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Buckingham Palace Garden

Look for Buckingham Palace Garden in Westminster. Close by, within 5 km, are 379 more places to see. The register lists it as a Grade II* listed park and garden.

Photo: Buckingham Palace Garden, ViWu (Public domain)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 12%

#1,023 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Garden in Westminster

Inside Westminster

Buckingham Palace Garden is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 379 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Westminster has 3,887 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Westminster

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

Buckingham Palace Garden

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 8 languages. Worth the trip, Buckingham Palace is 200 m off.

Westminster’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Grade II* listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Westminster

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

The map

Buckingham Palace Garden and what surrounds it

Use the numbers to match each place near Buckingham Palace Garden with the list.

Towns near it

Staying near Buckingham Palace Garden

The biggest base of the 8 is Wandsworth (326,725 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 800 m west of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km north of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Buckingham Palace Garden is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	800 m west of it	143,348	399
Lambeth	1.7 km south of it	317,108	450
Camden	1.8 km north of it	209,342	458
Wandsworth	1.9 km southwest of it	326,725	442
Southwark	2.5 km southeast of it	307,076	471
City of London	2.6 km northeast of it	7,820	432
Islington	3.4 km northeast of it	216,309	425

Make a day of it

More near Buckingham Palace Garden

Among the 606 within 15 km are 2 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 attractions.

Historic houseBuckingham Palace200 m away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.4 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.3 km away 4

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.5 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionLondon Eye1.8 km away 7

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.9 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)8

Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesSaint James's Palace700 m away

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

Buckingham Palace Garden in questions

Where is Buckingham Palace Garden?

Buckingham Palace Garden is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Buckingham Palace Garden?

Garden in London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Buckingham Palace Garden?

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

Is Buckingham Palace Garden a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Buckingham Palace Garden?

Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (200 m), British Museum (2.4 km), Westminster Abbey (1.3 km) and Elizabeth Tower (1.5 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 (9)

Buckingham Palace Garden: ViWu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint James's Palace: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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