick House and Gardens

Manor house

Mansion inspired by Earl of Burlington's grand tours of Italy, with restored gardens & statuary.

4.60 (1.4K reviews) (~27.3 km from centre)

The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

Historical place museum

Apothecary displays share a church roof space with a partly restored former surgical theatre.

4.60 (1.1K reviews) (~19.24 km from centre)

Greenham Control Tower and Cafe

Historical landmark

👍👍 A very interesting place to visit, and a place I remember from watching the news back in the 1980s. As kids, we were sat scared stiff, waiting for Russian nuclear missiles to rain down on us and destroy our world - literally! It's great to see the history and that the place has been returned to nat...

4.60 (1.1K reviews) (~95.68 km from centre)

St Augustine's Abbey

Historical landmark

Remains of a Saxon church established in 597 AD, with a museum, shop, picnic area & audio tour app.

4.40 (1K reviews) (~69.92 km from centre)

Michelham Priory House & Gardens

Historical place museum

Palatial Tudor-style mansion, dating from the 13th-century, featuring a moat, watermill & gardens.

4.60 (831 reviews) (~57.55 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Historical place museums in Orpington, United Kingdom