Police Box
Police Box, an attraction, stands in Kensington and Chelsea. Close by, within 5 km, are 212 more places to see. Around it, Victoria and Albert Museum (1.5 km) comes first on our list.
Attraction in Kensington and Chelsea
Inside Kensington and Chelsea
Police Box is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 212 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.
Picking your season
In Kensington and Chelsea the warm season is May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.
Police Box
Attraction.
In Kensington and Chelsea, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
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- in Kensington and Chelsea
Where Police Box is
Orange: Police Box.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Police Box
Largest of the 8 is Ealing, home to 367,271. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
- 1Kensington and Chelsea
- 2Hammersmith and Fulham
- 3Westminster
- 4Wandsworth
- 5Richmond upon Thames
- 6Hounslow
- 7Ealing
- 8Brent
Kensington and Chelsea
Hammersmith and Fulham
Westminster
Wandsworth
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Police Box is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea | It’s in town | 143,348 | 399 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 500 m west of it | 182,187 | 266 |
| Westminster | 1.1 km northeast of it | 203,571 | 461 |
| Wandsworth | 1.9 km south of it | 326,725 | 442 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 2.5 km southwest of it | 192,888 | 128 |
| Hounslow | 3.6 km west of it | 286,591 | 106 |
| Ealing | 3.9 km west of it | 367,271 | 101 |
| Brent | 3.9 km northwest of it | 340,611 | 245 |
Other places close by
Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral, among 604 within 15 km.
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.5 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.5 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3
Historic houseBuckingham Palace3.6 km away4
Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.3 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)5
Historic houseKensington Palace1.5 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)6
Big drawMuseumScience Museum1.3 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)7
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.6 km away8
AttractionElizabeth Tower4.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Police Box: the answers
Where is Police Box?
Police Box is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Police Box?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Police Box?
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 Police Box?
Within 15 km: Victoria and Albert Museum (1.5 km), British Museum (5.5 km), Buckingham Palace (3.6 km) and Natural History 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 (8)
- Victoria and Albert Museum: 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
- Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science Museum: Shadowssettle, 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
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