Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

{{Short description|Museum in London, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox museum

| name = Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

| logo =

| logo_caption = Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum logo

| image = Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum exterior.png

| alt =

| map_type = United Kingdom London Waltham Forest

| caption = Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5767|-0.0345|type:landmark_region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| type = Transport and local history

| established = 1885

| location = Walthamstow
London, E17
United Kingdom

| visitors =

| director = Abdullah Seba

| publictransit = {{rint|london|overground}} {{rws|St James Street}}

| website = {{URL|https://walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk//}}

| owner = Heritage and Communities Trust

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.e17pumphouse.org.uk/History.html|title=History|author=Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum|access-date=1 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1379203|title=The Pump House|author=Historic England|access-date=1 May 2016}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.britainbycar.co.uk/walthamstow/171-bremer |title=Bremer |publisher=Britainbycar.co.uk |date=2015-04-14 |access-date=2020-05-11}} and the first all British aircraft, which first flew from Walthamstow Marshes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/4471811.walthamstow-historic-celebration-av-roe-flight-next-sunday/|title=Walthamstow: Historic celebration of AV Roe flight next Sunday|website=East London and West Essex Guardian Series|date=2 July 2009 }}

The museum displays various artifacts, including AEC Routemaster buses, a pair of Marshall C class steam engines,{{Cite web|url=https://walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk/|title=Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum | Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum|website=walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://walthamstuff.com/events/walham-forest-cello-fest-the-7th-underground-lunchtime-recital/|title=Walham Forest Cello Fest – the 7th Underground Lunchtime Recital|date=13 October 2019|work=Walthamstuff}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29110845|last=Jenny|first=Scott|title=London Tubes: Unexpected locations of underground trains|date=June 2015|publisher=BBC News|access-date=1 May 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/blog/against-eating-on-the-tube-not-any-more-121815|title=Against eating on the tube? Not any more|date=1 December 2015|work=Time Out|access-date=1 May 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://supperclub.tube/|title=Supperclub.tube, Dine on an old Victoria Line Tube Train|website=supperclub.tube}}

In 2025 the museum merged with the nearby Markfield Beam Engine and Museum to form the Heritage and Communities Trust.{{Cite news |last=Mills |first=Eleanor |date=25 March 2025 |title=Two industrial museums announce merger |url=https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/03/two-industrial-museums-announce-merger/ |access-date=30 March 2025 |work=Museums Journal |publisher=Museums Association}}