Garden · Tower Hamlets · London

Spitalfields City Farm

Look for Spitalfields City Farm, a garden, in Tower Hamlets. Nearby, 271 more places to visit are within 5 km. Around it, Tower of London (1.7 km) comes first on our list.

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Garden in Tower Hamlets

Inside Tower Hamlets

Spitalfields City Farm is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 271 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

The warmest stretch in Tower Hamlets is May to September, at 19–24°C in the afternoon.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

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

About

Spitalfields City Farm

Garden.

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

Type: Garden
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: spitalfieldscityfarm.org

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

The map

The way to Spitalfields City Farm

Spitalfields City Farm sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Spitalfields City Farm

In size, Lambeth comes first of the 8, with 317,108 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 600 m north of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

3 · 800 m west of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Spitalfields City Farm is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
Hackney	600 m north of it	258,464	407
City of London	800 m west of it	7,820	432
Islington	1.2 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Southwark	1.9 km south of it	307,076	471
Camden	2.2 km west of it	209,342	458
Westminster	3.2 km west of it	203,571	461
Lambeth	3.3 km southwest of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Spitalfields City Farm

Also close at hand are 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle, among 584 within 15 km.

Big drawCastleTower of London1.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral2.3 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey4.9 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern2.8 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower4.6 km away 7

Historic houseBuckingham Palace5.7 km away 8

AttractionLondon Eye4.2 km away

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

Before visiting Spitalfields City Farm

Where is Spitalfields City Farm?

Spitalfields City Farm is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Spitalfields City Farm?

Garden.

When is the best time to visit Spitalfields City Farm?

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

What else is there to see near Spitalfields City Farm?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (1.7 km), British Museum (4.1 km), St Paul's Cathedral (2.3 km) and Westminster Abbey (4.9 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)

Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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