Pier · Wandsworth · London

Putney Pier

Putney Pier is a pier at Putney Embankment. Wandsworth has it inside its built-up area. Close by, British Museum is 8.4 km away, one of 598 within 15 km.

Photo: Putney Pier, Images George Rex from London, England (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Wandsworth

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 Wandsworth

Inside Wandsworth

Putney Pier is inside Wandsworth’s built-up area, with 69 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

For warmth, aim for May to September (18–24°C highs in Wandsworth).

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 4°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May18° / 9°46 mm

Jun21° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°54 mm

Sep20° / 11°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°68 mm

Nov12° / 5°66 mm

Dec9° / 3°58 mm

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

About

Putney Pier

It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

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

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

The map

Around Putney Pier, mapped

Putney Pier sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Putney Pier

With 367,271 people, Ealing is the largest of the 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Wandsworth

326,725 people · 442 places to visit

2 · 200 m north of it

Hammersmith and Fulham

182,187 people · 266 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km west of it

Richmond upon Thames

192,888 people · 128 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km north of it

Kensington and Chelsea

143,348 people · 399 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Putney Pier is	People	Places to visit
Wandsworth	It’s in town	326,725	442
Hammersmith and Fulham	200 m north of it	182,187	266
Richmond upon Thames	1.4 km west of it	192,888	128
Kensington and Chelsea	2.4 km north of it	143,348	399
Hounslow	2.7 km west of it	286,591	106
Merton	3.2 km south of it	214,931	58
Ealing	4 km northwest of it	367,271	101
Westminster	4.2 km northeast of it	203,571	461

Make a day of it

Around Putney Pier

Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral, among 598 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.4 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Historic houseBuckingham Palace6.3 km away 3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey7.1 km away 4

Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum4.4 km away · 858K visitors a year (2021)5

Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum4.3 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)6

AttractionElizabeth Tower7.3 km away 7

Historic houseKensington Palace4.6 km away · 383K visitors a year (2015)8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery7.6 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Putney Pier, answered

Where is Putney Pier?

Putney Pier is in Wandsworth, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Putney Pier?

Pier at Putney Embankment.

When is the best time to visit Putney Pier?

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

What else is there to see near Putney Pier?

Within 15 km: British Museum (8.4 km), Buckingham Palace (6.3 km), Westminster Abbey (7.1 km) and Victoria and Albert Museum (4.4 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 (9)

Putney Pier: Images George Rex from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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