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Kensington Gardens

The site of Kensington Gardens is 400 m southwest of Westminster. It is on the official list as a Grade I listed park and garden. Close by, British Museum is 3.9 km away, one of 599 within 15 km.

Photo: Kensington Gardens, Diliff (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

400 m

southwest of Westminster

How well known

Top 1%

#62 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Garden near Westminster

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#62 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (36 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Westminster

Kensington Gardens is 400 m southwest of Westminster. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Westminster has 3,887 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Which month to go

In Westminster the warm season is May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.

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

Kensington Gardens

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 36 languages.

Westminster’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Grade I listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 36 languages
Town: 400 m southwest of Westminster
Official site: royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington-gardens

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

The map

Mapping Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Kensington Gardens

Brent is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (340,611 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 400 m northeast of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 500 m southwest of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km northwest of it

Brent

340,611 people · 245 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kensington Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	400 m northeast of it	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	500 m southwest of it	143,348	399
Hammersmith and Fulham	2.2 km southwest of it	182,187	266
Brent	2.5 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Wandsworth	3 km south of it	326,725	442
Camden	3 km north of it	209,342	458
Richmond upon Thames	4.1 km southwest of it	192,888	128
Lambeth	4.1 km southeast of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Around it, within 15 km, lie 599 more, including 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.7 km away 3

Historic houseKensington Palace600 m away · 383K visitors a year (2015)4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.3 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.2 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.8 km away 7

Big drawMuseumScience Museum1.1 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.9 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Kensington Gardens?

Kensington Gardens is 400 m southwest of Westminster, London.

What is Kensington Gardens?

Park in London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Kensington Gardens?

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

Is Kensington Gardens a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Kensington Gardens?

Within 15 km: British Museum (3.9 km), Buckingham Palace (2.7 km), Kensington Palace (600 m) and Victoria and Albert Museum (1.3 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)

Kensington Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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