Art gallery · Lambeth · London

BFI Gallery

The BFI Gallery was the BFI's contemporary art gallery dedicated to artists' moving image housed within BFI Southbank, the British Film Institute's flagship venue. Visitors find it inside Lambeth’s built-up area. Our list has 604 more places within 15 km; first among them is British Museum, at 1.6 km.

Where

In Lambeth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 49%

#4,147 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Art gallery in Lambeth

Inside Lambeth

BFI Gallery is inside Lambeth’s built-up area, with 391 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.

When to go

The seasons here

If warmth matters, go May to September: Lambeth reaches 18–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°42 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°45 mm

Aug23° / 14°55 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 3°58 mm

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

About

BFI Gallery

The BFI Gallery was the BFI's contemporary art gallery dedicated to artists' moving image housed within BFI Southbank, the British Film Institute's flagship venue in London..

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

Type: Art gallery
Town: in Lambeth

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

The map

Orange is BFI Gallery; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Lambeth is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (317,108 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

2 · 300 m west of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 500 m southeast of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

4 · 500 m northeast of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where BFI Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Lambeth	It’s in town	317,108	450
Westminster	300 m west of it	203,571	461
Southwark	500 m southeast of it	307,076	471
City of London	500 m northeast of it	7,820	432
Camden	500 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Islington	1.5 km north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	1.9 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	2.6 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Of the 604 within 15 km, look for 2 attractions, 2 art galleries and a museum.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.6 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.2 km away 3

AttractionElizabeth Tower900 m away 4

AttractionLondon Eye500 m away 5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery900 m away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2 km away 7

Big drawCastleTower of London2.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.1 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)

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

Visiting BFI Gallery

Where is BFI Gallery?

BFI Gallery is in Lambeth, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is BFI Gallery?

The BFI Gallery was the BFI's contemporary art gallery dedicated to artists' moving image housed within BFI Southbank, the British Film Institute's flagship venue in London..

When is the best time to visit BFI Gallery?

May to September are the warmest months in Lambeth, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near BFI Gallery?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.6 km), Westminster Abbey (1.2 km), Elizabeth Tower (900 m) and London Eye (500 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 (8)

British Museum: Ham, 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
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

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