William Penney Laboratory

William Penney Laboratory is a university building in Westminster, Greater London, England. William Penney Laboratory is situated near the food court Junior Common Room, as well as near Senior Common Room.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Natural History Museum and Royal Albert Hall.

Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Natural History Museum in London, England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 940 feet south of William Penney Laboratory.

Royal Albert Hall

Theater building

Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 760 feet north of William Penney Laboratory.

Science Museum

Museum

Photo: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025. Science Museum is situated 600 feet south of William Penney Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kensington and Knightsbridge.

South Kensington

Suburb

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.

Knightsbridge

Suburb

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Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.

Brompton

Suburb

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Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, is an area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex.

William Penney Laboratory

Type: University building
Address: London
Categories: building and education
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49895° or 51° 29′ 56″ north

Longitude

-0.17708° or 0° 10′ 38″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C3XFRXF+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 228595344

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Junior Common Room and Senior Common Room.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Data Science Institute and The Pantry.

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Worth a closer look: South Kensington-Chelsea and Heathrow Airport.

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