Charlton

Worth seeing in and around Charlton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Royal Observatory

   The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. It played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and because the Prime Meridian passed through it, it gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time, the precursor to today's Coordinated Universal Time.

   3 km · observatory in Greenwich, London, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The O2 Arena

   The O2 Arena, locally referred to as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in south east London, England. It opened in its present form in 2007.

   3.3 km · indoor arena in the O2, London · Wikipedia
3. 03
   National Maritime Museum

   The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

   3.2 km · museum in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Queen's House

   Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery. It was built between 1616 and 1635 on the grounds of the now demolished Greenwich Palace, a few miles downriver from the City of London.

   3.1 km · historic house museum in London, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   University of Greenwich

   The University of Greenwich is a university within the London and South East University Group in Greenwich, England. It was an independent university from 1992 to 2026, when it merged with the University of Kent to form LASE. Following the merger, Greenwich is formally an academic division within LASE, but continues to operate as a university, including recruiting students, teaching and granting degrees, under the branding of the University of Greenwich, under LASE's shared governance, management and academic board.

   3.1 km · university in Greenwich, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   University of East London

   The University of East London is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, London, England, based at three campuses in Stratford and Docklands, following the opening of University Square Stratford in September 2013. The University of East London began as the West Ham Technical Institute and it was officially opened in October 1898 after approval was given for the construction of the site by the West Ham Technical Instruction Act Committee in 1892 following the Technical Instruction Act 1889.

   3 km · university in London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Valley

   The Valley is a football stadium in Charlton, London, England, with a capacity of 27,111, which has been the home of Charlton Athletic Football Club since 1919, with a period of exile between 1923 and 1924, and from 1985 to 1992. Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club has played all of their home matches at The Valley since 2024.

   400 m · football stadium in London, home to Charlton Athletic FC · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Millennium Dome

   The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. When opened in 1999, it was the fifth largest building in the world by usable volume.

   3.2 km · original name of a large dome-shaped building in South East London, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Palace of Placentia

   The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443. Over the centuries it took several different forms, until it was turned into a hospital in the 1690s.

   3.3 km · English royal palace at Greenwich · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Old Royal Naval College

    The Old Royal Naval College are buildings that serve as the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London on the River Thames. Described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as being of "outstanding universal value", the site is considered to be the "finest and most dramatically sited architectural and landscape ensemble in the British Isles".

    3.2 km · architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site · Wikipedia

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Getting to Charlton

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 35 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 41 km · London Stansted (STN), 46 km

Stations

London City Airport, 2.5 km · Port of London, 1.8 km · Canning Town station, 3.9 km · North Greenwich tube station, 3.1 km · Woolwich Arsenal, 2.1 km

• London → Charlton

  12 km · quickest by road, 52 min · £1.5–2
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  12 km · quickest by road, 52 min · £1.5–2
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• Luton, Luton → Charlton

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £8–10
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