Paynes Wharf

Paynes Wharf is a residential area in Greenwich, Greater London, England. Paynes Wharf is situated nearby to Twinkle Park, as well as near the sports venue The Ahoy Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cutty Sark and Royal Observatory.

Cutty Sark

Museum

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Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes. Cutty Sark is situated 3,500 feet east of Paynes Wharf.

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 1¼ miles southeast of Paynes Wharf.

National Maritime Museum

Museum

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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 east of Paynes Wharf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burrells Wharf and Millwall.

Burrells Wharf

Neighborhood

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Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.

Millwall

Quarter

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Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Poplar, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of Rotherhithe, west of Cubitt Town, and has a long shoreline along London's Tideway, part of the River Thames.