Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · London

Science Museum

Science Museum is a science museum. Kensington and Chelsea has it inside its built-up area. In 2012 it counted 3M visits.

Photo: Science Museum, Shadowssettle (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

in 2012 (Wikidata)

How well known

Top 1%

#22 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Kensington and Chelsea

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

#22 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (47 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

Science Museum is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 300 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 Kensington and Chelsea the warm season is May to September, with 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

Science Museum

47 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Close by, Victoria and Albert Museum is 200 m away, one of 605 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Visitors: 3M visitors a year (2012)
Wikipedias: Covered in 47 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: sciencemuseum.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Where Science Museum is

Orange marks Science Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Among the 8, Brent is the biggest, home to 340,611 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 · 100 m north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Science Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Westminster	100 m north of it	203,571	461
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.7 km west of it	182,187	266
Wandsworth	1.9 km south of it	326,725	442
Lambeth	3.6 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Camden	3.6 km north of it	209,342	458
Brent	3.7 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Richmond upon Thames	3.8 km southwest of it	192,888	128

Make a day of it

Places to add to Science Museum

The 605 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum200 m away · 858K visitors a year (2021)2

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum100 m away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.4 km away 4

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.4 km away 6

Historic houseKensington Palace1.2 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)7

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.6 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery3.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Visiting Science Museum

Where is Science Museum?

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

What is Science Museum?

Science museum in London, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Science Museum?

About 3M visitors a year, in 2012 (the latest count on Wikidata).

When is the best time to visit Science Museum?

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 Science Museum?

Within 15 km: Victoria and Albert Museum (200 m), Natural History Museum (100 m), Buckingham Palace (2.4 km) and British Museum (4.2 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)

Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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