Museum · near Greenwich · London

Old Royal Naval College

Old Royal Naval College is an architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officially, it is a Grade I listed building. Top of the 567 other places within 15 km is Royal Observatory Greenwich, 800 m off.

Photo: Old Royal Naval College, © Bill Bertram (Pixel8) 2007-08 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

100 m

west of Greenwich

How well known

Top 4%

#269 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum near Greenwich

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#269 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (18 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Greenwich

Old Royal Naval College is 100 m west of Greenwich. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Greenwich has 524 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Greenwich

Aim for May to September, when Greenwich reaches 18–24°C.

Jan8° / 3°55 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 4°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 11°47 mm

Jul24° / 14°44 mm

Aug23° / 14°53 mm

Sep20° / 11°47 mm

Oct16° / 9°65 mm

Nov12° / 5°63 mm

Dec9° / 3°57 mm

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

About

Old Royal Naval College

Articles on it exist in 18 languages.

Greenwich’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 18 languages
Town: 100 m west of Greenwich
Official site: ornc.org

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

The map

Old Royal Naval College on the map

Orange: Old Royal Naval College.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Old Royal Naval College

The biggest base of the 8 is Newham (351,065 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · 100 m east of it

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

2 · 300 m northwest of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

3 · 900 m south of it

Lewisham

300,764 people · 218 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km west of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Old Royal Naval College is	People	Places to visit
Greenwich	100 m east of it	288,117	125
Tower Hamlets	300 m northwest of it	311,072	430
Lewisham	900 m south of it	300,764	218
Southwark	2.1 km west of it	307,076	471
Newham	2.5 km northeast of it	351,065	133
Bromley	5 km south of it	325,469	66
Lambeth	8.3 km west of it	317,108	450
Roxwell	40 km northeast of it	387	0

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Within 15 km are 567 places, among them 5 museums, a castle and a cathedral.

1MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich800 m away 2

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum400 m away · 2.4M visitors a year 3

MuseumCutty Sark300 m away 4

Big drawCastleTower of London5.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)5

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)6

MuseumQueen's House400 m away 7

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey8.6 km away 8

AttractionElizabeth Tower8.4 km away

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

Questions people have about Old Royal Naval College

Where is Old Royal Naval College?

Old Royal Naval College is 100 m west of Greenwich, London.

What is Old Royal Naval College?

Architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

When is the best time to visit Old Royal Naval College?

May to September are the warmest months in Greenwich, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Old Royal Naval College a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Old Royal Naval College?

Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (800 m), National Maritime Museum (400 m), Cutty Sark (300 m) and Tower of London (5.5 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)

National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 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
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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