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Blythe House

 
 
ADDRESS
23 Blythe Road, Hammersmith, London W14 0QX 
 
TELEPHONE
020 7602 5886 
 

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  • Visitor Information
Blythe House is where the V & A's collection of objects in storage are housed including furniture, ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles, fashion and fine arts. Previously the headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank in Olympia the cavernous space is now home to musuem quality archive material, all of which can be viewed, by appointment only, in the Blythe House Reading Room. Anyone can apply for a Reader Ticket, free of charge, and they are valid
for three years however an appointment is essential, early booking and at least one week's notice are advised.
 
 

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Olympia Hilton NCP
 
6 minutes walk
 
Broadwood Terrace NCP
 
11 minutes walk
 
 
 
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Hotels near Blythe House

Near Blythe House
Hilton Olympia London
Hilton Olympia
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 76% off from £78
380 Kensington High Street, W148NL | 6 minutes from Blythe House
Though it is designed for visitors to the nearby Olympia Exhibition Centre, there are plenty of other reasons to stay at the Hilton Olympia, not least ...More
 
 
 
The W14 Hotel London London
The W14 Hotel London
London > Hotels > Budget Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 50% off from £63
16-22 Gunterstone Road, W14 | 8 minutes from Blythe House
The W14 Hotel London is a 3 star budget hotel located in trendy Kensington. Spanning four beautiful Victorian town houses with original features, mixed in with ...More
 
 
 
Kensington West London
Kensington West
London > Hotels > Budget Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 81% off from £33
25 Matheson Road, W14 | 9 minutes from Blythe House
This family friendly hotel in West Kensington is a good choice if you’re travelling on a budget. Functional and affordable, all rooms come with en-suite facilities, ...More
 
 
 
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Alternative Museums nearest Blythe House

Nearest to Blythe House
Leighton House Museum London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Leighton House Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
12 Holland Park Road, London, Holland Park, London W14 | 10 minutes from Blythe House
Leighton House is one of the most opulent museums in London, and its small scale makes it easy enough to explore thoroughly in an afternoon. Located ...More
 
 
 
Shepherds Bush Library London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Shepherds Bush Library
London > Attractions > Museums
6 Wood Lane, London, W12 | 20 minutes from Blythe House
In the shadow of the Westfield Shopping Centre, the £2 million Shepherds Bush Library easily competes with the sharp architectural lines and bright lights of the ...More
 
 
 
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
London > Attractions > Museums
Colville Mews, Lonsdale Road, London, Notting Hill, London W11 | 32 minutes from Blythe House
From Cornflakes to Ker-plunk, Spacedust to Spacehoppers, take a nostalgic tour through 200 years of British consumerism with Robert Opie's unique creation. Enter the Museum of ...More
 
 
 
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Sights and Attractions near Blythe House

The best museums, galleries, attractions near Blythe House
Holland Park London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Holland Park
London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
Holland Park Avenue / Kensington High Street, London, Holland Park, London W8 | 13 minutes from Blythe House
Small, pretty park in west London. Pretty, petit Holland Park is the ideal location for those wanting to escape the clamour of the city but who don’t ...More
 
 
 
Maggie's Centre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Maggie's Centre
London > Attractions > Sights
Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 | 17 minutes from Blythe House
Maggie's Centre next to Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith is the first cancer care hospice in England (there are several more in Scotland) for this charitable ...More
 
 
 
Linley Sambourne House (18 Stafford Terrace) London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Linley Sambourne House (18 Stafford Terrace)
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
18 Stafford Terrace, London, Kensington, London W8 | 18 minutes from Blythe House
For a virtually untouched and immaculately preserved slice of Victorian living, visit this delightful building. One of the only genuine Victorian townhouses remaining and virtually unchanged ...More
 
 
 
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Events near Blythe House

Near Blythe House
Leighton House Museum Tours London
Leighton House Museum Tours
London > Events > Tours  Dates: 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2012
Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road, Holland Park, London W14 | 10 minutes from Blythe House
Explore the former home of classical painter and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic, Lord Leighton, with a tour of his house on Holland Park Road. ...More
 
 
 
Blow Up! London
Blow Up!
London > Events > Clubbing and Nightlife  Dates: Friday 1st June 2012 - 8pm-3am
Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, W12 | 13 minutes from Blythe House
DJs Paul Tunkin and Ian Jackson spin pop, 1960s soul, funk and ska....More
 
 
 
Bob Mould, Cloud Nothings
London > Events > Concerts  Dates: Friday 1st June 2012 - 7pm
Shepherd's Bush Empire, Shepherd's Bush Green, W12 | 16 minutes from Blythe House
The American alt rock singer-songwriter performs music from the album Copper Blue and Husker Du material....More
 
 
 
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Entertainment near Blythe House

Near Blythe House
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Laugh
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
Ginglik, Club on the Green, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, London, W12 | 13 minutes from Blythe House
A cosy DJ bar that comes alive on Tuesday nights, with the cream of the comedy circuit. Toilet humour has never been so good as in ...More
 
 
 
Lyric Hammersmith London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Lyric Hammersmith
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Lyric Square, 2 King Street, London, W6 | 15 minutes from Blythe House
Frank Matcham's velvet and gilt theatre was saved from demolition - following a public outcry - by being carefully dismantled, moved from its location further down ...More
 
 
 
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
London > Entertainment > Live Music
Shepherd's Bush Green, London, W12 | 16 minutes from Blythe House
The Empire is, admittedly, not the most comfortable of venues - the standing area is sunk so far beneath the main stage that anyone under six ...More
 
 
 
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Shopping near Blythe House

The best shops and markets near Blythe House
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Boomerang
London > Shopping > Baby Care
69 Blythe Road, London, W14 | 5 minutes from Blythe House
Crammed with baby goodies, this is the number one stop for mothers-to-be. With a plethora of eye-catching babygros and vests you’ll have a well-dressed tot ...More
 
 
 
Betty Blythe London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Betty Blythe
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
73 Blythe Road, London, W14 | 5 minutes from Blythe House
This charming fine food pantry and cafe has a 1920s theme running through it, from the tea ladies in vintage dresses, beads, hats and ruby red ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Roberson Wine
London > Shopping > Wine Merchants
348 Kensington High Street, London, Holland Park, London W14 | 8 minutes from Blythe House
Family owned independent wine merchant. Roberson's stock the largest selection of wine by the bottle in London, largely French classics...More
 
 
 
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Restaurants near Blythe House

What are the best dining options near Blythe House London?
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Chez Marcelle
London > Restaurants > Middle Eastern restaurants
34 Blythe Road, London, Hammersmith, London W14 | 1 minute from Blythe House
...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Pizza Express
London > Restaurants > Italian restaurants
Hammersmith Road (Olympia Exhibition Centre), London, Kensington, London W14 | 3 minutes from Blythe House
Pizza Express has become something of a London institution. Serving consistently excellent Italian pizzas quickly in pleasant unfussy surroundings, this is always a convenient and acceptable ...More
 
 
 
Crussh London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Crussh
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, Kensington, London W14 | 3 minutes from Blythe House
This chain of juice bars squishes together a delightful variety of flavoursome, healthy drinks. They press fresh juice fruit right in front of you, and blend ...More
 
 
 
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Education near Blythe House

Near Blythe House
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art
London > Education > Arts and Drama
155 Talgarth Road, London, Hammersmith, London W14 | 10 minutes from Blythe House
LAMDA is among the most famous and prestigious acting schools in the world. It is very hard to be selected for a course here, but almost ...More
 
 
 
King Street College London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
King Street College
London > Education > English Language Courses
47 Shepherd's Bush Green, London, W12 | 14 minutes from Blythe House
This school teaches about 800 students from 40 different countries, offering general and exam focused English language courses for adults. Students prepare for the Cambridge exams and ...More
 
 
 
The London School of Painting and Drawing London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The London School of Painting and Drawing
London > Education > Evening Classes
23 Kensington Square, London, Kensington, London W8 | 23 minutes from Blythe House
Evening and weekend classes in life drawing and painting, taught by tutors from the Slade School of Fine Art and the Royal Society of British Sculptors. ...More
 
 
 
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Leisure near Blythe House

Blythe House gyms, sporting activities, health & beauty and fitness.
K Spa at K West Hotel London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
K Spa at K West Hotel
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
K West Hotel & Spa, Richmond Way, London, W14 | 10 minutes from Blythe House
Book in for some freeze-thaw action at the K Spa at the K West Hotel, an oasis of calm in a stylishly modernised former ...More
 
 
 
Holland Park London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Holland Park
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Ilchester Place, London, Holland Park, London W8 | 13 minutes from Blythe House
Pretty, petit Holland Park is the ideal location for those wanting to escape the clamour of the city but who don't want to travel too far ...More
 
 
 
Shymala Ayurveda London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Shymala Ayurveda
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
152 Holland Park Avenue, London, Holland Park, London W11 | 15 minutes from Blythe House
A plush and wonderfully relaxing health and beauty centre using the ancient Indian healing system Ayurveda. It offers a wide range of treatments including detoxification, herbal ...More
 
 
 
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Pubs near Blythe House

The best pubs near London Blythe House.
Cumberland Arms London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cumberland Arms
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
29 North End Road, London, Hammersmith, London W14 | 5 minutes from Blythe House
An excellent gastropub, with a menu of truly delightful English and Mediterranean dishes. The Cumberland is the only decent pub within a mile radius, a friendly ...More
 
 
 
The Havelock Tavern London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Havelock Tavern
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
57 Masbro Road, London, W14 | 5 minutes from Blythe House
Highly rated as a gastropub, The Havelock just off Brook Green is well known in these back streets of West London. Popular with the locals, last ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Hole in the Wall
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
12 Sutton Lane, London, W4 | 12 minutes from Blythe House
...More
 
 
 
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Nightlife near Blythe House

Blythe House clubs, bars, cabaret nights, casinos and interesting nightlife.
Ginglik London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Ginglik
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
1 Shepherds Bush Green, London, W12 | 13 minutes from Blythe House
This unique club under Shepherd's Bush Green in a former public toilet has escaped a threatened closure early in 2009. Thanks to the untiring efforts of ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Green Room
London > Nightlife > Bars
45A Goldhawk Road, London, W12 | 15 minutes from Blythe House
Where the Bush Bar and Grill used to be - down a dingy alley off Goldhawk Road - we now have the Green Room. Gone is ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Bluejay
London > Nightlife > Bars
184 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 | 19 minutes from Blythe House
Bluejay is a very unusual find on this part of the Uxbridge Road, a classy jazz club with a sleek interior, lounge atmosphere and a smart ...More
 
 
 
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Meeting venue hire near Blythe House

Where to have your meeting, conference, exhibition, private dining or training course near Blythe House.
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Debenham House
London > Business > Venue Hire
8 Addison Road, Holland Park, London, Holland Park, London W14 | 10 minutes from Blythe House
...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Earls Court Conference and Exhibition Centre
London > Business > Venue Hire
Warwick Road, London, Earls Court, London SW5 | 20 minutes from Blythe House
...More
 
 
 
Louise T Blouin Foundation Institute London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Louise T Blouin Foundation Institute
London > Business > Venue Hire
Louise T Blouin Foundation Institute, 3 Olaf Street, London, W11 | 23 minutes from Blythe House
...More
 
 
 
 

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Leighton House Museum Tours
Tours | Until 31st December 2012 

Leighton House Museum 10 minutes walk from Blythe House

Explore the former home of classical painter and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic, Lord Leighton, with a tour of ...More

The Beloved
Theatre | Until 9th June 2012 

Bush Theatre 18 minutes walk from Blythe House

Acclaimed Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur and the Young Vic arrive at the Bush Theatre with their emotive and tragic take ...More

Yoga For Adults
Sporting Events | Until 31st May 2012 

The Apothecary Gallery 19 minutes walk from Blythe House

...More

Thursdays at Miss Q's
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 31st May 2012 

Miss Q's 20 minutes walk from Blythe House

Resident DJs spin rock'n'roll and indie classics, plus live bands....More

Mind Body Spirit Festival
Mind Body Spirit Festival
Exhibitions | Until 4th June 2012 

Earls Court Exhibition Centre 20 minutes walk from Blythe House

Mind Body Spirit 2011 is the essential show for anyone seeking the tools or methods to change and empower their ...More

 
Moulettes
Concerts | On 31st May 2012 

Bush Hall 24 minutes walk from Blythe House

The prog-folk ensemble performs music in support of its forthcoming album....More

Tinlin, Chris Peck & The Family Tree, Marc O'Reilly, Erin K & Tash
Concerts | On 31st May 2012 

The Troubadour 25 minutes walk from Blythe House

Folk-pop by the duo from Chesham....More

Little Switzerland, Goodnight Ohio, Counting Coins, The Happy Endings, Abbie Lammas
Concerts | On 31st May 2012 

Archangel 1.15 miles from Blythe House

Indie-pop by the Hull-based band....More

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Kids Events | Until 9th September 2012 

The Threesixty Theatre 1.17 miles from Blythe House

Following their staging of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens the threesixty theatre company return to the same tented venue with ...More

 
Jubilee - A View From the Crowd
Jubilee - A View From the Crowd
Exhibitions | Until 4th September 2012 

Kensington Palace State Apartments 1.23 miles from Blythe House

As we are in the grip of Diamond Jubilee fever, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne, Kensington ...More

 
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