Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Museum in London, England

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Location within London Borough of Waltham Forest

Established| 1885
Location| Walthamstow
London, E17
United Kingdom
Coordinates| 51°34′36″N 0°02′04″W﻿ / ﻿51.5767°N 0.0345°W﻿ / 51.5767; -0.0345
Type| Transport and local history
Director| Abdullah Seba
Owner| Heritage and Communities Trust
Public transit access|  St James Street
Website| walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk//

The Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum is a museum based in Walthamstow, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is based in and around Low Hall Pumping Station, a Grade II listed building, originally built as a sewage pumping station in 1885.[1][2]

The museum focuses on the pioneering breakthroughs in road, rail, air and sea transport, that occurred in Waltham Forest and the surrounding area,. These achievements include the first British motorcar[3] and the first all British aircraft, which first flew from Walthamstow Marshes.[4]

The museum displays various artifacts, including AEC Routemaster buses, a pair of Marshall C class steam engines,[5] and various fire fighting vehicles.

Also included in the museum's collection is a decommissioned London Underground 1967 Stock Victoria line carriage that is frequently used as a film set, concert venue for Underground Lunchtime Recitals and as a supper club three nights per week.[6][7][8][9]

In 2025 the museum merged with the nearby Markfield Beam Engine and Museum to form the Heritage and Communities Trust.[10]

## Gallery

[edit]

* This Dennis fire engine has been featured in many films and TV series, including London's Burning, Casualty and The Bill

* A working pair of original Marshall steam engines, which are Grade II listed

* There are two 1967 tube stock Victoria line carriages in the collection as an example of transport innovation. The Victoria line was the first fully automatic underground railway in the world.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. "History". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
2. ^ Historic England. "The Pump House". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
3. ^ "Bremer". Britainbycar.co.uk. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
4. ^ "Walthamstow: Historic celebration of AV Roe flight next Sunday". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 2 July 2009.
5. ^ "Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum | Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum". walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk.
6. ^ "Walham Forest Cello Fest – the 7th Underground Lunchtime Recital". Walthamstuff. 13 October 2019.
7. ^ Jenny, Scott (June 2015). "London Tubes: Unexpected locations of underground trains". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
8. ^ "Against eating on the tube? Not any more". Time Out. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
9. ^ "Supperclub.tube, Dine on an old Victoria Line Tube Train". supperclub.tube.
10. ^ Mills, Eleanor (25 March 2025). "Two industrial museums announce merger". Museums Journal. Museums Association. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walthamstow Pump House Museum.

* v
* t
* e

Heritage railways, museums and preservation societies in England

Operational railways

| Narrow-gauge|

* Amerton Railway
* Amberley Museum Railway
* Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
* Bure Valley Railway
* Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
* Gartell Light Railway
* Great Whipsnade Railway
* Great Woburn Railway
* Hastings Miniature Railway
* Hayling Seaside Railway
* Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry
* Launceston Steam Railway
* Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
* London Post Office Railway
* Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
* North Gloucestershire Railway
* Perrygrove Railway
* Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
* Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
* Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
* Ruislip Lido Railway
* Seaton Tramway
* Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway
* South Tynedale Railway
* Southend Pier Railway
* Steeple Grange Light Railway
* Volk's Electric Railway
* Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
* West Lancashire Light Railway
* Whistlestop Valley
* Yaxham Light Railway

|

Standard-gauge|

* Aln Valley Railway
* Appleby Frodingham Railway
* Avon Valley Railway
* Battlefield Line Railway
* Bluebell Railway
* Bodmin and Wenford Railway
* Bowes Railway
* Bristol Harbour Railway
* Cambrian Heritage Railways
* Chasewater Railway
* Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
* Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
* Churnet Valley Railway
* Colne Valley Railway
* Dartmouth Steam Railway
* Dean Forest Railway
* Derwent Valley Light Railway
* East Kent Railway
* East Lancashire Railway
* East Somerset Railway
* Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
* Eden Valley Railway
* Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
* Epping Ongar Railway
* Foxfield Railway
* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
* Great Central Railway
* Great Central Railway (Nottingham)
* Helston Railway
* Isle of Wight Steam Railway
* Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
* Kent and East Sussex Railway
* Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
* Lavender Line
* Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
* Mid-Norfolk Railway
* Middleton Railway
* Midland Railway – Butterley
* Mountsorrel Railway
* Nene Valley Railway
* North Norfolk Railway
* North Tyneside Steam Railway
* North Yorkshire Moors Railway
* Northampton and Lamport Railway
* Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust
* Peak Rail
* Plym Valley Railway
* Ribble Steam Railway
* Rother Valley Railway
* Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway
* Severn Valley Railway
* South Devon Railway
* Spa Valley Railway
* Stainmore Railway
* Swanage Railway
* Swindon and Cricklade Railway
* Tanfield Railway
* Telford Steam Railway
* Watercress Line
* Weardale Railway
* Wensleydale Railway
* West Somerset Railway
* Yorkshire Wolds Railway

Centres and museums

* Barrow Hill Roundhouse
* Bressingham Steam Museum
* Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
* Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
* Crewe Heritage Centre
* Crowle Peatland Railway
* Devon Railway Centre
* Didcot Railway Centre
* East Anglian Railway Museum
* Great Central Railway (Nottingham)
* Hollycombe Steam Collection
* Hopetown Darlington
* London Museum of Water & Steam
* Mangapps Railway Museum
* Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
* Moseley Railway Trust
* Mountsorrel Railway
* National Railway Museum
* North Ings Farm Museum
* Rutland Railway Museum
* National Railway Museum Shildon
* Shillingstone Railway Project
* Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
* Southall Railway Centre
* Stephenson Railway Museum
* Museum of the Great Western Railway (Swindon)
* Tyseley Locomotive Works
* Yeovil Railway Centre

Planned railways

* Berkeley Vale Railway
* Bideford Railway Heritage Centre
* Combe Rail
* Don Valley Railway
* Lea Bailey Light Railway
* Norfolk Orbital Railway
* North Dorset Railway
* North Somerset Railway
* Poulton & Wyre Railway
* Southwold Railway
* Tarka Valley Railway
* Wisbech and March Bramley Line

Closed sites

* Abbey Light Railway
* Ashford Steam Centre
* Cadeby Light Railway
* Dartmoor line (mainline service restored)
* Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway
* Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire
* Elsecar Heritage Railway
* Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society
* North Woolwich Old Station Museum
* Wells Harbour Railway

* Heritage railways: England
* Scotland
* Wales
* Northern Ireland
* Isle of Man
* Channel Islands

This article relating to a museum in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about a listed building in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template