Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Sambourne House

Sambourne House is a museum; 18 Stafford Terrace, London; home of Edward Linley Sambourne. It is within Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. On the official register, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Sambourne House, Jhsteel (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Sambourne House is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 212 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Kensington and Chelsea has 1,148 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

From May to September, Kensington and Chelsea sees highs of 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

Sambourne House

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at Kensington Palace, 800 m away, first of 596 more within 15 km.

Kensington and Chelsea’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace1.aspx

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

The map

Sambourne House at a glance

Numbered points are the places near Sambourne House, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Staying near Sambourne House

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Ealing (367,271 people). Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 800 m southwest of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

3 · 1 km northeast of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km southwest of it

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Sambourne House is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Hammersmith and Fulham	800 m southwest of it	182,187	266
Westminster	1 km northeast of it	203,571	461
Richmond upon Thames	2.7 km southwest of it	192,888	128
Wandsworth	2.8 km south of it	326,725	442
Brent	3 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Hounslow	3.3 km west of it	286,591	106
Ealing	3.4 km west of it	367,271	101

Make a day of it

Places to add to Sambourne House

Within 15 km are 596 places, among them 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Historic houseKensington Palace800 m away · 383K visitors a year (2015)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.7 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)4

Historic houseBuckingham Palace3.8 km away 5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.5 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.8 km away 7

Big drawMuseumScience Museum1.5 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower5 km away

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

Sambourne House: what to know

Where is Sambourne House?

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

What is Sambourne House?

Museum; 18 Stafford Terrace, London; home of Edward Linley Sambourne.

When is the best time to visit Sambourne House?

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

Is Sambourne House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Sambourne House?

Within 15 km: Kensington Palace (800 m), British Museum (5.3 km), Victoria and Albert Museum (1.7 km) and Buckingham Palace (3.8 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)

Sambourne House: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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