Take the Thames Clipper from Westminster to Greenwich
Absolutely beautiful journey along the river!
Thames Clipper
An absolutely fabulous way to travel around London. See all the sites along the Thames from comfortable seats. Great, accommodating schedules for every destination.
Walk south along Thames to approximately here. Walk through the beautiful Old Royal Naval College grounds to the…
Queen’s House, 1638
MAP | SOUTHEAST LONDON, GREENWICH
Architect: Inigo Jones
The exquisite Queen’s House is a former royal residence which now serves as a public art gallery. Designed by no other than Inigo Jones, the house was commissioned by both Anne and Henrietta as a retreat and place to display and enjoy the artworks they had accumulated and commissioned.
It was Jones’s first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour and although it diverges from the mathematical constraints of Palladio, Jones is often credited with the introduction of Palladianism with the construction of the Queen’s House. Open Daily, 10am–5pm
Pop your head into the…
National Maritime Museum
MAP | SOUTHEAST LONDON, GREENWICH
With a collection of over two million objects, The Maritime Museum aims to achieve a greater understanding of British economic, cultural, social, political and maritime history and its consequences in the world today.
Accused of ignoring the affects Britain’s slave trade had on all these histories, the Atlantic Worlds gallery was created in attempt to tell of the unequal, sometimes brutal histories involved, and the making or unmaking of its many connected worlds.
Open Daily, 10am–5pm, FREE
HUNGRY?
Greenwich Market
MAP | SOUTHEAST LONDON, GREENWICH
A meander round lovely Greenwich Market is an excellent lunch plan. if sitting down isn’t a priority — if the weather’s on your side, take your bounty up to park five minutes walk away and make a picnic of it. With anything from fresh banh mi to the sunshine flavors of Da Fish Ting (ceviche, salt cod and more all with a tropical twist every weekday), Oyster Brothers and Bad Brownie, everyone can find something to float their boat.
Goddards at Greenwich
MAP | SOUTHEAST LONDON, GREENWICH
Most people agree that Goddards at Greenwich is incredible. The pie shop has been around since 1890, and some say they’re the best pies in London (to which we say: what about G. Kelly on Roman Road though?). They do proper liquor, jellied or stewed eels and even have vegan pies these days; perfect for getting your proper Cockney lunch fix.
Cutty Sark
MAP | SOUTHEAST LONDON, GREENWICH
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship, one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest. Destined for the tea trade, a seasonal trade of a high-value cargo from China to London, the Cutty Shark would sail in only eight “tea seasons”, from London to China and back. The advent of steamships and the Suez Canal made these clippers obsolete.
The story of the Cutty Sark is the story of empire, which is why it is so fascinating. China desired opium from British-held India and were willing to trade vast quantities of tea, now firmly Britain’s national drink, with over 28 million kilograms imported in 1869 alone. VIDEO OPIUM WARS
Summer Hours: 28 June-5 September, 10am-6pm (last entry 5.15pm), £22
Feel like a pint before heading back?
Cutty Sark Pub
MAP | SOUTHEAST LONDON, GREENWICH
Over 200 years old, and full of (tasteful) nauticalia, the Cutty Sark is just one pirate short of a Benbow. There are at least a dozen pubs closer to the Cutty Sark (the famous tea clipper) than The Cutty Sark, but that distance is to this pub’s benefit. Far from the madding crowds of touristland Greenwich, this amiable riverside bar attracts a well-to-do local crowd. In finer weather, there’s a splendid little drinking area up against the river wall.
