Bankside Gallery
Bankside Gallery is a public art gallery. It stands inside Southwark’s built-up area. Look also at British Museum, 2.2 km away, first of 601 more within 15 km.
Art gallery in Southwark
Inside Southwark
Bankside Gallery is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 371 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.
Month by month in Southwark
Afternoons in Southwark peak at 18–24°C, May to September.
Bankside Gallery
Its story is told in 5 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Art gallery
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Southwark
- Official site
- banksidegallery.com
Where it sits
Orange: Bankside Gallery.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Southwark’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Bankside Gallery
Largest of the 8 is Lambeth, home to 317,108. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Southwark
City of London
Lambeth
Westminster
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Bankside Gallery is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark | It’s in town | 307,076 | 471 |
| City of London | 200 m northeast of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Lambeth | 500 m south of it | 317,108 | 450 |
| Westminster | 800 m west of it | 203,571 | 461 |
| Camden | 800 m northwest of it | 209,342 | 458 |
| Islington | 1.2 km north of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| Tower Hamlets | 1.4 km east of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Hackney | 1.8 km northeast of it | 258,464 | 407 |
More near Bankside Gallery
The 601 places within 15 km include 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern100 m away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)3
Big drawCastleTower of London1.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral700 m away5
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.1 km away6
AttractionElizabeth Tower1.8 km away7
AttractionLondon Eye1.4 km away8
Historic houseBuckingham Palace3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Bankside Gallery
Where is Bankside Gallery?
Bankside Gallery is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Bankside Gallery?
Public art gallery in Bankside, London, England.
When is the best time to visit Bankside Gallery?
May to September are the warmest months in Southwark, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bankside Gallery?
Within 15 km: British Museum (2.2 km), Tate Modern (100 m), Tower of London (1.7 km) and St Paul's Cathedral (700 m).
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 (9)
- Bankside Gallery: the wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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