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Wellington Arch

Look for Wellington Arch, a historic site, in Westminster. Nearby, 365 more places to visit are within 5 km. Top of the list nearby is Buckingham Palace, 600 m away.

Where

In Westminster

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Historic site in Westminster

Inside Westminster

Wellington Arch is inside Westminster’s built-up area, with 365 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, month by month

From May to September, Westminster sees 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

Wellington Arch

Historic site.

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

Type: Historic site
Town: in Westminster

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

The map

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

Towns near it

The towns around Wellington Arch

Wandsworth is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (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 · 600 m west of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km north of it

Camden

209,342 people · 458 places to visit

4 · 2 km southeast of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Wellington Arch is	People	Places to visit
Westminster	It’s in town	203,571	461
Kensington and Chelsea	600 m west of it	143,348	399
Camden	1.9 km north of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	2 km southeast of it	317,108	450
Wandsworth	2.1 km south of it	326,725	442
Southwark	2.9 km southeast of it	307,076	471
City of London	2.9 km northeast of it	7,820	432
Hammersmith and Fulham	3.4 km west of it	182,187	266

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

There are 603 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 attractions and a historic house among them.

Historic houseBuckingham Palace600 m away 2

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

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey1.7 km away 4

AttractionElizabeth Tower1.8 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.7 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionLondon Eye2.2 km away 7

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum1.6 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)8

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum1.9 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)

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

Good to know about Wellington Arch

Where is Wellington Arch?

Wellington Arch is in Westminster, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Wellington Arch?

Historic site.

When is the best time to visit Wellington Arch?

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 Wellington Arch?

Within 15 km: Buckingham Palace (600 m), British Museum (2.5 km), Westminster Abbey (1.7 km) and Elizabeth Tower (1.8 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)

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
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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