Royal Docks Heritage Railway
Royal Docks Heritage Railway is a proposal to run a heritage railway. You will find it inside Newham’s built-up area. Look also at Tower of London, 9.7 km away, first of 460 more within 15 km.
Heritage railway in Newham
Inside Newham
Royal Docks Heritage Railway is inside Newham’s built-up area, with 23 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.
Weather, month by month
The warmest afternoons in Newham run May to September, at 19–24°C.
Royal Docks Heritage Railway
Proposal to run a heritage railway.
In Newham, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Heritage railway
- Town
- in Newham
- Official site
- railschool.org
Locating Royal Docks Heritage Railway
The orange dot is Royal Docks Heritage Railway; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Newham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Royal Docks Heritage Railway
In size, Newham comes first of the 7, with 351,065 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Newham
Greenwich
Barking and Dagenham
Bexley
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Royal Docks Heritage Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newham | It’s in town | 351,065 | 133 |
| Greenwich | 500 m south of it | 288,117 | 125 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 3 km northeast of it | 218,236 | 29 |
| Bexley | 3.6 km southeast of it | 246,074 | 29 |
| Tower Hamlets | 3.8 km west of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Lewisham | 4.7 km southwest of it | 300,764 | 218 |
| Redbridge | 5 km north of it | 309,509 | 33 |
Pair Royal Docks Heritage Railway with these
Around it, within 15 km, lie 460 more, including 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.
Big drawCastleTower of London9.7 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum13 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich5 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey13 km away5
Historic houseBuckingham Palace14 km away6
AttractionElizabeth Tower13 km away7
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum5.1 km away · 2.4M visitors a year8
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Royal Docks Heritage Railway
Where is Royal Docks Heritage Railway?
Royal Docks Heritage Railway is in Newham, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Royal Docks Heritage Railway?
Proposal to run a heritage railway.
When is the best time to visit Royal Docks Heritage Railway?
May to September are the warmest months in Newham, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Royal Docks Heritage Railway?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (9.7 km), British Museum (13 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (5 km) and Westminster Abbey (13 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
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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