Massey Shaw
This is Massey Shaw, a historic ship 100 m southeast of Tower Hamlets. Our list has 567 more places within 15 km; first among them is Tower of London, at 4.6 km.
Historic ship near Tower Hamlets
Just outside Tower Hamlets
Massey Shaw is 100 m southeast of Tower Hamlets. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
In Tower Hamlets, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–24°C.
Massey Shaw
Historic ship.
- Type
- Historic ship
- Town
- 100 m southeast of Tower Hamlets
Getting to Massey Shaw
The places near Massey Shaw are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
Newham, with 351,065 people, is the largest of the 7. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Tower Hamlets
Greenwich
Southwark
Newham
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Massey Shaw is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | 100 m northwest of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Greenwich | 600 m southeast of it | 288,117 | 125 |
| Southwark | 1.4 km southwest of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Newham | 1.6 km northeast of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Lewisham | 1.7 km south of it | 300,764 | 218 |
| City of London | 4.4 km west of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Hackney | 4.5 km northwest of it | 258,464 | 407 |
Other places close by
Of the 567 within 15 km, look for 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.
Big drawCastleTower of London4.6 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich2.7 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey8 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower7.8 km away6
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral6.2 km away7
MuseumCutty Sark2 km away8
Historic houseBuckingham Palace9.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Massey Shaw: questions
Where is Massey Shaw?
Massey Shaw is 100 m southeast of Tower Hamlets, London.
What is Massey Shaw?
Historic ship.
When is the best time to visit Massey Shaw?
May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Massey Shaw?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (4.6 km), British Museum (8.2 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (2.7 km) and Westminster Abbey (8 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 (7)
- 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
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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