Pier · Southwark · London

Nelson Dock Pier

Nelson Dock Pier is a pier on the River Thames near Canary Wharf. Southwark has it inside its built-up area. Within 15 km there are 576 more places to visit, starting with Tower of London (3.1 km).

Photo: Nelson Dock Pier, Cnbrb (Public domain)

Where

In Southwark

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 44%

#3,733 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Pier in Southwark

Inside Southwark

Nelson Dock Pier is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 142 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.

When to go

Choosing a month

Warm weather in Southwark runs May to September, with highs of 18–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 5°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May18° / 9°47 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov12° / 6°65 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Nelson Dock Pier

Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Pier
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Southwark

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

The map

Orange is Nelson Dock Pier; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The towns around Nelson Dock Pier

Home to 351,065 people, Newham is the largest of these 8. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

2 · 200 m north of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km south of it

Lewisham

300,764 people · 218 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Nelson Dock Pier is	People	Places to visit
Southwark	It’s in town	307,076	471
Tower Hamlets	200 m north of it	311,072	430
Lewisham	1.3 km south of it	300,764	218
Greenwich	2.1 km southeast of it	288,117	125
Newham	2.3 km northeast of it	351,065	133
City of London	2.9 km west of it	7,820	432
Hackney	3.6 km northwest of it	258,464	407
Islington	4.1 km northwest of it	216,309	425

Make a day of it

Close to Nelson Dock Pier

2 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle are among the 576 within 15 km.

Big drawCastleTower of London3.1 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum6.8 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.6 km away 4

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral4.7 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower6.4 km away 6

Historic houseBuckingham Palace7.7 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern4.7 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)8MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich3.7 km away

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

Visiting Nelson Dock Pier: the answers

Where is Nelson Dock Pier?

Nelson Dock Pier is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Nelson Dock Pier?

Pier on the River Thames near Canary Wharf.

When is the best time to visit Nelson Dock 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 Nelson Dock Pier?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (3.1 km), British Museum (6.8 km), Westminster Abbey (6.6 km) and St Paul's Cathedral (4.7 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)

Nelson Dock Pier: Cnbrb, Public domain, 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
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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