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Blackfriars Millennium Pier

Blackfriars Millennium Pier is a pier on the River Thames near Blackfriars. Head into City of London’s built-up area to find it. Around it, within 15 km, lie 599 more places, British Museum (2 km) first on our list.

Photo: Blackfriars Millennium Pier, giggel (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In City of London

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 44%

#3,733 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Pier in City of London

Inside City of London

Blackfriars Millennium Pier is inside City of London’s built-up area, with 369 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

Warm months and wet ones

Warm weather in City of London runs May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.

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

Blackfriars Millennium Pier

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Type: Pier
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in City of London

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

The map

Spot Blackfriars Millennium Pier in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Blackfriars Millennium Pier

By population, Lambeth leads the 8 with 317,108. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

2 · 100 m southeast of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 600 m south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

4 · 700 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Blackfriars Millennium Pier is	People	Places to visit
City of London	It’s in town	7,820	432
Southwark	100 m southeast of it	307,076	471
Lambeth	600 m south of it	317,108	450
Camden	700 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Westminster	700 m west of it	203,571	461
Islington	900 m north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	1.1 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	1.6 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

While you are near Blackfriars Millennium Pier

Within 15 km you can add 2 cathedrals, 2 art galleries and 2 attractions.

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

Big drawCastleTower of London1.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral400 m away 4

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

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.2 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.9 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye1.5 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.9 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Visiting Blackfriars Millennium Pier

Where is Blackfriars Millennium Pier?

Blackfriars Millennium Pier is in City of London, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Blackfriars Millennium Pier?

Pier on the River Thames near Blackfriars.

When is the best time to visit Blackfriars Millennium Pier?

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

What else is there to see near Blackfriars Millennium Pier?

Within 15 km: British Museum (2 km), Tower of London (1.8 km), St Paul's Cathedral (400 m) 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)

Blackfriars Millennium Pier: giggel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
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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