Plumstead

Worth seeing in and around Plumstead

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
   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.

   2.7 km · university in London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.8 km · football stadium in London, home to Charlton Athletic FC · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Charlton House

   Charlton House is a Jacobean mansion in Charlton, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Built between 1607 and 1612, it is widely regarded as one of the finest and best-preserved examples of Jacobean domestic architecture in England, and the only complete Jacobean mansion surviving in Greater London following the destruction of Holland House during the Second World War.

   3.8 km · Grade I listed building in Royal Borough of Greenwich, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Manor Ground, Plumstead

   The Manor Ground located in Plumstead, south east London was a football stadium.

   200 m · home stadium of Woolwich Arsenal FC between 1888 & 1890, and 1893 & 1913 · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Severndroog Castle

   Severndroog Castle is a folly designed by architect Richard Jupp, with the first stone laid on 2 April 1784. While commonly referred to as a castle due to its turrets, it was built as a folly, as can be discerned by its small size and because it has never functioned as a castle.

   3.3 km · Grade II* listed folly in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Royal Artillery Museum

   The Royal Artillery Museum, which was one of the world's oldest military museums, was first opened to the public in Woolwich in southeast London on 4 May 1820. The regimental museum of the Royal Artillery, it told the story of the development of artillery by way of a collection of artillery pieces from across the centuries.

   1.4 km · closed military museum in London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Greenwich Cemetery

   Greenwich Cemetery is a cemetery in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London. It is situated on the southwestern slopes of Shooter's Hill, on the western side of the A205 South Circular, Well Hall Road, approximately halfway between Woolwich, to the north, and Eltham, to the south.

   3.4 km · cemetery in Greenwich, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Woolwich Town Hall

   Woolwich Town Hall is an early 20th-century town hall located in the historic Bathway Quarter in the centre of Woolwich, South East London. Until 1965 it was the seat of local government of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, after which it became the headquarters of the Greenwich London Borough Council.

   1.8 km · municipal building of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich

   St Mary Magdalene Woolwich is an 18th-century Anglican church dedicated to St Mary Magdalene in Woolwich, southeast London, England.

   2.2 km · church building in Woolwich, London · Wikipedia
10. 10
    South African War Memorial

    The Boer War Memorial in Woolwich is opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks on Grand Depot Road in Woolwich. The memorial marks the deaths of the 18 soldiers of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the Second Boer War.

    2 km · war memorial in Woolwich, London · Wikipedia

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Getting to Plumstead

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 38 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 43 km · London Stansted (STN), 45 km

Stations

London City Airport, 2.9 km · Port of London, 3 km · Woolwich Arsenal, 1.5 km · Beckton, 3.4 km · Gallions Reach DLR station, 2.5 km

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  56 km · quickest by road, 2h · £7–9
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