Tate Modern
Modern art gallery located in Bankside, London, England.
Art gallery in Southwark
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#11 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (61 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Southwark
Tate Modern is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Warmest: May to September
Afternoon highs of 18–24°C, on the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages for Southwark. When to go ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Southwark, and rain in a month. Green months are the warmest.
Tate Modern
Modern art gallery located in Bankside, London, England.
In Southwark, inside the town’s built-up area.
About 1.2M visitors a year, in 2021.
- Type
- Art gallery
- Visitors
- 1.2M visitors a year (2021)
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 61 languages
- Town
- in Southwark
- Official site
- tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
Where Tate Modern is
Orange: Tate Modern. Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Southwark’s built-up area.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Tate Modern
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out. Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Also near Tate Modern
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.3 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
Big drawCastleTower of London1.6 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral700 m away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey2.1 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower1.9 km away6
AttractionLondon Eye1.5 km away7
Historic houseBuckingham Palace3.1 km away8
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)Visiting Tate Modern
Where is Tate Modern?
Tate Modern is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Tate Modern?
Modern art gallery located in Bankside, London, England.
How many people visit Tate Modern?
About 1.2M visitors a year, in 2021 (the latest count on Wikidata).
When is the best time to visit Tate Modern?
May to September are the warmest months in Southwark, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Tate Modern?
Within 15 km: British Museum (2.3 km), Tower of London (1.6 km), St Paul's Cathedral (700 m) and Westminster Abbey (2.1 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)
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, 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
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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