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Baynard's Castle

Baynard's Castle is a buildings on two neighbouring sites. Inside City of London’s built-up area is where it stands. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.

Photo: Baynard's Castle (Public domain)

Where

In City of London

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#885 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Castle in City of London

Inside City of London

Baynard's Castle is inside City of London’s built-up area, with 369 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; City of London has 587 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in City of London

Afternoons in City of London peak at 19–24°C, May to September.

Jan9° / 3°58 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°47 mm

Jun22° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°50 mm

Aug24° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 4°59 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in City of London, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for City of London. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. City of London’s full climate →

About

Baynard's Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 9 languages. There are 600 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with British Museum (2.1 km).

City of London’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in City of London

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Baynard's Castle

The orange dot is Baynard's Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Baynard's Castle

Home to 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of these 8. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

2 · 300 m southeast of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 700 m south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

4 · 800 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Baynard's Castle is	People	Places to visit
City of London	It’s in town	7,820	432
Southwark	300 m southeast of it	307,076	471
Lambeth	700 m south of it	317,108	450
Camden	800 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Westminster	800 m west of it	203,571	461
Islington	900 m north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	1 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	1.5 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Of the 600 within 15 km, look for 2 cathedrals, 2 art galleries and 2 attractions.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral300 m away 3

Big drawCastleTower of London1.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern400 m away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.3 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower2.1 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye1.6 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Baynard's Castle: the answers

Where is Baynard's Castle?

Baynard's Castle is in City of London, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Baynard's Castle?

Buildings on two neighbouring sites in London.

When is the best time to visit Baynard's Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in City of London, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Baynard's Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Baynard's Castle?

Within 15 km: British Museum (2.1 km), St Paul's Cathedral (300 m), Tower of London (1.7 km) and Tate Modern (400 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)

Baynard's Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 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
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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