Museum · Camden · London

SOAS Gallery

SOAS Gallery is a gallery and collection of over 600 artworks and objects, spanning from the 12th Century to the present day, based at the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London. Look for it within Camden’s built-up area. A short trip away is British Museum, 300 m off, the first of 600 within 15 km.

Where

In Camden

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Camden

Inside Camden

SOAS Gallery is inside Camden’s built-up area, with 390 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

Picking your season

Warm weather in Camden runs May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°63 mm

Feb9° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 6°46 mm

May18° / 8°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 14°49 mm

Aug23° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 11°55 mm

Oct16° / 8°73 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec9° / 3°63 mm

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

About

SOAS Gallery

Gallery and collection of over 600 artworks and objects, spanning from the 12th Century to the present day, based at the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London.

In Camden, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Camden
Official site: soas.ac.uk/gallery

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

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

The orange dot is SOAS Gallery; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count SOAS Gallery

The biggest base of the 8 is Lambeth (317,108 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

2 · 600 m west of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km northeast of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

4 · 1.1 km east of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where SOAS Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Camden	It’s in town	209,342	458
Westminster	600 m west of it	203,571	461
Islington	1.1 km northeast of it	216,309	425
City of London	1.1 km east of it	7,820	432
Lambeth	1.8 km south of it	317,108	450
Southwark	2 km southeast of it	307,076	471
Tower Hamlets	2.1 km east of it	311,072	430
Hackney	2.5 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

More near SOAS Gallery

There are 600 within 15 km, 2 museums, 2 attractions and an art gallery among them.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum300 m away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.4 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.5 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.5 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower2.4 km away 6

AttractionLondon Eye2.1 km away 7

Big drawCastleTower of London3.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8

MuseumMadame Tussauds1.8 km away

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

Your questions on SOAS Gallery

Where is SOAS Gallery?

SOAS Gallery is in Camden, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is SOAS Gallery?

Gallery and collection of over 600 artworks and objects, spanning from the 12th Century to the present day, based at the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London.

When is the best time to visit SOAS Gallery?

May to September are the warmest months in Camden, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near SOAS Gallery?

Within 15 km: British Museum (300 m), National Gallery (1.4 km), Buckingham Palace (2.5 km) and Westminster Abbey (2.5 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 (8)

British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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