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Heath Robinson Museum

The absurd machines of the illustrator whose name became an adjective, gathered where he lived in Pinner.

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William Heath Robinson lived in Pinner from 1908 to 1918, and the museum built in the memorial park in 2016 holds a thousand of his works: the contraptions of pulleys, string and patient men that made a Heath Robinson affair a phrase in the dictionary, but also the illustrated Shakespeare, Kipling and Hans Andersen, the children's books and the wartime cartoons. The drawings reward close looking, which is what a small gallery is for.

Where
West End Lane, HA5 1AE
Nearest station
Pinner · 5 min walk

Step-free access

Hours

MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
Thursday11:00 – 16:00
Friday11:00 – 16:00
Saturday11:00 – 16:00
Sunday11:00 – 16:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 5 September 2026.

Also open on bank holiday Mondays.

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