Woolwich
Woolwich is a market town in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throughout the 16th to 20th centuries.
- Type: Town with 71,500 residents
- Description: district in southeast London, England
- Also known as: “North Woolwich”, “Вулвич”, “Вуліч”, “وول ویچ”, “ウリッジ”, “ウリッチ”, “伍尔维奇”, “烏理治”, and “烏立之”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Government House and Major Little Memorial, Woolwich.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woolwich Dockyard and Shooter’s Hill.
Woolwich Dockyard
Neighborhood
Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain.
Charlton
Suburb
Woolwich
- Categories: area of London, market town, and locality
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48267° or 51° 28′ 58″ north
Longitude
0.06233° or 0° 3′ 44″ east
Population
71,500
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB WLW
Open location code
9F32F3M6+3W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Woolwich” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Woolwich”
- Arabic: “ولتش”
- Arabic: “وولوتش”
- Azerbaijani: “Vulviç”
- Bengali: “উলিচ”
- Bengali: “ওউলিচ”
- Catalan: “Woolwich”
- Chinese: “伍利奇”
- Czech: “Woolwich”
- Danish: “Woolwich”
- Dutch: “Woolwich”
- Esperanto: “Woolwich”
- French: “Woolwich”
- Galician: “Woolwich”
- German: “Woolwich”
- Greek: “Γούλιτς”
- Hebrew: “ווליץ‘”
- Indonesian: “Woolwich”
- Irish: “Woolwich”
- Italian: “Woolwich”
- Japanese: “ウーリッジ”
- Korean: “울리치”
- Luxembourgish: “Woolwich”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Woolwich”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Woolwich”
- Norwegian: “Woolwich”
- Persian: “وولویچ (پشم دوزی)”
- Persian: “وولویچ”
- Persian: “وولیچ”
- Polish: “Woolwich”
- Portuguese: “Woolwich”
- Romanian: “Woolwich”
- Russian: “Вулидж”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Woolwich”
- Slovak: “Woolwich”
- Slovenian: “Woolwich”
- Spanish: “Woolwich”
- Swedish: “Woolwich”
- Swiss German: “Woolwich”
- Turkish: “Woolwich”
- Ukrainian: “Вулвіч”
- Ukrainian: “Вулідж”
- Urdu: “وولویچ”
- Vietnamese: “Woolwich”
- Welsh: “Woolwich”
- Western Frisian: “Woolwich”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Academy and Callis Yard.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery Boer War Memorial and Crimean War Memorial.
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