Attractions
From free world-class museums to royal palaces and secret gardens — the Royal Borough packs an extraordinary amount into a small area.
Museum
Natural History Museum
South Kensington · South Kensington tube
Home to 80 million specimens spanning billions of years of life on Earth, including the iconic blue whale skeleton.
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington · South Kensington tube
The world's greatest museum of art and design, with 5,000 years of human creativity across 145 galleries.
Science Museum
South Kensington · South Kensington tube
Five floors of interactive science exhibits, from Stephenson's Rocket to the Apollo 10 command module.
Design Museum
Holland Park · High Street Kensington tube
Dedicated to contemporary design and architecture, in a striking modernist building in Holland Park.
Palace & Historic House
Kensington Palace
Kensington · High Street Kensington or Queensway tube
Royal residence and birthplace of Queen Victoria, now home to permanent exhibitions and royal gardens.
Leighton House Museum
Holland Park · High Street Kensington tube
The extraordinary private palace of Victorian painter Lord Leighton, centred on a dazzling Arab Hall.
Park & Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea · Sloane Square tube
London's oldest botanic garden, founded in 1673, with over 5,000 medicinal and useful plants.
Holland Park
Holland Park · Holland Park or High Street Kensington tube
A romantic woodland park with peacocks, a Japanese Kyoto Garden, and the open-air Holland Park Opera.
Kensington Gardens
Kensington · Queensway, Lancaster Gate, or High Street Kensington tube
Royal park adjoining Hyde Park, home to the Peter Pan statue, Diana Memorial Playground, and the Serpentine.
Gallery
Saatchi Gallery
Chelsea · Sloane Square tube
London's premier contemporary art gallery in a stunning 70,000 sq ft space on the King's Road.
Serpentine Galleries
Kensington Gardens · South Kensington or Lancaster Gate tube
Two cutting-edge contemporary art galleries in the heart of Kensington Gardens, with a famous annual pavilion.