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Fake houses

Fake houses is an attraction you can visit in Westminster. Our list has 294 more places within 5 km. Worth the trip, British Museum is 4 km off.

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Attraction in Westminster

Inside Westminster

Fake houses is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 294 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

The year in Westminster

Warmest in Westminster are May to September, at 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 12°53 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 6°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Fake houses

Attraction.

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

Type: Attraction
Town: in Westminster
Official site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_Gardens#False_houses

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

The map

Where to find Fake houses

Spot Fake houses in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Fake houses

The largest of the 8 towns is Barnet, with 388,572 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 400 m southwest of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km northwest of it

Brent

340,611 people · 245 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Fake houses is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	400 m southwest of it	143,348	399
Brent	1.9 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Hammersmith and Fulham	2.2 km southwest of it	182,187	266
Camden	2.5 km northeast of it	209,342	458
Wandsworth	3.7 km south of it	326,725	442
Barnet	4.1 km north of it	388,572	102
Richmond upon Thames	4.3 km southwest of it	192,888	128

Make a day of it

Next door to Fake houses

Choose from 601 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace3.1 km away 3

Historic houseKensington Palace900 m away · 383K visitors a year (2015)4

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

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.2 km away 6

MuseumMadame Tussauds2.3 km away 7

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.9 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower4.3 km away

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

Good to know about Fake houses

Where is Fake houses?

Fake houses is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Fake houses?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Fake houses?

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

What else is there to see near Fake houses?

Within 15 km: British Museum (4 km), Buckingham Palace (3.1 km), Kensington Palace (900 m) 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 (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
Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, 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

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