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Paultons Square

Paultons Square is a communal garden square in the Chelsea district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London SW3. Add Buckingham Palace, 2.8 km away, to a visit; it leads 611 places within 15 km. It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

Photo: Paultons Square, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Garden in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Paultons Square is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 255 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 best months to visit

If warmth matters, go May to September: Kensington and Chelsea reaches 19–24°C.

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

Paultons Square

Communal garden square in the Chelsea district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London SW3.

In Kensington and Chelsea, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: paultons-square.com

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

The map

Around Paultons Square, mapped

The numbers show what else is near Paultons Square, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Paultons Square

In size, Wandsworth comes first of the 8, with 326,725 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 500 m south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

3 · 800 m west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Paultons Square is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Wandsworth	500 m south of it	326,725	442
Hammersmith and Fulham	800 m west of it	182,187	266
Westminster	1.4 km north of it	203,571	461
Lambeth	2.5 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Richmond upon Thames	3.7 km west of it	192,888	128
Camden	4.4 km north of it	209,342	458
Southwark	4.5 km east of it	307,076	471

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Our list has 611 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, a historic house and a cathedral.

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.8 km away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.4 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.6 km away 5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.3 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.9 km away 7

Big drawMuseumScience Museum1.4 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery4.1 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Quick answers on Paultons Square

Where is Paultons Square?

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

What is Paultons Square?

Communal garden square in the Chelsea district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London SW3.

When is the best time to visit Paultons Square?

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 Paultons Square?

Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (2.8 km), British Museum (5.1 km), Victoria and Albert Museum (1.4 km) and Westminster Abbey (3.6 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)

Paultons Square: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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