Attraction · Tower Hamlets · London

Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney

Tower Hamlets counts Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney, an attraction, among its places to visit. The surrounding 5 km hold 331 more places to visit. Tower of London, 200 m off, heads what is near.

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Attraction in Tower Hamlets

Inside Tower Hamlets

Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 331 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

Weather by the month

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

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

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

About

Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney

Attraction.

In Tower Hamlets, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Tower Hamlets
Official site: towerbridge.org.uk/stories/the-architectural-style-of-tower-bridge#:~:text=you%20will%20find%20a%20chimney

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

The map

Around Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney, mapped

On this map, Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns that count Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney

Lambeth tops the 8 for size, at 317,108 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 200 m south of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 400 m northwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
Southwark	200 m south of it	307,076	471
City of London	400 m northwest of it	7,820	432
Islington	1.6 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Hackney	1.6 km north of it	258,464	407
Lambeth	2.2 km southwest of it	317,108	450
Camden	2.3 km northwest of it	209,342	458
Lewisham	2.5 km southeast of it	300,764	218

Make a day of it

Around Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney

2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle are among the 588 within 15 km.

Big drawCastleTower of London200 m away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.8 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.7 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.8 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.5 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye3.1 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.8 km away

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

Know before you visit Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney

Where is Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney?

Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney?

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 Tower Bridge's Hidden Victorian Chimney?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (200 m), British Museum (3.9 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.8 km) and Tate Modern (1.7 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)

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
Tate Modern: 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
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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