Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Woolwich Arsenal Pier is one of the places to visit in Greenwich. Add any of 24 more places within 5 km to a visit. Further out, Tower of London is 10 km away.
Pier in Greenwich
Inside Greenwich
Woolwich Arsenal Pier is inside Greenwich’s built-up area, with 24 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.
A month-by-month guide
If warmth matters, go May to September: Greenwich reaches 18–24°C.
Woolwich Arsenal Pier
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Pier
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Greenwich
The area around Woolwich Arsenal Pier
The map centres on Woolwich Arsenal Pier, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Greenwich’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Newham tops the 6 for size, at 351,065 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Greenwich
Newham
Barking and Dagenham
Bexley
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Woolwich Arsenal Pier is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | It’s in town | 288,117 | 125 |
| Newham | 400 m northwest of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 2.9 km northeast of it | 218,236 | 29 |
| Bexley | 3 km southeast of it | 246,074 | 29 |
| Tower Hamlets | 4.5 km west of it | 311,072 | 430 |
| Lewisham | 4.9 km southwest of it | 300,764 | 218 |
Next door to Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle, among 429 within 15 km.
Big drawCastleTower of London10 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum14 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich5.4 km away4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey14 km away5
Historic houseBuckingham Palace15 km away6
AttractionElizabeth Tower14 km away7
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum5.5 km away · 2.4M visitors a year8
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Where is Woolwich Arsenal Pier?
Woolwich Arsenal Pier is in Greenwich, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Woolwich Arsenal Pier?
Pier in Woolwich, London, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Woolwich Arsenal Pier?
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 Woolwich Arsenal Pier?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (10 km), British Museum (14 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (5.4 km) and Westminster Abbey (14 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)
- Woolwich Arsenal Pier: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- 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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