Cavendish Square
Cavendish Square is a public square in the West End of London. Head into Westminster’s built-up area to find it. Nearby, British Museum (1.3 km) heads a list of 601 within 15 km.
Garden in Westminster
Inside Westminster
Cavendish Square is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 392 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.
Seasons and weather
In Westminster the warm season is May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.
Cavendish Square
Its story is told in 7 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Garden
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Westminster
Where it sits
Orange is Cavendish Square; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Westminster’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Cavendish Square
Lambeth tops the 8 for size, at 317,108 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Westminster
Camden
Kensington and Chelsea
Lambeth
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Cavendish Square is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | It’s in town | 203,571 | 461 |
| Camden | 600 m north of it | 209,342 | 458 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1.9 km southwest of it | 143,348 | 399 |
| Lambeth | 2.1 km south of it | 317,108 | 450 |
| City of London | 2.2 km east of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Islington | 2.2 km northeast of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| Southwark | 2.7 km southeast of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Tower Hamlets | 3.2 km east of it | 311,072 | 430 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Pair Cavendish Square with these
Within 15 km you can add 2 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Historic houseBuckingham Palace1.7 km away3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.3 km away4
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.4 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)5
AttractionElizabeth Tower2.3 km away6
MuseumMadame Tussauds1 km away7
AttractionLondon Eye2.3 km away8
Big drawCastleTower of London4.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Cavendish Square, answered
Where is Cavendish Square?
Cavendish Square is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Cavendish Square?
Public square in the West End of London, England.
When is the best time to visit Cavendish Square?
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 Cavendish Square?
Within 15 km: British Museum (1.3 km), Buckingham Palace (1.7 km), Westminster Abbey (2.3 km) and National Gallery (1.4 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)
- Cavendish Square: Edward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, 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
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, 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
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