Garden · Lambeth · London

Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Gardens is an urban park and former garden on the south bank of the river Thames. Within the built-up area of Lambeth, it is one of the places to visit. Close by, Westminster Abbey is 1.5 km away, one of 615 within 15 km.

Photo: Vauxhall Gardens, Samuel Wale (Public domain)

Where

In Lambeth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 3%

#213 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Garden in Lambeth

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

#213 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (21 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Lambeth

Vauxhall Gardens is inside Lambeth’s built-up area, with 363 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

Highs of 18–24°C mark May to September in Lambeth.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°42 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°45 mm

Aug23° / 14°55 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 3°58 mm

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

About

Vauxhall Gardens

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 21 languages.

Type: Garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 21 languages
Town: in Lambeth

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

The map

Vauxhall Gardens on the map

The orange dot is Vauxhall Gardens; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

The largest of the 8 towns is 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

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

2 · 400 m southwest of it

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

3 · 500 m northwest of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

4 · 900 m east of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Vauxhall Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Lambeth	It’s in town	317,108	450
Wandsworth	400 m southwest of it	326,725	442
Westminster	500 m northwest of it	203,571	461
Southwark	900 m east of it	307,076	471
Kensington and Chelsea	2 km west of it	143,348	399
City of London	2.8 km northeast of it	7,820	432
Camden	2.8 km north of it	209,342	458
Tower Hamlets	3.7 km northeast of it	311,072	430

Make a day of it

After Vauxhall Gardens

615 more lie within 15 km, 2 attractions, 2 art galleries and a cathedral among them.

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.5 km away 2

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.6 km away 3

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)4

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.1 km away 5

AttractionLondon Eye1.9 km away 6

Big drawCastleTower of London3.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery2.5 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern2.8 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)

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

Questions before you go

Where is Vauxhall Gardens?

Vauxhall Gardens is in Lambeth, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Vauxhall Gardens?

Urban park and former garden on the south bank of the river Thames in London, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Vauxhall Gardens?

May to September are the warmest months in Lambeth, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Vauxhall Gardens?

Within 15 km: Westminster Abbey (1.5 km), Elizabeth Tower (1.6 km), British Museum (3.7 km) and Buckingham Palace (2.1 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)

Vauxhall Gardens: Samuel Wale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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