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West Ham
District in East London, England

West Ham

West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham.

Plan a trip to West Ham→From London

It is an inner-city suburb located 6.1 mi (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross.

Get in

Getting to West Ham

  1. 01
    London City Airport

    A commuter airport close to the City's financial district, and specialising in short-haul business flights to other major European cities.

  2. 02
    Stratford

    Mainline station with National Rail, London Overground and Elizabeth Line services.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Epping Forest
  2. 02
    Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge

    6 Ranger's Road, Chingford, London E4 7QH (Within walking distance of Chingford WEA station (London Overground from Liverpool Street, Zone 5)),.

  3. 03
    Wanstead Park / The Temple

    Remaining grounds of the 18th century mansion Wanstead House, with woods and ornamental lakes.

  4. 04
    Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
  5. 05
    House Mill

    Three Mill Lane E3 3DU (Tube: Bromley-by-Bow DIS H&C ).

  6. 06
    V&A East Museum

    Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London..

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Theatre Royal Stratford East

    Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN (tube: Stratford CEN JUB DLR MLD ELI ),.

  2. 02
    West Ham United

    London Stadium E20 2ST (tube: Statford / Stratford International DLR ),.

  3. 03
    ABBA Voyage

    ABBA Arena, Pudding Mill Lane, London E15 2RU (Pudding Mill Lane DLR ).

  4. 04
    ExCeL London

    1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock (DLR and rail: Custom House DLR ELI ), info@excel-london.co.uk.

  5. 05
    London Royal Docks

    Open water swimming in the docks operated by Love Open Water.

  6. 06
    Leyton Orient F.C
Eat

Where to eat

Goodmayes is a great area for really good cheap Indian/Pakistani food.

  1. 01
    The Pantry Café

    357 High St, E15 4QZ (ten seconds' walk from Stratford High Street DLR, on the same side of the road).

  2. 02
    Albina

    239 Barking Rd, Plaistow, E13 8EQ (directions: Canning Town JUB DLR ),.

  3. 03
    Kebabish

    411 Hoe St, Walthamstow, E17 9AP (tube: Walthamstow Central OGD VIC or Leyton Midland Road OGD ).

  4. 04
    Thainese

    Hoe St (turn right from Walthamstow Central),.

  5. 05
    Supperclub.tube

    South Access Road, E17 8AX (in Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum), dining@supperclub.tube.

How locals move

Getting around West Ham the local way

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From Wikivoyage: London/Greenwich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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