Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Dana Research Centre and Library

Dana Research Centre and Library is part of the Science Museum. Visitors find it inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 602 more places, Victoria and Albert Museum (500 m) first on our list.

Photo: Dana Research Centre and Library, Azeraz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Dana Research Centre and Library is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 288 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

Seasons and weather

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

Dana Research Centre and Library

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: sciencemuseum.org.uk/researchers/dana-research-centre-and-library

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

The map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Dana Research Centre and Library is the orange one.

Towns near it

The towns around Dana Research Centre and Library

The most populous of the 8 is Brent, at 340,611. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 100 m north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dana Research Centre and Library is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Westminster	100 m north of it	203,571	461
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.6 km west of it	182,187	266
Wandsworth	1.9 km south of it	326,725	442
Brent	3.6 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Richmond upon Thames	3.6 km southwest of it	192,888	128
Lambeth	3.8 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Camden	3.8 km north of it	209,342	458

Make a day of it

Places to add to Dana Research Centre and Library

Among the 602 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum500 m away · 858K visitors a year (2021)2

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum200 m away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.6 km away 4

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.4 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)5

Big drawMuseumScience Museum200 m away · 3M visitors a year (2012)6

Historic houseKensington Palace1.1 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)7

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.6 km away 8

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.8 km away

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

Visiting Dana Research Centre and Library: the answers

Where is Dana Research Centre and Library?

Dana Research Centre and Library is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dana Research Centre and Library?

Part of the Science Museum in London.

When is the best time to visit Dana Research Centre and Library?

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 Dana Research Centre and Library?

Within 15 km: Victoria and Albert Museum (500 m), Natural History Museum (200 m), Buckingham Palace (2.6 km) and British Museum (4.4 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)

Dana Research Centre and Library: Azeraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, 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
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., 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

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