Museum · Camden · London

Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection is a museum and library. Camden has it inside its built-up area. Roughly 500K visitors come each year.

Photo: Wellcome Collection, David Samuel, User:Hellodavey1902 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Camden

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

500K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 4%

#303 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Camden

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

#303 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Camden

Wellcome Collection is inside Camden’s built-up area, with 393 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

Month by month

In Camden, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°63 mm

Feb9° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 6°46 mm

May18° / 8°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 14°49 mm

Aug23° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 11°55 mm

Oct16° / 8°73 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec9° / 3°63 mm

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

About

Wellcome Collection

Wikipedia covers it in 9 languages. 604 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by British Museum (900 m).

Type: Museum
Visitors: 500K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Camden
Official site: wellcomecollection.org

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

Plan your visit

Visit details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Wellcome Collection is

Wellcome Collection sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Wellcome Collection

The biggest base of the 8 is Lambeth (317,108 people). Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

Westminster

203,571 people · 461 places to visit

3 · 1 km northeast of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

4 · 1.7 km east of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Wellcome Collection is	People	Places to visit
Camden	It’s in town	209,342	458
Westminster	600 m southwest of it	203,571	461
Islington	1 km northeast of it	216,309	425
City of London	1.7 km east of it	7,820	432
Lambeth	2.4 km south of it	317,108	450
Tower Hamlets	2.5 km east of it	311,072	430
Southwark	2.6 km southeast of it	307,076	471
Hackney	2.7 km northeast of it	258,464	407

Make a day of it

Close to Wellcome Collection

Nearby, 604 places within 15 km include 2 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum900 m away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace2.9 km away 3

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.9 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower2.9 km away 6

MuseumMadame Tussauds1.5 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye2.7 km away 8

Big drawCastleTower of London4.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)

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

Asked about Wellcome Collection

Where is Wellcome Collection?

Wellcome Collection is in Camden, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Wellcome Collection?

Museum and library in London, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Wellcome Collection?

About 500K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Wellcome Collection?

May to September are the warmest months in Camden, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Wellcome Collection?

Within 15 km: British Museum (900 m), Buckingham Palace (2.9 km), National Gallery (1.9 km) and Westminster Abbey (3 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)

Wellcome Collection: David Samuel, User:Hellodavey1902, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, 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

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