Garden · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Kyoto Garden

Set in Kensington and Chelsea is Kyoto Garden. The surrounding 5 km hold 179 more places to visit. This is a site of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Photo: Kyoto Garden, Piotr Zarobkiewicz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

Run by

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Garden in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Kyoto Garden is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 179 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

The year in Kensington and Chelsea

Afternoons in Kensington and Chelsea reach 19–24°C from May to September.

Jan9° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°54 mm

Sep20° / 12°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 5°66 mm

Dec9° / 3°59 mm

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

About

Kyoto Garden

A short trip away is British Museum, 5.7 km off.

Type: Garden
Run by: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Spot Kyoto Garden in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The largest of the 8 towns is Ealing, with 367,271 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km northeast of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km southwest of it

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kyoto Garden is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Hammersmith and Fulham	600 m southwest of it	182,187	266
Westminster	1.1 km northeast of it	203,571	461
Richmond upon Thames	2.5 km southwest of it	192,888	128
Brent	2.7 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Hounslow	2.8 km west of it	286,591	106
Ealing	2.8 km west of it	367,271	101
Wandsworth	3.4 km south of it	326,725	442

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

What else is near Kyoto Garden

4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral are among the 598 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseKensington Palace1.2 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.3 km away 4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum2.3 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum2.1 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey5.4 km away 7

Big drawMuseumScience Museum2.1 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower5.5 km away

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

Visiting Kyoto Garden

Where is Kyoto Garden?

Kyoto Garden is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Kyoto Garden?

Garden in Holland Park, London, United Kingdom.

Who runs Kyoto Garden?

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

When is the best time to visit Kyoto Garden?

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

What else is there to see near Kyoto Garden?

Within 15 km: British Museum (5.7 km), Kensington Palace (1.2 km), Buckingham Palace (4.3 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (2.3 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)

Kyoto Garden: Piotr Zarobkiewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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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