Queen Square
Queen Square is a garden square in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden. A short trip away is British Museum, 400 m off, the first of 602 within 15 km. It is written up in 6 Wikipedias.
Garden in Camden
Inside Camden
Queen Square is inside Camden’s built-up area, with 395 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.
How the seasons run
Afternoons in Camden peak at 18–23°C, May to September.
Queen Square
Garden square in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden.
In Camden, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Garden
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- in Camden
Where to find Queen Square
Orange shows Queen Square; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Camden’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
The 8 towns are led in size by Lambeth, with 317,108 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Camden
Islington
City of London
Westminster
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Queen Square is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camden | It’s in town | 209,342 | 458 |
| Islington | 700 m north of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| City of London | 800 m east of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Westminster | 800 m west of it | 203,571 | 461 |
| Tower Hamlets | 1.6 km east of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Lambeth | 1.6 km south of it | 317,108 | 450 |
| Southwark | 1.7 km southeast of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Hackney | 2.1 km northeast of it | 258,464 | 407 |
What else is near Queen Square
602 more lie within 15 km, 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum among them.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum400 m away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.5 km away4
Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.7 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower2.4 km away6
Big drawCastleTower of London3.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)7
AttractionLondon Eye2.1 km away8
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Queen Square, answered
Where is Queen Square?
Queen Square is in Camden, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Queen Square?
Garden square in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden.
When is the best time to visit Queen Square?
May to September are the warmest months in Camden, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Queen Square?
Within 15 km: British Museum (400 m), National Gallery (1.5 km), Westminster Abbey (2.5 km) and Buckingham Palace (2.7 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)
- Queen Square: LordHarris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, 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
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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