Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Design Museum

Design Museum is an art museum. Its location is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. Top of the 598 other places within 15 km is British Museum, 5.5 km off.

Photo: Design Museum, Anthony O'Neil (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 3%

#219 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Kensington and Chelsea

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#219 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (20 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Design Museum is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 189 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

Expect highs of 19–24°C in Kensington and Chelsea from 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

Design Museum

Articles on it exist in 20 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 20 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: designmuseum.org

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

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

The area around Design Museum

Use the numbers to match each place near Design Museum with the list.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Ealing is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (367,271 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km northeast of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km southwest of it

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Design Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Hammersmith and Fulham	600 m southwest of it	182,187	266
Westminster	1.2 km northeast of it	203,571	461
Richmond upon Thames	2.5 km southwest of it	192,888	128
Wandsworth	2.9 km south of it	326,725	442
Hounslow	3.1 km west of it	286,591	106
Brent	3.1 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Ealing	3.2 km west of it	367,271	101

Make a day of it

More near Design Museum

Nearby, 598 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.5 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseKensington Palace1 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4 km away 4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.9 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.7 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey5 km away 7

Big drawMuseumScience Museum1.7 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower5.2 km away

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

Asked about Design Museum

Where is Design Museum?

Design Museum is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Design Museum?

Art museum in London, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Design Museum?

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 Design Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (5.5 km), Kensington Palace (1 km), Buckingham Palace (4 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (1.9 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)

Design Museum: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, 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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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