William Morris Gallery

The gallery has only just reopened following a major refurbishment - in fact parts of the grounds and Lloyd Park are still not quite completed yet!

The new look is fantastic - and currently sporting Grayson Perry's wonderful Walthamstow Tapestry for another few weeks.

There is far more interaction, more history about William Morris himself, and Morris &Co, including big fat books of Morris designs. And it's all free!

You can very easily get round the beautiful venue in 40minutes if you're not lingering about too much, but there is also a fabulously well-appointed cafe now, giving a great reason to just hang out and chill, overlooking the beautiful grounds.

Highly recommended - and almost on my doorstep!

As its name suggests this gallery was once lived in by wm and has a reasonable sized exhibition of his work along with that of his contemporaries. The upper floor has "The Brangwyn bequest" basically a load of paintings, drawings, etchings etc by the artist Frank Brangwyn and is well worth a visit if you're in the area. Walthamstow unfortunately doesn't have an awful lot going for it in the way of tourist attractions though the old village has a church ( St Marys ) with some interesting monuments in it but this is seldom open other than for services also nearby though i haven't been since i was a kid is vestry house museum.

This is a gallery founded in a house once occupied by the titular Morris, and is mostly concerned with him and his Pre-Raphaelite colleagues.
It is in a creaky old building and access is a problem, there is a manual ramp which has to be trundled out by staff to let in wheelchairs, and then the visit is limited to the ground floor. Recent reductions in opening has also limited visiting this gallery. Saying that it is set in a large park, which also until recently was a pleasure to visit, now it is very dowdy and uncared for. There is a cafe and toilets in the park, but have very limited opening hours and are quite far away.
With all this against it the exhibits are glorious and well worth the effort of a visit