Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace is an attraction you can visit in Haringey. The surrounding 5 km hold 22 more places to visit. It is run by Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust.
Attraction in Haringey
Inside Haringey
Alexandra Palace is inside Haringey’s built-up area, with 22 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
Expect highs of 18–23°C in Haringey from May to September.
Alexandra Palace
First among the places near it is British Museum, at 8.3 km.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust
- Town
- in Haringey
- Official site
- alexandrapalace.com
Where it sits
Use the numbers to match each place near Alexandra Palace with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Haringey’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
By population, Barnet leads the 6 with 388,572. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Haringey
Barnet
Enfield
Islington
Compare the 6 towns
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Around Alexandra Palace
The 535 places within 15 km include 2 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawCastleTower of London10 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3
Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey11 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower10 km away6
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery9.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)7
MuseumMadame Tussauds8.1 km away8
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral9.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Alexandra Palace: questions
Where is Alexandra Palace?
Alexandra Palace is in Haringey, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Alexandra Palace?
Attraction.
Who runs Alexandra Palace?
Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust.
When is the best time to visit Alexandra Palace?
May to September are the warmest months in Haringey, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Alexandra Palace?
Within 15 km: British Museum (8.3 km), Tower of London (10 km), Buckingham Palace (10 km) and Westminster Abbey (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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