Woolwich Transmitting Station

Woolwich Transmitting Station is in Greenwich, Greater London, England. Woolwich Transmitting Station is situated nearby to the school St Paul’s Academy, as well as near Abbey Wood Park Playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HM Prison Belmarsh and HM Prison Isis.

HM Prison Belmarsh

Prison

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His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh is a Category A men's prison located in Thamesmead, south-east London, England. Belmarsh Prison is run by His Majesty's Prison Service and is situated next to HMP Isis and HMP Thameside. HM Prison Belmarsh is situated 2,100 feet west of Woolwich Transmitting Station.

HM Prison Isis

Prison

Photo: Kleon3, CC BY-SA 4.0.

His Majesty’s Prison Isis is a Category C male Young Offenders Institution, located in the Thamesmead area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south-east London, England. HM Prison Isis is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Woolwich Transmitting Station.

St Paul’s Academy

School

St Paul's Academy is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school located in southeast London, England. St Paul’s Academy is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Woolwich Transmitting Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abbey Wood and Thamesmead.

Abbey Wood

Suburb

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbey Wood is an area in southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and bordering the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. According to the 2021 census, Abbey Wood has a population of 17,700.

Thamesmead

Suburb

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thamesmead is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 11 miles east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Belvedere. It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames.

Gallions Reach

Locality

Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gallions Reach is a stretch of the River Thames between Woolwich and Thamesmead. The area is named for the Galyons, a 14th-century family who owned property along this stretch of the river, and places, including street names, on both sides have been named after it.

Woolwich Transmitting Station

Type: Industry
Also known as: “Woolwich Transmitter Station”
Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4946° or 51° 29′ 41″ north

Longitude

0.10219° or 0° 6′ 8″ east

Open location code

9F32F4V2+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1343620509

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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