Museum · Camden · London

Queer Britain

Queer Britain is a lGBTQ+ museum. Within the built-up area of Camden, it is one of the places to visit. The site is in the hands of Queer Britain Museum Ltd.

Photo: Queer Britain, Queer Britain (Public domain)

Where

In Camden

inside the built-up area

Run by

Queer Britain Museum Ltd

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Camden

Inside Camden

Queer Britain is inside Camden’s built-up area, with 373 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

Which month to go

Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Camden.

Jan9° / 3°63 mm

Feb9° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 6°46 mm

May18° / 8°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 14°49 mm

Aug23° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 11°55 mm

Oct16° / 8°73 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec9° / 3°63 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Camden, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Camden. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Camden’s full climate →

About

Queer Britain

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Close by, British Museum is 1.8 km away, one of 599 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Queer Britain Museum Ltd
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Camden
Official site: queerbritain.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Queer Britain sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Queer Britain

By population, Lambeth leads the 8 with 317,108. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

2 · 100 m northeast of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km southwest of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km east of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Queer Britain is	People	Places to visit
Camden	It’s in town	209,342	458
Islington	100 m northeast of it	216,309	425
Westminster	1.9 km southwest of it	203,571	461
Tower Hamlets	1.9 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	1.9 km northeast of it	258,464	407
City of London	2.1 km southeast of it	7,820	432
Lambeth	3.1 km south of it	317,108	450
Southwark	3.2 km southeast of it	307,076	471

Make a day of it

Close to Queer Britain

A visit can add 2 museums, 2 cathedrals and a historic house, from 599 places within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.8 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.1 km away 3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4 km away 4

Big drawCastleTower of London4.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery3 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.9 km away 7

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral3 km away 8

MuseumMadame Tussauds2.6 km away

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

Your questions on Queer Britain

Where is Queer Britain?

Queer Britain is in Camden, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Queer Britain?

LGBTQ+ museum in London.

Who runs Queer Britain?

Queer Britain Museum Ltd.

When is the best time to visit Queer Britain?

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 Queer Britain?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.8 km), Buckingham Palace (4.1 km), Westminster Abbey (4 km) and Tower of London (4.5 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)

Queer Britain: Queer Britain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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