Museum · Greenwich · London

Cutty Sark

Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. It is within Greenwich’s built-up area. The register lists it as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Cutty Sark, Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Greenwich

inside the built-up area

Run by

Cutty Sark preservation Society

the operator on record

How well known

Top 1%

#46 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Greenwich

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#46 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (43 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Greenwich

Cutty Sark is inside Greenwich’s built-up area, with 47 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Greenwich has 524 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

May to September are the warmest in Greenwich, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C.

Jan8° / 3°55 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 11°47 mm

Jul24° / 14°44 mm

Aug23° / 14°53 mm

Sep20° / 11°47 mm

Oct16° / 9°65 mm

Nov12° / 5°63 mm

Dec9° / 3°57 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Greenwich, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Greenwich. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Greenwich’s full climate →

About

Cutty Sark

Management falls to Cutty Sark preservation Society. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 43 languages. 570 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Royal Observatory Greenwich (800 m).

Greenwich’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Cutty Sark preservation Society
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 43 languages
Town: in Greenwich
Official site: rmg.co.uk/cuttysark

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

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Find Cutty Sark in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Cutty Sark

Newham tops the 8 for size, at 351,065 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

2 · 400 m northwest of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

3 · 600 m south of it

Lewisham

300,764 people · 218 places to visit

4 · 2 km west of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cutty Sark is	People	Places to visit
Greenwich	It’s in town	288,117	125
Tower Hamlets	400 m northwest of it	311,072	430
Lewisham	600 m south of it	300,764	218
Southwark	2 km west of it	307,076	471
Newham	2.7 km northeast of it	351,065	133
Bromley	4.9 km south of it	325,469	66
City of London	7 km northwest of it	7,820	432
Lambeth	8.1 km west of it	317,108	450

Make a day of it

Pair Cutty Sark with these

A visit can add 4 museums, a castle and a cathedral, from 570 places within 15 km.

1MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich800 m away 2

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum400 m away · 2.4M visitors a year 3

Big drawCastleTower of London5.4 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)5

MuseumQueen's House400 m away 6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey8.4 km away 7

AttractionElizabeth Tower8.2 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace9.4 km away

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

Asked about Cutty Sark

Where is Cutty Sark?

Cutty Sark is in Greenwich, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cutty Sark?

British clipper ship.

Who runs Cutty Sark?

Cutty Sark preservation Society.

When is the best time to visit Cutty Sark?

May to September are the warmest months in Greenwich, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cutty Sark a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Cutty Sark?

Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (800 m), National Maritime Museum (400 m), Tower of London (5.4 km) and British Museum (9.1 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)

Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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