Elephant West
This is Elephant West, a museum in Hammersmith and Fulham. Nearby, 79 more places to visit are within 5 km. For a second stop, British Museum is 6.8 km away.
Museum in Hammersmith and Fulham
Inside Hammersmith and Fulham
Elephant West is inside Hammersmith and Fulham’s built-up area, with 79 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.
Warm months and wet ones
Afternoons in Hammersmith and Fulham reach 18–24°C from May to September.
Elephant West
In Hammersmith and Fulham, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Hammersmith and Fulham
- Official site
- elephantwest.art
Elephant West on the map
Find Elephant West in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hammersmith and Fulham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
Home to 367,271 people, Ealing is the largest of these 8. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
- 1Hammersmith and Fulham
- 2Kensington and Chelsea
- 3Ealing
- 4Westminster
- 5Brent
- 6Hounslow
- 7Richmond upon Thames
- 8Camden
Hammersmith and Fulham
Kensington and Chelsea
Ealing
Westminster
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Elephant West is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammersmith and Fulham | It’s in town | 182,187 | 266 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 300 m southeast of it | 143,348 | 399 |
| Ealing | 1.5 km west of it | 367,271 | 101 |
| Westminster | 1.7 km east of it | 203,571 | 461 |
| Brent | 1.7 km northwest of it | 340,611 | 245 |
| Hounslow | 2.1 km southwest of it | 286,591 | 106 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 2.7 km southwest of it | 192,888 | 128 |
| Camden | 3.5 km northeast of it | 209,342 | 458 |
After Elephant West
4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral are among the 576 within 15 km.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum6.8 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Historic houseBuckingham Palace5.8 km away3
Historic houseKensington Palace2.7 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)4
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum4 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.9 km away6
Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum3.8 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)7
AttractionElizabeth Tower7 km away8
MuseumMadame Tussauds4.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Elephant West
Where is Elephant West?
Elephant West is in Hammersmith and Fulham, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Elephant West?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Elephant West?
May to September are the warmest months in Hammersmith and Fulham, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Elephant West?
Within 15 km: British Museum (6.8 km), Buckingham Palace (5.8 km), Kensington Palace (2.7 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (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 (8)
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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