Attraction · Kensington and Chelsea · London

The Cosmic House

The Cosmic House is an attraction you can visit in Kensington and Chelsea. Our list has 172 more places within 5 km. Further out, British Museum is 5.7 km away.

Where

In Kensington and Chelsea

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Attraction in Kensington and Chelsea

Inside Kensington and Chelsea

The Cosmic House is inside Kensington and Chelsea’s built-up area, with 172 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

The seasons here

Afternoons in Kensington and Chelsea reach 19–24°C from May to September.

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 Cosmic House

Attraction.

In Kensington and Chelsea, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Kensington and Chelsea
Official site: jencksfoundation.org/cosmic-house

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

The map

Finding The Cosmic House

The Cosmic House is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The towns around The Cosmic House

The most populous of the 8 is Ealing, at 367,271. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

2 · 500 m south of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

3 · 900 m east of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 2 km northwest of it

Brent

340,611 people · 245 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Cosmic House is	People	Places to visit
Kensington and Chelsea	It’s in town	143,348	399
Hammersmith and Fulham	500 m south of it	182,187	266
Westminster	900 m east of it	203,571	461
Brent	2 km northwest of it	340,611	245
Ealing	2.6 km west of it	367,271	101
Hounslow	2.8 km west of it	286,591	106
Richmond upon Thames	2.8 km southwest of it	192,888	128
Camden	3.2 km northeast of it	209,342	458

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near The Cosmic House

Among the 597 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseKensington Palace1.4 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.6 km away 4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum2.7 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum2.6 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey5.6 km away 7

AttractionElizabeth Tower5.8 km away 8

Big drawMuseumScience Museum2.5 km away · 3M visitors a year (2012)

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

The Cosmic House: common questions

Where is The Cosmic House?

The Cosmic House is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Cosmic House?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit The Cosmic House?

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 Cosmic House?

Within 15 km: British Museum (5.7 km), Kensington Palace (1.4 km), Buckingham Palace (4.6 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (2.7 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
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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