Top rated Heritage museums in Watford, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated January, 2024)

Top rated Heritage museums in Watford

Experience the best that Watford has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 63 places from Heritage museum category.

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Hammerwood Park

Historical landmark

1792 Greek Revival mansion open for guided tours, offering afternoon tea plus regular music events.

4.90 (41 reviews) (~69.33 km from centre)

Great War Huts

Heritage museum

👍👍 Book a tour/event; an extremely informative & reflective experience with a selection of original WW1 huts & reconstructed trench lines. Can only get better as more huts are found & resurrected.. an absolute must

4.90 (35 reviews) (~95.55 km from centre)

All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Tennis club

Lawn tennis venue for annual Wimbledon Grand Slam championship, with museum, tours and restaurants.

4.80 (9.4K reviews) (~30.64 km from centre)

Amberley Museum

Museum

Narrow gauge railway, vintage vehicle demos, old buildings and exhibitions in a former chalk quarry.

4.80 (2.1K reviews) (~88.16 km from centre)

The Criterion Blue Town

Heritage museum

Quaint, restored historic music hall, theater & museum with artifacts, memorabilia & performances.

4.80 (162 reviews) (~83.63 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) (~41.9 km from centre)

Weald & Downland Living Museum

Heritage museum

Restored farmsteads with animals and hands on activities, recreating rural life from 1300-1910.

4.70 (4.5K reviews) (~90.01 km from centre)

Bluebell Railway - (Sheffield Park, Station)

Heritage railroad

An 1880's station with steam engines on display, a museum & gift shop on a heritage railway line.

4.70 (3.1K reviews) (~81.5 km from centre)

National Horse Racing Museum

Heritage museum

Family-friendly venue embracing fine/decorative art, social history, archive material and photos.

4.70 (485 reviews) (~82.93 km from centre)

Oxford Bus Museum and Morris Motors Exhibition

Heritage museum

Displays on local bus/coach travel, including preserved vehicles, on Morris Motors and on old bikes.

4.70 (304 reviews) (~68.84 km from centre)

Pendon Museum

Heritage museum

3 galleries of miniature scenes recreating villages, trains and landscapes of the 1920s and 1930s.

4.70 (304 reviews) (~56.94 km from centre)

Vale & Downland Museum

Museum

👍👍 It's a really great compact museum with a huge range of exhibits. Where else would you be able to see an F1 exhibit through a tableau about the Saxons? There's always free trail sheets for various ages of children and information boards they can read as well as adults and interactive exhibits. Also...

4.70 (300 reviews) (~72.08 km from centre)

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Museum

👍👍 Terrific eclectic museum, run entirely by enthusiastic volunteers, tucked away in the backstreets of Walthamstow. Model railway, couple of tube trains, pumping engines, local history, and cafe. Has a great vibe. I've no idea how it's kept going for free. Very much a labour of love.

4.70 (276 reviews) (~27.7 km from centre)