Pier · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Cadogan Pier

Cadogan Pier is a pier on the River Thames. This one is within Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 613 more places, Buckingham Palace (2.6 km) first on our list.

Photo: Cadogan Pier, Alexander P Kapp (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 34%

#2,866 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Pier in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Cadogan Pier is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 262 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

Month by month

Afternoons in Kensington and Chelsea peak at 19–24°C, May to September.

Jan9° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°54 mm

Sep20° / 12°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 5°66 mm

Dec9° / 3°59 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kensington and Chelsea, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kensington and Chelsea. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kensington and Chelsea’s full climate →

About

Cadogan Pier

Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Pier
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea

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

The map

The way to Cadogan Pier

The orange dot is Cadogan Pier; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Cadogan Pier

Wandsworth, with 326,725 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 200 m south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

3 · 1 km north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 1 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cadogan Pier is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Wandsworth	200 m south of it	326,725	442
Westminster	1 km north of it	203,571	461
Hammersmith and Fulham	1 km west of it	182,187	266
Lambeth	2 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Southwark	4 km east of it	307,076	471
Richmond upon Thames	4.2 km west of it	192,888	128
Camden	4.2 km north of it	209,342	458

Make a day of it

Close to Cadogan Pier

Nearby, 613 places within 15 km include 4 museums, a historic house and a cathedral.

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.6 km away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.3 km away 4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.6 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.5 km away 6

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.7 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery3.9 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

Big drawMuseumScience Museum1.7 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)

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

Cadogan Pier: what to know

Where is Cadogan Pier?

Cadogan Pier is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cadogan Pier?

Pier on the River Thames in London.

When is the best time to visit Cadogan Pier?

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

What else is there to see near Cadogan Pier?

Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (2.6 km), British Museum (4.9 km), Westminster Abbey (3.3 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (1.6 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 (9)

Cadogan Pier: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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