Museum · Southwark · London

Clink Prison Museum

Clink Prison Museum stands in Southwark. Add any of 358 more places within 5 km to a visit. Further out, Tower of London is 1.1 km away.

Where

In Southwark

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Southwark

Inside Southwark

Clink Prison Museum is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 358 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

Weather by the month

Highs of 18–24°C mark May to September in Southwark.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 5°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May18° / 9°47 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov12° / 6°65 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Clink Prison Museum

In Southwark, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Southwark
Official site: clink.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The way to Clink Prison Museum

The orange dot is Clink Prison Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The largest of the 8 towns is Lambeth, with 317,108 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

2 · 200 m north of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

3 · 800 m east of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

4 · 1 km south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Clink Prison Museum is	People	Places to visit
Southwark	It’s in town	307,076	471
City of London	200 m north of it	7,820	432
Tower Hamlets	800 m east of it	311,072	430
Lambeth	1 km south of it	317,108	450
Islington	1.4 km north of it	216,309	425
Westminster	1.4 km west of it	203,571	461
Camden	1.4 km northwest of it	209,342	458
Hackney	1.6 km north of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

Pair Clink Prison Museum with these

2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle are among the 599 within 15 km.

Big drawCastleTower of London1.1 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.8 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern500 m away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)4

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral900 m away 5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.6 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower2.4 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye2 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace3.6 km away

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

Questions people have about Clink Prison Museum

Where is Clink Prison Museum?

Clink Prison Museum is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Clink Prison Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Clink Prison Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Southwark, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Clink Prison Museum?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (1.1 km), British Museum (2.8 km), Tate Modern (500 m) and St Paul's Cathedral (900 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)

Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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