Ranger's House
Ranger's House, a historic house, stands in Greenwich. Its neighbours on our list number 42 within 5 km. It is in the care of English Heritage.
Historic house in Greenwich
Inside Greenwich
Ranger's House is inside Greenwich’s built-up area, with 42 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by English Heritage
One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
Afternoons in Greenwich peak at 18–24°C, May to September.
Ranger's House
Around it, Royal Observatory Greenwich (500 m) comes first on our list.
- Type
- Historic house
- Run by
- English Heritage
- Town
- in Greenwich
Ranger's House at a glance
The places near Ranger's House are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Greenwich’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Newham is the biggest of the 6 bases nearby (351,065 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Greenwich
Lewisham
Tower Hamlets
Southwark
Compare the 6 towns
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Make a day of it near Ranger's House
Also close at hand are 5 museums, a castle and a cathedral, among 558 within 15 km.
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum900 m away · 2.4M visitors a year3
Big drawCastleTower of London6.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4
MuseumCutty Sark1.2 km away5
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum10 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)6
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey9.2 km away7
MuseumQueen's House900 m away8
AttractionElizabeth Tower9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Ranger's House
Where is Ranger's House?
Ranger's House is in Greenwich, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Ranger's House?
Historic house.
Who runs Ranger's House?
English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Ranger's House?
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 Ranger's House?
Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (500 m), National Maritime Museum (900 m), Tower of London (6.5 km) and Cutty Sark (1.2 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)
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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