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HMS President

HMS President is a 1918 Anchusa-class sloop-of-war. Head 100 m southwest of City of London to reach it. This is a site of Royal Navy.

Photo: HMS President, Gary Houston (CC0)

Where

100 m

southwest of City of London

Run by

Royal Navy

the operator on record

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum near City of London

Just outside City of London

HMS President is 100 m southwest of City of London. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Month by month in City of London

The warmest afternoons in City of London run May to September, at 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°58 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°47 mm

Jun22° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°50 mm

Aug24° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 4°59 mm

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

About

HMS President

It has articles in 4 Wikipedias. Close by, British Museum is 1.6 km away, one of 603 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Royal Navy
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 100 m southwest of City of London

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

The map

Where to find HMS President

The map puts HMS President in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

With 317,108 people, Lambeth is the largest of the 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 100 m northeast of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

2 · 200 m southeast of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 200 m west of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 200 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where HMS President is	People	Places to visit
City of London	100 m northeast of it	7,820	432
Southwark	200 m southeast of it	307,076	471
Westminster	200 m west of it	203,571	461
Camden	200 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	300 m south of it	317,108	450
Islington	1 km north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	1.3 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	2 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

More near HMS President

Also close at hand are 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and 2 art galleries, among 603 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.6 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.8 km away 3

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.6 km away 4

Big drawCastleTower of London2.2 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)5

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral800 m away 6

AttractionLondon Eye1.1 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern700 m away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.4 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

What people ask about HMS President

Where is HMS President?

HMS President is 100 m southwest of City of London, London.

What is HMS President?

1918 Anchusa-class sloop-of-war.

Who runs HMS President?

Royal Navy.

When is the best time to visit HMS President?

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

What else is there to see near HMS President?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.6 km), Westminster Abbey (1.8 km), Elizabeth Tower (1.6 km) and Tower of London (2.2 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)

HMS President: Gary Houston, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, 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
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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