Museum · Trafalgar Square · London
The National Gallery
Red walls, gilt frames, benches in front of the big canvases
When it fits
Best in the afternoon · about 120 min
Your plan checks the real hours for your dates.
Where it is
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Straight-line distances: Rules 440 m · Covent Garden 540 m · St James's Park 753 m. Not travel times.
Why Aura
Western painting from Giotto to Van Gogh, free, on Trafalgar Square: Van Eyck's Arnolfini, Holbein's Ambassadors, Turner, Constable, the Sunflowers. Open until 21:00 on Fridays. Some rooms are closed for building work.
IconicFine in the rainBudgetStep-free access
Today10:00–21:00Two sources disagree
All hours
Mo-Su 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00; Dec 24-26 off; Jan 01 off (some rooms closed during building work; 6 Oct 2026 the east wing closes from 17:00) · OpenStreetMap says “Sa-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00”Visit lengthAbout 120 min
WeatherIndoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
Sources and dates (5)
- When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
- Today: per nationalgallery.org.uk, read 30 Sept 2026
- Visit length: Aura estimate
- Effort: Aura estimate
- Tags are Aura editorial judgement.
Why, feel, tags and tips are Aura editorial. Hours and positions come from OpenStreetMap; prices only when read from a named source on a date. Ratings and reviews are not shown: no provider is connected in this build, and under EEA terms Google ratings may appear only inside Google’s own place card.
- nationalgallery.org.uk — visiting (free; daily 10–18, Fri to 21; closed 24–26 Dec, 1 Jan) · official · read 30 Sept 2026
- OSM way/4372002 · osm · read 30 Sept 2026
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