Hangar 1
Hangar 1 is a museum you can visit in Barnet. Our list has 6 more places within 5 km. Add British Museum, 12 km away, to a visit.
Museum in Barnet
Inside Barnet
Hangar 1 is inside Barnet’s built-up area, with 6 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.
The best months to visit
The warmest stretch in Barnet is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.
Hangar 1
In Barnet, inside the town’s built-up area.
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Visiting: the details
Hangar 1 on the map
The map puts Hangar 1 in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Barnet’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Hangar 1
With 388,572 people, Barnet is the largest of the 5. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Barnet
Brent
Harrow
Borehamwood
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Hangar 1 is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet | It’s in town | 388,572 | 102 |
| Brent | 1.3 km south of it | 340,611 | 245 |
| Harrow | 2 km west of it | 260,534 | 23 |
| Borehamwood | 4.5 km north of it | 39,760 | 18 |
| Camden | 5 km southeast of it | 209,342 | 458 |
More to see nearby
There are 504 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house among them.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum12 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Historic houseBuckingham Palace13 km away3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey13 km away4
AttractionElizabeth Tower13 km away5
MuseumMadame Tussauds10 km away6
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery12 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)7
AttractionLondon Eye13 km away8
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum12 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Hangar 1: common questions
Where is Hangar 1?
Hangar 1 is in Barnet, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Hangar 1?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Hangar 1?
May to September are the warmest months in Barnet, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Hangar 1?
Within 15 km: British Museum (12 km), Buckingham Palace (13 km), Westminster Abbey (13 km) and Elizabeth Tower (13 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
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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