Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden is a botanical garden. Its location is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. On the official register, it is a Grade I listed park and garden.
Garden in Kensington and Chelsea
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#177 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (22 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Kensington and Chelsea
Chelsea Physic Garden is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 292 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed park and garden
On the official list of protected heritage; Kensington and Chelsea has 1,148 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
May to September are the warmest in Kensington and Chelsea, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Articles on it exist in 22 languages. Add Buckingham Palace, 2.3 km away, to a visit; it leads 612 places within 15 km.
- Type
- Garden
- Listed
- Grade I listed park and garden
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 22 languages
- Town
- in Kensington and Chelsea
- Official site
- chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
The area around Chelsea Physic Garden
The places near Chelsea Physic Garden are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Chelsea Physic Garden
The 8 towns are led in size by Wandsworth, with 326,725 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
- 1Kensington and Chelsea
- 2Wandsworth
- 3Westminster
- 4Hammersmith and Fulham
- 5Lambeth
- 6Southwark
- 7Camden
- 8Richmond upon Thames
Kensington and Chelsea
Wandsworth
Westminster
Hammersmith and Fulham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Chelsea Physic Garden is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea | It’s in town | 143,348 | 399 |
| Wandsworth | 400 m south of it | 326,725 | 442 |
| Westminster | 700 m north of it | 203,571 | 461 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 1.4 km west of it | 182,187 | 266 |
| Lambeth | 2.1 km southeast of it | 317,108 | 450 |
| Southwark | 3.8 km east of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Camden | 3.9 km north of it | 209,342 | 458 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 4.5 km west of it | 192,888 | 128 |
While you are near Chelsea Physic Garden
There are 612 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house among them.
Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.3 km away2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.6 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.9 km away4
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.5 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5
AttractionElizabeth Tower3.2 km away6
Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.6 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)7
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery3.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8
AttractionLondon Eye3.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Chelsea Physic Garden
Where is Chelsea Physic Garden?
Chelsea Physic Garden is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Chelsea Physic Garden?
Botanical garden in London.
When is the best time to visit Chelsea Physic Garden?
May to September are the warmest months in Kensington and Chelsea, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Chelsea Physic Garden a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed park and garden.
What else is there to see near Chelsea Physic Garden?
Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (2.3 km), British Museum (4.6 km), Westminster Abbey (2.9 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (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)
- Chelsea Physic Garden: flickr user flickr-rickr, 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
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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