Piccadilly Lights
Among the sights of Westminster is Piccadilly Lights, an attraction. Within 5 km there are 394 more places to visit. Add British Museum, 1.1 km away, to a visit.
Attraction in Westminster
Inside Westminster
Piccadilly Lights is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 394 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.
The year in Westminster
Afternoons in Westminster reach 19–24°C from May to September.
Piccadilly Lights
Attraction.
In Westminster, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Westminster
- Official site
- oceanoutdoor.com/locations/piccadilly-lights
Where Piccadilly Lights is
Piccadilly Lights sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Westminster’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Piccadilly Lights
Lambeth tops the 8 for size, at 317,108 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Westminster
Camden
Lambeth
City of London
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Piccadilly Lights is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | It’s in town | 203,571 | 461 |
| Camden | 500 m northwest of it | 209,342 | 458 |
| Lambeth | 1.2 km south of it | 317,108 | 450 |
| City of London | 1.6 km east of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Southwark | 1.8 km southeast of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1.9 km west of it | 143,348 | 399 |
| Islington | 2.2 km north of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| Tower Hamlets | 2.7 km east of it | 311,072 | 430 |
Close to Piccadilly Lights
605 more lie within 15 km, 2 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house among them.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Historic houseBuckingham Palace1.2 km away3
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery400 m away · 709K visitors a year (2021)4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.3 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower1.3 km away6
AttractionLondon Eye1.3 km away7
Big drawCastleTower of London4 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8
MuseumMadame Tussauds2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Piccadilly Lights?
Piccadilly Lights is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Piccadilly Lights?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Piccadilly Lights?
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 Piccadilly Lights?
Within 15 km: British Museum (1.1 km), Buckingham Palace (1.2 km), National Gallery (400 m) and Westminster Abbey (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 (8)
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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