Wandle Industrial Museum

Wandle Industrial Museum The museum was founded in 1983. Its mission is to preserve, store, and interpret the heritage and history of the industries and people of the River Wandle.

It is manned by volunteers. History Museum

Tuesday Quiz Day. This wood clapboarded house could be found in Mitcham but do you know where it may have been?Last week...
15/09/2026

Tuesday Quiz Day. This wood clapboarded house could be found in Mitcham but do you know where it may have been?
Last week the date we were looking for when a textile works was first mentioned in Merton Abbey was 1724.

An industrial heritage walk along the Wandle Trail from Colliers Wood station to Earlsfield, taking in Merton Mill (late...
14/09/2026

An industrial heritage walk along the Wandle Trail from Colliers Wood station to Earlsfield, taking in Merton Mill (later Connolly Bros leather works), Paxton’s patent leather works, Wandle Nature Park, The Old Coppermill near the AFC Wimbledon stadium, the Corruganza works where the trade union activist Mary Macarthur supported a group of striking women and girls in 1908, and Garratt Mills which made gunpowder for the 17th century Anglo-Dutch wars.
12.00 Friday 18 Sept, booking by email to [email protected]

Founders Day celebration at the Mary Tate Cottages. Built in 1829. They were built to house single ladies. They remain a...
13/09/2026

Founders Day celebration at the Mary Tate Cottages. Built in 1829. They were built to house single ladies. They remain an important of the Cricket Green area in Mitcham. The green is home to the oldest continuous cricket club in the world.

Mitcham Cricket Green Community & Heritage Mitcham Arts & Wellbeing Collective

Could you spare one Sunday afternoon a month? We are on the look out for people to help us to open on a Sunday afternoon...
11/09/2026

Could you spare one Sunday afternoon a month? We are on the look out for people to help us to open on a Sunday afternoon between 2-5pm. No experience or knowledge of the industries or the River Wandle is necessary just a willingness to help and learn.

Thursday Postcard Day. This postcard shows the Pink and Hawthorn pattern of four tiles designed by William Morris and ma...
10/09/2026

Thursday Postcard Day. This postcard shows the Pink and Hawthorn pattern of four tiles designed by William Morris and made by William De Morgan c1860.

Wednesday Archive Day. This is a view of the cottages known as the Fisheries cottages at Mitcham Bridge from 1984. The v...
09/09/2026

Wednesday Archive Day. This is a view of the cottages known as the Fisheries cottages at Mitcham Bridge from 1984. The view is from the NT Watermeads a view today that is difficult due to the number of trees and other growth that has taken place in the Watermeads.

Tuesday Quiz Day. In what year was a calico printing works first recorded at Merton Abbey?The photograph last week was t...
08/09/2026

Tuesday Quiz Day. In what year was a calico printing works first recorded at Merton Abbey?
The photograph last week was taken looking south from Goat Road bridge.

This coming Wednesday 9th September our volunteer John Sheridan will be speaking in person and online about 'Morris and ...
07/09/2026

This coming Wednesday 9th September our volunteer John Sheridan will be speaking in person and online about 'Morris and Water' at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith for the William Morris Society UK.
If you are interested booking can be made by going to: https://buff.ly/Q8sFtEY

We are looking for individuals to help the museum open on a Sunday afternoon. You will a rota for each month and you won...
04/09/2026

We are looking for individuals to help the museum open on a Sunday afternoon. You will a rota for each month and you won't be required to work every Sunday unless you decide to. No experience or knowledge is necessary just a desire to learn and help out. if interested email [email protected]

Thursday Postcard Day. This postcard shows the Blackthorn pattern. John Henry Dearle designed this wallpaper for Morris ...
03/09/2026

Thursday Postcard Day. This postcard shows the Blackthorn pattern. John Henry Dearle designed this wallpaper for Morris & Co. in 1892. It was printed using the block printing technique by Jeffrey & Co.

Address

Vestry Hall Annexe, London Road
Mitcham
CR43UD

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
Sunday 2pm - 5pm

Telephone

+442086480127

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