Greenland Pier
Greenland Pier is a pier on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark. Top of the 578 other places within 15 km is Tower of London, 3.4 km off. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
Pier in Southwark
Inside Southwark
Greenland Pier is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 123 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Southwark
Afternoons in Southwark reach 18–24°C from May to September.
Greenland Pier
Pier on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark.
In Southwark, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Pier
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Southwark
Greenland Pier at a glance
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Greenland Pier is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Southwark’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Greenland Pier, by distance
The 8 towns are led in size by Newham, with 351,065 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Southwark
Lewisham
Tower Hamlets
Greenwich
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Greenland Pier is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark | It’s in town | 307,076 | 471 |
| Lewisham | 200 m south of it | 300,764 | 218 |
| Tower Hamlets | 300 m north of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Greenwich | 1.1 km east of it | 288,117 | 125 |
| Newham | 3.2 km northeast of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| City of London | 3.3 km northwest of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Hackney | 4.4 km north of it | 258,464 | 407 |
| Islington | 4.7 km northwest of it | 216,309 | 425 |
Also near Greenland Pier
2 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle are among the 578 within 15 km.
Big drawCastleTower of London3.4 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum7.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich2.9 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.6 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower6.4 km away6
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral5.1 km away7
Historic houseBuckingham Palace7.7 km away8
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern4.9 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Greenland Pier in questions
Where is Greenland Pier?
Greenland Pier is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Greenland Pier?
Pier on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark.
When is the best time to visit Greenland Pier?
May to September are the warmest months in Southwark, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Greenland Pier?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (3.4 km), British Museum (7.1 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (2.9 km) and Westminster Abbey (6.6 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)
- Greenland Pier: The wub, 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
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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