Welling

Worth seeing in and around Welling

5 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
   Eltham Palace

   Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The house consists of the medieval great hall of a former royal residence, to which an Art Deco extension was added in the 1930s.

   4.5 km · historic house museum · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   5.5 km · Grade I listed building in Royal Borough of Greenwich, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Manor Ground, Plumstead

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

   3.9 km · home stadium of Woolwich Arsenal FC between 1888 & 1890, and 1893 & 1913 · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   3.5 km · Grade II* listed folly in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   4.7 km · closed military museum in London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Welling

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 39 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 40 km · London Stansted (STN), 48 km

Stations

Woolwich Arsenal, 4.4 km · King George V, 5.7 km · Abbey Wood railway station, 3.6 km · Woolwich railway station, 4.4 km · Bexleyheath railway station, 1.7 km

• London → Welling

  17 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £2–2.5
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• London, Essex → Welling

  17 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £2–2.5
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• Luton, Luton → Welling

  59 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £9–12
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