Art gallery · Hackney · London

Howard Griffin Gallery

One of the places to visit in Hackney is Howard Griffin Gallery, an art gallery. Within 5 km there are 329 more places to visit. For a second stop, Tower of London is 1.8 km away.

Where

In Hackney

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Art gallery in Hackney

Inside Hackney

Howard Griffin Gallery is inside Hackney’s built-up area, with 329 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.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

May to September are the warmest in Hackney, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°36 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°45 mm

Jun21° / 12°52 mm

Jul24° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°57 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°65 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 3°58 mm

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

About

Howard Griffin Gallery

Art gallery.

In Hackney, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Art gallery
Town: in Hackney

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

The map

Map of Howard Griffin Gallery and nearby

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Howard Griffin Gallery is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns around Howard Griffin Gallery, by distance

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

1 · It’s in town

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

2 · 100 m east of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

3 · 300 m southwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

4 · 500 m northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Howard Griffin Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Hackney	It’s in town	258,464	407
Tower Hamlets	100 m east of it	311,072	430
City of London	300 m southwest of it	7,820	432
Islington	500 m northwest of it	216,309	425
Camden	1.6 km west of it	209,342	458
Southwark	1.9 km south of it	307,076	471
Westminster	2.6 km west of it	203,571	461
Lambeth	2.8 km south of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

Also near Howard Griffin Gallery

Around it, within 15 km, lie 584 more, including 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.

Big drawCastleTower of London1.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.5 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.8 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.4 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern2.4 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower4.2 km away 7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace5.2 km away 8

AttractionLondon Eye3.7 km away

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

Quick answers on Howard Griffin Gallery

Where is Howard Griffin Gallery?

Howard Griffin Gallery is in Hackney, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Howard Griffin Gallery?

Art gallery.

When is the best time to visit Howard Griffin Gallery?

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

What else is there to see near Howard Griffin Gallery?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (1.8 km), British Museum (3.5 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.8 km) and Westminster Abbey (4.4 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)

Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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