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Sherlock Holmes Museum

Visitors to Westminster can see Sherlock Holmes Museum. Another 349 places to visit lie within 5 km. A short trip away is British Museum, 2.2 km off.

Photo: Sherlock Holmes Museum, Jordan 1972 (Public domain)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 2%

#107 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Westminster

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

#107 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (28 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Westminster

Sherlock Holmes Museum is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 349 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

Warmest in Westminster are May to September, at 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 12°53 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 6°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Its story is told in 28 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 28 languages
Town: in Westminster
Official site: sherlock-holmes.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Locating Sherlock Holmes Museum

Numbered points are the places near Sherlock Holmes Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Staying near Sherlock Holmes Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Brent, with 340,611 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 900 m north of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km northwest of it

Brent

340,611 people · 245 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km southwest of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Sherlock Holmes Museum is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Camden	900 m north of it	209,342	458
Brent	2.4 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Kensington and Chelsea	2.4 km southwest of it	143,348	399
Islington	2.6 km northeast of it	216,309	425
City of London	3.2 km east of it	7,820	432
Lambeth	3.4 km south of it	317,108	450
Southwark	3.8 km southeast of it	307,076	471

Make a day of it

What else is near Sherlock Holmes Museum

Our list has 601 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

MuseumMadame Tussauds200 m away 3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.8 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.5 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2.6 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.5 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye3.5 km away 8

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum3.1 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)

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

Good to know about Sherlock Holmes Museum

Where is Sherlock Holmes Museum?

Sherlock Holmes Museum is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Sherlock Holmes Museum?

Museum in London, England.

When is the best time to visit Sherlock Holmes Museum?

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 Sherlock Holmes Museum?

Within 15 km: British Museum (2.2 km), Madame Tussauds (200 m), Buckingham Palace (2.8 km) and Westminster Abbey (3.5 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)

Sherlock Holmes Museum: Jordan 1972, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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