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The Royal Mews

The Royal Mews is a grade I listed transport museum in City of Westminster. Management falls to The Royal Collection. Our list has 611 more places within 15 km; first among them is Buckingham Palace, at 200 m.

Photo: The Royal Mews, APK (CC BY 4.0)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

Run by

The Royal Collection

the operator on record

How well known

Top 7%

#525 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Westminster

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#525 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (12 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Westminster

The Royal Mews is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 380 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Westminster has 3,887 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Afternoons in Westminster reach 19–24°C from May to September.

Jan9° / 3°60 mm

Feb9° / 3°45 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 12°53 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 6°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

The Royal Mews

Wikipedia covers it in 12 languages.

Westminster’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: The Royal Collection
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 12 languages
Town: in Westminster
Official site: royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=31

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

The map

Mapping The Royal Mews

The Royal Mews is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The 8 towns are led in size by Wandsworth, with 326,725 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 900 m west of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

4 · 1.7 km southwest of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Royal Mews is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	900 m west of it	143,348	399
Lambeth	1.5 km south of it	317,108	450
Wandsworth	1.7 km southwest of it	326,725	442
Camden	1.9 km north of it	209,342	458
Southwark	2.3 km southeast of it	307,076	471
City of London	2.6 km northeast of it	7,820	432
Hammersmith and Fulham	3.4 km west of it	182,187	266

Make a day of it

Close to The Royal Mews

Within 15 km you can add 2 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 attractions.

Historic houseBuckingham Palace200 m away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum2.5 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.1 km away 4

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.4 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionLondon Eye1.8 km away 7

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum2 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)8

Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesSaint James's Palace700 m away

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

Quick answers on The Royal Mews

Where is The Royal Mews?

The Royal Mews is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Royal Mews?

Grade I listed transport museum in City of Westminster, United Kingdom.

Who runs The Royal Mews?

The Royal Collection.

When is the best time to visit The Royal Mews?

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

Is The Royal Mews a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near The Royal Mews?

Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (200 m), British Museum (2.5 km), Westminster Abbey (1.1 km) and Elizabeth Tower (1.4 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 Royal Mews: APK, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint James's Palace: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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