Hanwell Zoo
Hanwell Zoo is a British Zoo. Inside Ealing’s built-up area is where it stands. A short trip away is Kew Gardens, 5.3 km off, the first of 290 within 15 km.
Zoo in Ealing
Inside Ealing
Hanwell Zoo is inside Ealing’s built-up area, with 16 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.
Weather by the month
May to September are the warmest in Ealing, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C.
Hanwell Zoo
In Ealing, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Zoo
- Town
- in Ealing
- Official site
- hanwellzoo.co.uk
Practical details
- EntryA fee is charged
The area around Hanwell Zoo
The map centres on Hanwell Zoo, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Ealing’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Hanwell Zoo
Among the 6, Ealing is the biggest, home to 367,271 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Ealing
Hounslow
Hillingdon
Brent
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Hanwell Zoo is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing | It’s in town | 367,271 | 101 |
| Hounslow | 2.2 km south of it | 286,591 | 106 |
| Hillingdon | 2.4 km northwest of it | 307,089 | 31 |
| Brent | 3.6 km northeast of it | 340,611 | 245 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 4.9 km south of it | 192,888 | 128 |
| Harrow | 4.9 km north of it | 260,534 | 23 |
More near Hanwell Zoo
290 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 3 historic houses and a garden among them.
GardenKew Gardens5.3 km away2
Historic houseBuckingham Palace14 km away3
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum12 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)4
Historic houseKensington Palace11 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)5
Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum12 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6
MuseumMadame Tussauds13 km away7
Historic house · National TrustOsterley House2.6 km away · 350K visitors a year8
Big drawMuseumScience Museum12 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Hanwell Zoo
Where is Hanwell Zoo?
Hanwell Zoo is in Ealing, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Hanwell Zoo?
British Zoo.
When is the best time to visit Hanwell Zoo?
May to September are the warmest months in Ealing, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Hanwell Zoo?
Within 15 km: Kew Gardens (5.3 km), Buckingham Palace (14 km), Victoria and Albert Museum (12 km) and Kensington Palace (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 (8)
- Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Osterley House: Osterley Park House, London-25June2009.jpg: Jim Linwood derivative work: Snowmanradio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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