Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles is a memorial in Lewisham, Greater London, England. Samuel Smiles is situated nearby to Christ the King Sixth Form College, as well as near the school St Matthew Academy.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park.
Royal Observatory
Museum
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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. Royal Observatory is situated 3,900 feet north of Samuel Smiles.
Greenwich Park
Park
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Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed, it covers 74 hectares, and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site.
National Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. National Maritime Museum is situated 1 mile north of Samuel Smiles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lewisham and Blackheath.
Lewisham
Town
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Lewisham is an area of southeast London, England, six miles south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the historic county of Kent until 1889.
Blackheath
Suburb
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Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.
Deptford
Suburb
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Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.
Samuel Smiles
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Author of Self-Help lived here”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.46688° or 51° 28′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.00426° or 0° 0′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C3XFX8W+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 8040143410OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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