Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · London

The Clockmakers' Museum

The Clockmakers' Museum is a museum of the Clockmakers' Company, London. Its location is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area. Within 15 km there are 605 more places to visit, starting with Victoria and Albert Museum (300 m).

Photo: The Clockmakers' Museum, Jordiferrer (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

The Clockmakers' Museum is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 299 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

Warm months and wet ones

Warmest in Kensington and Chelsea are May to September, at 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°59 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°43 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°54 mm

Sep20° / 12°52 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 5°66 mm

Dec9° / 3°59 mm

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

About

The Clockmakers' Museum

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: clockmakers.org/the-clockmakers-museum-library

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

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Where The Clockmakers' Museum is

The map centres on The Clockmakers' Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Brent (340,611 people). Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 100 m north of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km west of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km south of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Clockmakers' Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Westminster	100 m north of it	203,571	461
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.7 km west of it	182,187	266
Wandsworth	1.9 km south of it	326,725	442
Lambeth	3.6 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Camden	3.6 km north of it	209,342	458
Brent	3.7 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Richmond upon Thames	3.8 km southwest of it	192,888	128

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

605 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral among them.

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum300 m away · 858K visitors a year (2021)2

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum100 m away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.4 km away 4

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum4.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)5

Big drawMuseumScience Museum100 m away · 3M visitors a year (2012)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.4 km away 7

Historic houseKensington Palace1.2 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)8

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.6 km away

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

Good to know about The Clockmakers' Museum

Where is The Clockmakers' Museum?

The Clockmakers' Museum is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Clockmakers' Museum?

Museum of the Clockmakers' Company, London, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit The Clockmakers' Museum?

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

What else is there to see near The Clockmakers' Museum?

Within 15 km: Victoria and Albert Museum (300 m), Natural History Museum (100 m), Buckingham Palace (2.4 km) and British Museum (4.2 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)

The Clockmakers' Museum: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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