Attraction · Westminster · London

Queen's Tower

Queen's Tower is a tower in the City of Westminster, London. On the official register, it is a Grade II listed building. Add Victoria and Albert Museum, 300 m away, to a visit; it leads 605 places within 15 km.

Photo: Queen's Tower, self (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Attraction in Westminster

Inside Westminster

Queen's Tower is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 297 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Westminster has 3,887 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

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

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

Queen's Tower

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages.

Westminster’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Attraction
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Westminster

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

The map

Getting to Queen's Tower

Orange marks Queen's Tower, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Brent (340,611 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 100 m west of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

4 · 2 km south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Queen's Tower is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	100 m west of it	143,348	399
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.8 km west of it	182,187	266
Wandsworth	2 km south of it	326,725	442
Brent	3.5 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Camden	3.6 km north of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	3.7 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Richmond upon Thames	3.8 km southwest of it	192,888	128

Make a day of it

Pair Queen's Tower with these

Within 15 km are 605 places, among them 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum300 m away · 858K visitors a year (2021)2

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum200 m away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.4 km away 4

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)5

Big drawMuseumScience Museum100 m away · 3M visitors a year (2012)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.4 km away 7

Historic houseKensington Palace1.1 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.6 km away

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

Queen's Tower in questions

Where is Queen's Tower?

Queen's Tower is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Queen's Tower?

Tower in the City of Westminster, London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Queen's Tower?

May to September are the warmest months in Westminster, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Queen's Tower a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Queen's Tower?

Within 15 km: Victoria and Albert Museum (300 m), Natural History Museum (200 m), Buckingham Palace (2.4 km) and British Museum (4.2 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's Tower: self, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, 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
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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