Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · London

RIBA Architecture Study Rooms

Set in Kensington and Chelsea, RIBA Architecture Study Rooms is a museum. Within 5 km there are 310 more places to visit. Look also at Victoria and Albert Museum, 100 m away.

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

RIBA Architecture Study Rooms is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 310 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

How the seasons run

Aim for May to September, when Kensington and Chelsea reaches 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°54 mm

Sep20° / 12°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 5°66 mm

Dec9° / 3°59 mm

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

About

RIBA Architecture Study Rooms

In Kensington and Chelsea, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: riba.org/explore/riba-collections/research/drawings-and-collections-study-room

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

The map

Map of RIBA Architecture Study Rooms and nearby

Orange shows RIBA Architecture Study Rooms; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns around RIBA Architecture Study Rooms, by distance

Home to 340,611 people, Brent is the largest of these 8. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 100 m north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where RIBA Architecture Study Rooms is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Westminster	100 m north of it	203,571	461
Wandsworth	1.8 km south of it	326,725	442
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.9 km west of it	182,187	266
Lambeth	3.4 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Camden	3.5 km north of it	209,342	458
Brent	3.7 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Richmond upon Thames	4 km southwest of it	192,888	128

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near RIBA Architecture Study Rooms

Of the 608 within 15 km, look for 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum100 m away · 858K visitors a year (2021)2

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

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.2 km away 4

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

Big drawMuseumScience Museum200 m away · 3M visitors a year (2012)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.2 km away 7

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.4 km away 8

Historic houseKensington Palace1.3 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)

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

Planning a visit to RIBA Architecture Study Rooms

Where is RIBA Architecture Study Rooms?

RIBA Architecture Study Rooms is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is RIBA Architecture Study Rooms?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit RIBA Architecture Study Rooms?

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 RIBA Architecture Study Rooms?

Within 15 km: Victoria and Albert Museum (100 m), Natural History Museum (200 m), Buckingham Palace (2.2 km) and British Museum (4 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
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
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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