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Gunnersbury Park

Gunnersbury Park is a park in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is on the official list as a Grade II* listed park and garden. Add Kew Gardens, 2.1 km away, to a visit; it leads 505 places within 15 km.

Photo: Gunnersbury Park, tpholland (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Hounslow

inside the built-up area

Run by

Gunnersbury Estate Community Interest Company

the operator on record

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Historic house in Hounslow

Inside Hounslow

Gunnersbury Park is inside Hounslow’s built-up area, with 37 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Hounslow has 465 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

For warmth, aim for May to September (18–24°C highs in Hounslow).

Jan8° / 3°61 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°39 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May18° / 9°44 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°44 mm

Aug23° / 14°55 mm

Sep20° / 11°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov11° / 5°70 mm

Dec9° / 3°61 mm

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

About

Gunnersbury Park

The site is run by Gunnersbury Estate Community Interest Company. Its story is told in 4 languages on Wikipedia.

Hounslow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: Gunnersbury Estate Community Interest Company
Listed: Grade II* listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Hounslow
Official site: visitgunnersbury.org

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

The map

Where it sits

Use the numbers to match each place near Gunnersbury Park with the list.

Towns near it

Towns close to Gunnersbury Park

Among the 6, Ealing is the biggest, home to 367,271 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Hounslow

286,591 people · 106 places to visit

2 · 400 m northwest of it

Ealing

367,271 people · 101 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km south of it

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km east of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Gunnersbury Park is	People	Places to visit
Hounslow	It’s in town	286,591	106
Ealing	400 m northwest of it	367,271	101
Richmond upon Thames	1.3 km south of it	192,888	128
Hammersmith and Fulham	2.7 km east of it	182,187	266
Brent	3.5 km north of it	340,611	245
Wandsworth	4.6 km southeast of it	326,725	442

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Pair Gunnersbury Park with these

Our list has 505 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a garden.

GardenKew Gardens2.1 km away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum12 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey11 km away 5

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum8.3 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower12 km away 7

Historic houseKensington Palace7.2 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)8

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum8 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)

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

Asked about Gunnersbury Park

Where is Gunnersbury Park?

Gunnersbury Park is in Hounslow, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gunnersbury Park?

Park in the London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom.

Who runs Gunnersbury Park?

Gunnersbury Estate Community Interest Company.

When is the best time to visit Gunnersbury Park?

May to September are the warmest months in Hounslow, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Gunnersbury Park a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Gunnersbury Park?

Within 15 km: Kew Gardens (2.1 km), British Museum (12 km), Buckingham Palace (10 km) and Westminster Abbey (11 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)

Gunnersbury Park: tpholland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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