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British Optical Association Museum

British Optical Association Museum is a medical museum. This one is within Westminster’s built-up area. Its operator is The College of Optometrists.

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

Run by

The College of Optometrists

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Westminster

Inside Westminster

British Optical Association Museum is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 388 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

How the seasons run

Highs of 19–24°C mark May to September in Westminster.

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

British Optical Association Museum

Add British Museum, 1.3 km away, to a visit; it leads 602 places within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: The College of Optometrists
Town: in Westminster
Official site: college-optometrists.org/the-british-optical-association-museum

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

The map

Locating British Optical Association Museum

The map puts British Optical Association Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns close to British Optical Association Museum

With 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of the 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

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 · 500 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 British Optical Association Museum is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Lambeth	500 m south of it	317,108	450
Camden	500 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	1.9 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

More near British Optical Association Museum

Our list has 602 more within 15 km, among them 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.

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

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1 km 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.

Questions before you go

Where is British Optical Association Museum?

British Optical Association Museum is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is British Optical Association Museum?

Medical museum in London, United Kingdom.

Who runs British Optical Association Museum?

The College of Optometrists.

When is the best time to visit British Optical Association Museum?

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

What else is there to see near British Optical Association Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.3 km), Westminster Abbey (1 km), 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 (8)

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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