The Approach Gallery
The Approach Gallery is a contemporary art gallery. Tower Hamlets has it inside its built-up area. A short trip away is Tower of London, 3.1 km off, the first of 572 within 15 km.
Art gallery in Tower Hamlets
Inside Tower Hamlets
The Approach Gallery is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 166 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.
Picking your season
The warmest stretch in Tower Hamlets is May to September, at 19–24°C in the afternoon.
The Approach Gallery
Contemporary art gallery in London, England.
In Tower Hamlets, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Art gallery
- Town
- in Tower Hamlets
- Official site
- theapproach.co.uk
Where The Approach Gallery is
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; The Approach Gallery is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Tower Hamlets’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count The Approach Gallery
Newham, with 351,065 people, is the largest of the 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
City of London
Newham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Approach Gallery is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | It’s in town | 311,072 | 430 |
| Hackney | 400 m northwest of it | 258,464 | 407 |
| City of London | 2.2 km southwest of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Newham | 2.2 km east of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Islington | 2.4 km northwest of it | 216,309 | 425 |
| Southwark | 2.7 km south of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Waltham Forest | 3.3 km northeast of it | 278,129 | 73 |
| Camden | 3.5 km west of it | 209,342 | 458 |
Worth adding to a visit
Among the 572 within 15 km are 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.
Big drawCastleTower of London3.1 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.4 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral3.8 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.3 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower6.1 km away6
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern4.2 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)7
Historic houseBuckingham Palace7.1 km away8
AttractionLondon Eye5.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
The Approach Gallery, answered
Where is The Approach Gallery?
The Approach Gallery is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Approach Gallery?
Contemporary art gallery in London, England.
When is the best time to visit The Approach Gallery?
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 The Approach Gallery?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (3.1 km), British Museum (5.4 km), St Paul's Cathedral (3.8 km) and Westminster Abbey (6.3 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
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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