Honeywood Museum

Honeywood Walk
Carshalton
Greater London
SM5 3NX
England

Website

Official Council website

www.sutton.gov.uk

Friends website - more up-to-date

www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

E-mail

lbshoneywood@btconnect.com

Telephone

020 8770 4297

Fax

020 8770 4297

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Honeywood is a fine late Victorian and Edwardian house, incorporating part of an earlier 17th century building, overlooking the picturesque town ponds. The restored interior contains a wealth of period detail and displays on a range of topics linked to the history of the local area and the people who lived here. It has an active Friends group.
HAVING RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND HONEYWOOD IS CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT UNTIL MID-2012. PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE FOR RE-OPENING DETAILS.

Venue Type:

Museum, Historic house or home

Opening hours

Currently closed for refurbishment with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Re-opening late May 2012.

Admission charges

FREE

Discounts

  • Museums Association
  • International Council of Museums
Getting there

Rail: Carshalton
Bus: 127, 157, 406, X26
Tube: Morden, then 157

General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Gardens open to public
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
Schools services and facilities
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Wheelchair access to ground floor only.
Groups by prior booking only.

Honeywood Walk
Carshalton
Greater London
SM5 3NX
England

Website

Official Council website

www.sutton.gov.uk

Friends website - more up-to-date

www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

E-mail

lbshoneywood@btconnect.com

Telephone

020 8770 4297

Fax

020 8770 4297

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Displays tell the history of the people of the Borough of Sutton from the days of early settlement to the present, including Tudor life, the mills and country houses linked to the River Wandle, the Victorian and Edwardian eras and the Second World War. Period rooms include the Edwardian Billiards Room with its original fixtures and fittings.

Collection details

Archaeology, Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Inland Waterways, Industry, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Trade and Commerce

Key artists and exhibits

  • Tudor Life
  • Victorian Life
  • Carshalton Cricket Bowl
  • Beddington Roman Villa
  • Edwardian Billiards Room
  • Edwardian Dining Room
  • Childhood Room
  • Wandle Room
  • London, Brighton & South Coast Railway memorabilia

Honeywood Walk
Carshalton
Greater London
SM5 3NX
England

Website

Official Council website

www.sutton.gov.uk

Friends website - more up-to-date

www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

E-mail

lbshoneywood@btconnect.com

Telephone

020 8770 4297

Fax

020 8770 4297

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Getting there

Rail: Carshalton
Bus: 127, 157, 406, X26
Tube: Morden, then 157

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