Royal Opera House
Set in Westminster, Royal Opera House is an attraction. Around it, within 5 km, are 391 more places on our list. It comes under Royal Ballet and Opera.
Attraction in Westminster
Inside Westminster
Royal Opera House is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 391 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.
A month-by-month guide
Afternoons in Westminster reach 19–24°C from May to September.
Royal Opera House
Nearby, British Museum (800 m) leads the list.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Royal Ballet and Opera
- Town
- in Westminster
The area around Royal Opera House
Orange is Royal Opera House; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Westminster’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Largest of the 8 is Lambeth, home to 317,108. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Westminster
Camden
Lambeth
City of London
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Royal Opera House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | It’s in town | 203,571 | 461 |
| Camden | 200 m northwest of it | 209,342 | 458 |
| Lambeth | 700 m south of it | 317,108 | 450 |
| City of London | 700 m east of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Southwark | 1 km southeast of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Islington | 1.4 km north of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| Tower Hamlets | 1.8 km east of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Hackney | 2.6 km northeast of it | 258,464 | 407 |
Nearby, too
Of the 601 within 15 km, look for 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum800 m away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery600 m away · 709K visitors a year (2021)3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.5 km away4
AttractionElizabeth Tower1.3 km away5
Historic houseBuckingham Palace1.9 km away6
AttractionLondon Eye1.1 km away7
Big drawCastleTower of London3.2 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Royal Opera House: what to know
Where is Royal Opera House?
Royal Opera House is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Royal Opera House?
Attraction.
Who runs Royal Opera House?
Royal Ballet and Opera.
When is the best time to visit Royal Opera House?
May to September are the warmest months in Westminster, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Royal Opera House?
Within 15 km: British Museum (800 m), National Gallery (600 m), Westminster Abbey (1.5 km) and Elizabeth Tower (1.3 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)
- 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
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, 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
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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