Art gallery · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Saatchi Gallery

Saatchi Gallery is a physical and online contemporary art gallery. Kensington and Chelsea has it inside its built-up area. Visitors run to about 1.2M a year.

Photo: Saatchi Gallery, Jack Gavigan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

1.2M

Wikidata

How well known

Top 1%

#85 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Art gallery in Kensington and Chelsea

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#85 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (23 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Saatchi Gallery is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 322 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

Afternoons in Kensington and Chelsea peak at 19–24°C, May to September.

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

Saatchi Gallery

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 23 languages. Top of the 607 other places within 15 km is Buckingham Palace, 1.6 km off.

Type: Art gallery
Visitors: 1.2M visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 23 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: saatchigallery.com

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

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Its place on the map

The map centres on Saatchi Gallery, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Saatchi Gallery

Wandsworth, with 326,725 people, is the largest of the 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 200 m north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1 km south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

4 · 2 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Saatchi Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Westminster	200 m north of it	203,571	461
Wandsworth	1 km south of it	326,725	442
Hammersmith and Fulham	2 km west of it	182,187	266
Lambeth	2.2 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Camden	3.2 km north of it	209,342	458
Southwark	3.4 km east of it	307,076	471
City of London	4 km northeast of it	7,820	432

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Our list has 607 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.

Historic houseBuckingham Palace1.6 km away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.4 km away 4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.2 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

AttractionElizabeth Tower2.6 km away 6

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.3 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2.9 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

AttractionLondon Eye3.1 km away

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

Visiting Saatchi Gallery

Where is Saatchi Gallery?

Saatchi Gallery is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Saatchi Gallery?

Physical and online contemporary art gallery in Chelsea, London.

How many people visit Saatchi Gallery?

About 1.2M visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Saatchi Gallery?

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 Saatchi Gallery?

Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (1.6 km), British Museum (3.9 km), Westminster Abbey (2.4 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (1.2 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)

Saatchi Gallery: Jack Gavigan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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