Darwin Centre

Darwin Centre is a building in South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, England. Darwin Centre is situated nearby to the grassland Dana Centre Lawn, as well as near the public building Lodge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

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 560 feet east of Darwin Centre.

Science Museum

Museum

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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 550 feet northeast of Darwin Centre.

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 1,600 feet north of Darwin Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kensington and Brompton.

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.

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.

Knightsbridge

Suburb

Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Darwin Centre

Type: Building
Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49676° or 51° 29′ 48″ north

Longitude

-0.17842° or 0° 10′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C3XFRWC+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4959883

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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