Museum · Islington · London

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is a public gallery and museum. Its location is inside Islington’s built-up area. Nearby, British Museum (1.7 km) heads a list of 600 within 15 km.

Photo: Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, Designhistory2 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Islington

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Islington

Inside Islington

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is inside Islington’s built-up area, with 368 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

Month by month in Islington

From May to September, Islington sees highs of 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°36 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°45 mm

Jun21° / 12°53 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°65 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 3°57 mm

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

About

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Islington
Official site: qbcentre.org.uk

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

The map

Getting to Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Orange marks Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns near Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Lambeth tops the 8 for size, at 317,108 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

2 · 400 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

3 · 800 m east of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

4 · 900 m northeast of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is	People	Places to visit
Islington	It’s in town	216,309	425
Camden	400 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Tower Hamlets	800 m east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	900 m northeast of it	258,464	407
City of London	1 km southeast of it	7,820	432
Westminster	1.5 km west of it	203,571	461
Southwark	2.1 km south of it	307,076	471
Lambeth	2.3 km south of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

More near Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Also close at hand are 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum, among 600 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London3.2 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.8 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.5 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.3 km away 6

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2.6 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace3.9 km away 8

AttractionLondon Eye2.9 km away

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

Asked about Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Where is Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration?

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is in Islington, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration?

Public gallery and museum in London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration?

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

What else is there to see near Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.7 km), Tower of London (3.2 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.8 km) and Westminster Abbey (3.5 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)

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration: Designhistory2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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