Attraction · Tower Hamlets · London

Crown Jewels

Tower Hamlets counts Crown Jewels, an attraction, among its places to visit. Nearby, 339 more places to visit are within 5 km. Look also at Tower of London, 100 m away.

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Attraction in Tower Hamlets

Inside Tower Hamlets

Crown Jewels is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 339 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, month by month

Afternoons in Tower Hamlets peak at 19–24°C, May to September.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

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

About

Crown Jewels

Attraction.

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

Type: Attraction
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/the-crown-jewels

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

The map

Where Crown Jewels is

The map centres on Crown Jewels, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

With 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 200 m northwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

3 · 300 m south of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Crown Jewels is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
City of London	200 m northwest of it	7,820	432
Southwark	300 m south of it	307,076	471
Islington	1.4 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Hackney	1.4 km north of it	258,464	407
Camden	2.1 km northwest of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	2.2 km southwest of it	317,108	450
Westminster	2.5 km west of it	203,571	461

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Crown Jewels

Among the 588 within 15 km are 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.

Big drawCastleTower of London100 m away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.7 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.7 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.7 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.5 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye3.1 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.7 km away

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

Good to know about Crown Jewels

Where is Crown Jewels?

Crown Jewels is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Crown Jewels?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Crown Jewels?

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

What else is there to see near Crown Jewels?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (100 m), British Museum (3.7 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.7 km) and Tate Modern (1.7 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 (8)

Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 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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