Ruins · Tower Hamlets · London

SS Great Eastern Slipway

SS Great Eastern Slipway, ruins, stands in Tower Hamlets. Around it, within 5 km, are 77 more places on our list. Nearby, Tower of London (4.5 km) leads the list.

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Ruins in Tower Hamlets

Inside Tower Hamlets

SS Great Eastern Slipway is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 77 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

Which month to go

The warmest afternoons in Tower Hamlets run May to September, at 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

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

About

SS Great Eastern Slipway

Ruins.

In Tower Hamlets, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Ruins
Town: in Tower Hamlets

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

The map

Around SS Great Eastern Slipway, mapped

SS Great Eastern Slipway sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns near SS Great Eastern Slipway

Among the 6, Newham is the biggest, home to 351,065 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 300 m south of it

Lewisham

300,764 people · 218 places to visit

3 · 300 m east of it

Greenwich

288,117 people · 125 places to visit

4 · 1 km west of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where SS Great Eastern Slipway is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
Lewisham	300 m south of it	300,764	218
Greenwich	300 m east of it	288,117	125
Southwark	1 km west of it	307,076	471
Newham	3 km northeast of it	351,065	133
City of London	4.4 km northwest of it	7,820	432

Make a day of it

Places to add to SS Great Eastern Slipway

Nearby, 576 places within 15 km include 4 museums, a castle and a cathedral.

Big drawCastleTower of London4.5 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich1.8 km away 3

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.1 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)4

MuseumCutty Sark1 km away 5

Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum1.3 km away · 2.4M visitors a year 6

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey7.5 km away 7

AttractionElizabeth Tower7.3 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace8.6 km away

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

Know before you visit SS Great Eastern Slipway

Where is SS Great Eastern Slipway?

SS Great Eastern Slipway is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is SS Great Eastern Slipway?

Ruins.

When is the best time to visit SS Great Eastern Slipway?

May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near SS Great Eastern Slipway?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (4.5 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (1.8 km), British Museum (8.1 km) and Cutty Sark (1 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
Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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