Museum · Lambeth · London

Black Cultural Archive

Black Cultural Archive, a museum, stands in Lambeth. Nearby, 98 more places to visit are within 5 km. Top of the list nearby is British Museum, 6.6 km away.

Where

In Lambeth

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Lambeth

Inside Lambeth

Black Cultural Archive is inside Lambeth’s built-up area, with 98 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

Weather by the month

In Lambeth, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 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

Black Cultural Archive

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Lambeth

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

The map

Mapping Black Cultural Archive

Orange is Black Cultural Archive; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that count Black Cultural Archive

Largest of the 8 is Croydon, home to 389,242. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km northeast of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 2 km west of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

4 · 3 km northwest of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Black Cultural Archive is	People	Places to visit
Lambeth	It’s in town	317,108	450
Southwark	1.2 km northeast of it	307,076	471
Wandsworth	2 km west of it	326,725	442
Westminster	3 km northwest of it	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	3.8 km northwest of it	143,348	399
Lewisham	3.9 km east of it	300,764	218
Croydon	4.2 km south of it	389,242	49
Bromley	4.7 km southeast of it	325,469	66

Make a day of it

Close to Black Cultural Archive

Our list has 610 more within 15 km, among them 2 attractions, 2 art galleries and a museum.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum6.6 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.4 km away 3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.9 km away 4

AttractionElizabeth Tower4.5 km away 5

Big drawCastleTower of London5.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)6

AttractionLondon Eye4.8 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery5.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern5.3 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)

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

A visit to Black Cultural Archive: questions

Where is Black Cultural Archive?

Black Cultural Archive is in Lambeth, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Black Cultural Archive?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Black Cultural Archive?

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 Black Cultural Archive?

Within 15 km: British Museum (6.6 km), Westminster Abbey (4.4 km), Buckingham Palace (4.9 km) and Elizabeth Tower (4.5 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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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