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HMS Wellington

HMS Wellington is a 1934 Grimsby-class sloop. Its location is 100 m east of Westminster. It comes under Royal Navy.

Photo: HMS Wellington, J.P.Lon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

100 m

east of Westminster

Run by

Royal Navy

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Historic ship near Westminster

Just outside Westminster

HMS Wellington is 100 m east of Westminster. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

The climate through the year

The warmest stretch in Westminster is May to September, at 19–24°C in the afternoon.

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

HMS Wellington

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages. A short trip away is British Museum, 1.4 km off, the first of 605 within 15 km.

Type: Historic ship
Run by: Royal Navy
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 100 m east of Westminster
Official site: thewellingtontrust.org

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

The map

HMS Wellington on the map

The places near HMS Wellington are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from HMS Wellington

In size, Lambeth comes first of the 8, with 317,108 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 100 m west of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 100 m northeast of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

3 · 100 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

4 · 200 m south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where HMS Wellington is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	100 m west of it	203,571	461
City of London	100 m northeast of it	7,820	432
Camden	100 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	200 m south of it	317,108	450
Southwark	300 m southeast of it	307,076	471
Islington	1 km north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	1.4 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	2.2 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

Close to HMS Wellington

Within 15 km you can add 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.4 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.6 km away 3

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.4 km away 4

AttractionLondon Eye900 m away 5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.2 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

Big drawCastleTower of London2.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.4 km away 8

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1 km away

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

HMS Wellington in questions

Where is HMS Wellington?

HMS Wellington is 100 m east of Westminster, London.

What is HMS Wellington?

1934 Grimsby-class sloop.

Who runs HMS Wellington?

Royal Navy.

When is the best time to visit HMS Wellington?

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 HMS Wellington?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.4 km), Westminster Abbey (1.6 km), Elizabeth Tower (1.4 km) and London Eye (900 m).

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 Wellington: J.P.Lon, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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