Places to explore near Plumstead StationPlumstead

The triangular Georgian tower folly on Shooter's Hill, its viewing platform looking out over London and, on a clear day, seven counties.

2.6 km SW

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

3.2 km W · spans 7 counties

London's flood defence across the tideway at Woolwich — ten steel gates that rise from the riverbed when a surge threatens the city.

3.4 km W

William Morris's own home in Bexleyheath, the house where the Arts and Crafts idea took shape

5 km SE

A 1470s medieval Great Hall grafted onto a 1930s Art Deco Courtauld mansion.

5.4 km SW

Royal park climbing to the Observatory and the Prime Meridian.

6.1 km W

A web of green corridors across south-east London, joining the Thames marshes to Nunhead Cemetery park by park.

0.1 km SE · London

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.8 km NW · spans 24 counties

London's inner orbital walk, stringing together 78 miles of parks, canals and viewpoints through the middle suburbs.

1.4 km NW · London

A National Trust place in London.

5.1 km N

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

5.9 km W · spans 4 counties

Red-brick Georgian villa beside Greenwich Park holding the Wernher Collection, a diamond magnate's hoard of Renaissance jewels, paintings and other art.

6.2 km W

The 'M25 for walkers' — an orbital path through outer London's woods, commons and river valleys from Erith to Purfleet.

6.6 km E · spans 5 counties

A country park in London.

6.9 km NE

The Lea made navigable — from Hertford through the Lee Valley's reservoirs and marshes to Bow Locks on the edge of the Thames.

7.3 km NW · London, Hertfordshire & Essex