Breaker's Yard
Breaker's Yard is a garden you can visit in Hackney. Our list has 97 more places within 5 km. Its care is managed by the National Trust.
Garden in Hackney
Inside Hackney
Breaker's Yard is inside Hackney’s built-up area, with 97 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by the National Trust
One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
The warmest stretch in Hackney is May to September, at 19–24°C in the afternoon.
Breaker's Yard
Nearby, British Museum (6.2 km) leads the list.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- National Trust
- Town
- in Hackney
Hours, entry and address
Breaker's Yard and what surrounds it
The orange dot is Breaker's Yard; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hackney’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Among the 8, Newham is the biggest, home to 351,065 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Hackney
Tower Hamlets
Islington
Waltham Forest
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Breaker's Yard is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | It’s in town | 258,464 | 407 |
| Tower Hamlets | 1.5 km south of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Islington | 1.8 km west of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| Waltham Forest | 1.9 km northeast of it | 278,129 | 73 |
| Newham | 2.2 km east of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Haringey | 3.1 km northwest of it | 264,069 | 149 |
| City of London | 3.6 km southwest of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Southwark | 4.6 km south of it | 307,076 | 471 |
Nearby, too
2 cathedrals, 2 art galleries and a museum are among the 572 within 15 km.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum6.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawCastleTower of London4.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral5.1 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey7.6 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower7.4 km away6
Historic houseBuckingham Palace8.3 km away7
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern5.7 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)8
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery7 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Breaker's Yard
Where is Breaker's Yard?
Breaker's Yard is in Hackney, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Breaker's Yard?
Garden.
Who runs Breaker's Yard?
National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Breaker's Yard?
May to September are the warmest months in Hackney, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Breaker's Yard?
Within 15 km: British Museum (6.2 km), Tower of London (4.9 km), St Paul's Cathedral (5.1 km) and Westminster Abbey (7.6 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
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 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
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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