Places to explore near West Ham StationWest Ham

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

2.6 km S · spans 7 counties

London's first public park, opened in 1845 and long known as the People's Park.

3.4 km W

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

4 km SE

Royal park climbing to the Observatory and the Prime Meridian.

5.7 km S

Victorian bascule bridge beside the Tower of London, opened in 1894, with glass-floored high walkways and steam-age engine rooms.

6.1 km SW

William the Conqueror's Thames fortress, home of the Crown Jewels.

6.1 km W

Planting threaded through brutalist walkways on the site of London's first public park.

7 km W

Wren's domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill, finished in 1710 after the Great Fire, with its Whispering Gallery and the tombs of Nelson and Wellington.

7.4 km W

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

7.6 km SE

Nelson's Column and the National Gallery at the heart of London.

9.5 km W

Barry and Pugin's Gothic home of Parliament, rebuilt after the 1834 fire around medieval Westminster Hall, with Big Ben in the Elizabeth Tower.

9.6 km W

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

9.6 km S

Coronation church of England’s monarchs since 1066.

9.7 km W

London's oldest royal park, enclosed by Henry VIII, with pelicans kept here since 1664.

9.9 km W

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

0 km W · London

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

0.9 km S · spans 4 counties

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

1.1 km SW · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

London's canal — from Little Venice round Regent's Park and through Camden Town to the Thames at Limehouse.

3 km W · London

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

4.4 km SE · London

A National Trust place in London.

4.5 km NW

The surviving lakes and grotto of a grand Georgian mansion demolished by a gambling owner.

4.8 km NE

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

5.5 km SE · spans 24 counties