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Benjamin Franklin House

Benjamin Franklin House is a grade I listed historic house museum in City of Westminster. Our list has 602 more places within 15 km; first among them is British Museum, at 1.3 km. Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Photo: Benjamin Franklin House, Ridiculopathy (CC0)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Westminster

Inside Westminster

Benjamin Franklin House is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 387 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Westminster has 3,887 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 Westminster

Afternoons in Westminster reach 19–24°C from May to September.

Jan9° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 12°53 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 6°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Benjamin Franklin House

Grade I listed historic house museum in City of Westminster, United Kingdom.

In Westminster, inside the town’s built-up area.

Westminster’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Westminster
Official site: benjaminfranklinhouse.org

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

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting your bearings

Orange marks Benjamin Franklin House, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns around Benjamin Franklin House, by distance

With 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of the 8. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 500 m south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

3 · 600 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

4 · 1 km northeast of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Benjamin Franklin House is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Lambeth	500 m south of it	317,108	450
Camden	600 m northwest of it	209,342	458
City of London	1 km northeast of it	7,820	432
Southwark	1.1 km southeast of it	307,076	471
Islington	1.8 km north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	2.3 km east of it	311,072	430
Kensington and Chelsea	2.4 km west of it	143,348	399

Make a day of it

While you are near Benjamin Franklin House

A visit can add 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum, from 602 places within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey900 m away 3

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery300 m away · 709K visitors a year (2021)4

AttractionElizabeth Tower800 m away 5

Historic houseBuckingham Palace1.4 km away 6

AttractionLondon Eye600 m away 7

Big drawCastleTower of London3.4 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral2 km away

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

What people ask about Benjamin Franklin House

Where is Benjamin Franklin House?

Benjamin Franklin House is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Benjamin Franklin House?

Grade I listed historic house museum in City of Westminster, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Benjamin Franklin House?

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

Is Benjamin Franklin House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Benjamin Franklin House?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.3 km), Westminster Abbey (900 m), National Gallery (300 m) and Elizabeth Tower (800 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)

Benjamin Franklin House: Ridiculopathy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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

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