Greenwich Pier
Greenwich Pier stands in Greenwich. Its neighbours on our list number 49 within 5 km. Further out, Royal Observatory Greenwich is 900 m away.
Pier in Greenwich
Inside Greenwich
Greenwich Pier is inside Greenwich’s built-up area, with 49 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.
Weather by the month
The warmest afternoons in Greenwich run May to September, at 18–24°C.
Greenwich Pier
It has articles in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Pier
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Greenwich
Where it sits
Orange is Greenwich Pier; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Greenwich’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Of the 5, Newham is the largest, at 351,065 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Greenwich
Tower Hamlets
Lewisham
Southwark
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Greenwich Pier is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | It’s in town | 288,117 | 125 |
| Tower Hamlets | 200 m northwest of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Lewisham | 700 m south of it | 300,764 | 218 |
| Southwark | 1.9 km west of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Newham | 2.6 km northeast of it | 351,065 | 133 |
Other places close by
Among the 571 within 15 km are 5 museums, a castle and a cathedral.
MuseumCutty Sark100 m away3
Big drawCastleTower of London5.3 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum500 m away · 2.4M visitors a year5
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)6
MuseumQueen's House500 m away7
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey8.3 km away8
AttractionElizabeth Tower8.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Greenwich Pier
Where is Greenwich Pier?
Greenwich Pier is in Greenwich, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Greenwich Pier?
Pier in Greater London.
When is the best time to visit Greenwich Pier?
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 Pier?
Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (900 m), Cutty Sark (100 m), Tower of London (5.3 km) and National Maritime Museum (500 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 (8)
- Greenwich Pier: Concepcion AMAT ORTA…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, 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
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