Museum · Westminster · London

Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax museum. Inside Westminster’s built-up area is where it stands. Around it, within 15 km, lie 600 more places, British Museum (2 km) first on our list.

Photo: Madame Tussauds, Citizen59 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 1%

#13 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Westminster

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

#13 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (69 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Westminster

Madame Tussauds is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 361 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

Afternoons in Westminster peak at 19–24°C, May to September.

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

Madame Tussauds

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 69 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 69 languages
Town: in Westminster
Official site: madametussauds.com/london/en/plan-your-visit/which-entrance

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

The map

Getting your bearings

On this map, Madame Tussauds is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The towns around Madame Tussauds

The most populous of the 8 is Brent, at 340,611. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 700 m north of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km northeast of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Madame Tussauds is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Camden	700 m north of it	209,342	458
Kensington and Chelsea	2.3 km southwest of it	143,348	399
Islington	2.4 km northeast of it	216,309	425
Brent	2.6 km northwest of it	340,611	245
City of London	3 km east of it	7,820	432
Lambeth	3.1 km south of it	317,108	450
Southwark	3.6 km southeast of it	307,076	471

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Madame Tussauds

Of the 600 within 15 km, look for 2 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.6 km away 3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.2 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2.4 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)5

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.3 km away 6

AttractionLondon Eye3.3 km away 7

Big drawCastleTower of London5.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum3.1 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)

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

Questions people have about Madame Tussauds

Where is Madame Tussauds?

Madame Tussauds is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Madame Tussauds?

Wax museum in London.

When is the best time to visit Madame Tussauds?

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 Madame Tussauds?

Within 15 km: British Museum (2 km), Buckingham Palace (2.6 km), Westminster Abbey (3.2 km) and National Gallery (2.4 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 (9)

Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, 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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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