Pier · Westminster · London

Tower Lifeboat Station

Tower Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat pier on the River Thames. This one is within Westminster’s built-up area. Management falls to Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Photo: Tower Lifeboat Station, Cnbrb (Public domain)

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

Run by

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Pier in Westminster

Inside Westminster

Tower Lifeboat Station is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 390 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

Seasons and weather

Warm weather in Westminster runs May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.

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

Tower Lifeboat Station

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages. A short trip away is British Museum, 1.1 km off, the first of 604 within 15 km.

Type: Pier
Run by: Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Westminster
Official site: rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/tower-lifeboat-station

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

The map

Locating Tower Lifeboat Station

Orange marks Tower Lifeboat Station, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

By population, Lambeth leads the 8 with 317,108. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

2 · 500 m northwest of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km south of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km east of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Tower Lifeboat Station is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Camden	500 m northwest of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	1.1 km south of it	317,108	450
City of London	1.5 km east of it	7,820	432
Southwark	1.7 km southeast of it	307,076	471
Kensington and Chelsea	2 km west of it	143,348	399
Islington	2.1 km north of it	216,309	425
Tower Hamlets	2.6 km east of it	311,072	430

Make a day of it

Also near Tower Lifeboat Station

2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum are among the 604 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum1.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery300 m away · 709K visitors a year (2021)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace1.2 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.2 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.2 km away 6

AttractionLondon Eye1.1 km away 7

Big drawCastleTower of London3.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)8

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral2.4 km away

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

Tower Lifeboat Station in questions

Where is Tower Lifeboat Station?

Tower Lifeboat Station is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tower Lifeboat Station?

Lifeboat pier on the River Thames in London.

Who runs Tower Lifeboat Station?

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

When is the best time to visit Tower Lifeboat Station?

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

What else is there to see near Tower Lifeboat Station?

Within 15 km: British Museum (1.1 km), National Gallery (300 m), Buckingham Palace (1.2 km) and Westminster Abbey (1.2 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)

Tower Lifeboat Station: Cnbrb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, 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
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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