Greenwich Meridian
Set 300 m west of Greenwich, Greenwich Meridian is an attraction. Add Royal Observatory Greenwich, 100 m away, to a visit; it leads 559 places within 15 km.
Attraction near Greenwich
Just outside Greenwich
Greenwich Meridian is 300 m west of Greenwich. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
Aim for May to September, when Greenwich reaches 18–24°C.
Greenwich Meridian
Attraction.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- 300 m west of Greenwich
The way to Greenwich Meridian
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Greenwich Meridian is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Greenwich Meridian
In size, Newham comes first of the 6, with 351,065 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Greenwich
Lewisham
Tower Hamlets
Southwark
Beyond Greenwich Meridian
Choose from 559 places within 15 km, such as 5 museums, a castle and a cathedral.
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum400 m away · 2.4M visitors a year3
Big drawCastleTower of London6.2 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4
MuseumCutty Sark800 m away5
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9.8 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)6
MuseumQueen's House400 m away7
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey9 km away8
AttractionElizabeth Tower8.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Greenwich Meridian
Where is Greenwich Meridian?
Greenwich Meridian is 300 m west of Greenwich, London.
What is Greenwich Meridian?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Greenwich Meridian?
May to September are the warmest months in Greenwich, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Greenwich Meridian?
Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (100 m), National Maritime Museum (400 m), Tower of London (6.2 km) and Cutty Sark (800 m).
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 (7)
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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