Cutty Sark, preserved in a dry dock at Greenwich on the bank of the River Thames, is the last surviving tea clipper of the great age of sail and one of the most celebrated ships in British maritime history. Built on the Clyde in Scotland and launched in 1869, she was designed for speed, racing to bring the first and most valuable cargoes of tea from China to Britain in an era when the swiftest ships commanded the highest prices. The opening of the Suez Canal in the same year soon allowed steamsh.....

A remarkable marriage of medieval grandeur and twentieth-century glamour, Eltham Palace in southeast London combines the surviving great hall of a royal residence with one of the finest Art Deco interiors in Britain. The site began as a medieval manor that became a favoured royal palace, where kings held court and the young Henry the Eighth spent part of his childhood, and its magnificent great hall, built in the fifteenth century with a splendid hammerbeam roof, ranks among the largest of its k.....

Pouring an ever-changing range of craft and European beers, the Endeavour is an independent, dog-friendly bar on Deptford Broadway in south-east London. A relatively recent arrival to the area, it pairs a stylish ground-floor bar with a basement events space and has quickly built a reputation for well-priced drinks, a relaxed atmosphere and a strong line in grassroots entertainment. Its position on the Broadway places it at one of Deptford's busiest junctions, close to bus routes and a short wal.....

On Lewisham High Street in the heart of Ladywell, the Fox and Firkin is a much-loved south-east London pub and live music venue. Rooted in community and creativity, it combines a traditional pub with a large, festival-style beer garden, an on-site brewery and an eclectic, near-nightly programme of live music. More than a decade of gradual revamping has transformed it from a run-down boozer into one of the borough's best-known cultural spots. Its sprawling outdoor garden is the venue's signature.....

Reborn in a former Argos store on Catford's busy Rushey Green, the Grand Empire reopened in December 2025 as a modern bar, restaurant and events venue in south-east London. The site has a short but eventful recent history, having traded as the Antic-run Catford Constitutional pub from late 2022 until its closure at the start of 2025 before being reinvented under its current name. The reimagined venue brings together several distinct offers under one roof, combining a modern bar and a restaurant.....

Rising from the banks of the Thames to a hilltop observatory, Greenwich Park is the oldest of London's royal parks. From its high ground, a famous view opens over the river, the old naval buildings and the towers of the city beyond. The park was enclosed in the 15th century, on land that had long been a royal estate. It is the oldest of the parks once attached to royal palaces in the capital. On the hilltop stands the old Royal Observatory, founded in the 17th century to help sailors find thei.....

Set beside a famous tea clipper on the bank of the Thames, Greenwich Pier is the river gateway to the historic town of Greenwich. From here boats set off up and down the river, carrying visitors and commuters alike. The pier lies on the south bank of the river, in front of the grand old buildings of Greenwich. It has long served as a landing place for those arriving by water. Beside it stands the Cutty Sark, a 19th-century sailing ship that once raced home with cargoes of tea from the East. Th.....

A great loop of the river Thames almost encircles the Isle of Dogs, a low-lying peninsula in the east of London. Once a place of docks and marshes, it is now best known for the towers of Canary Wharf. The land is not truly an island but a tongue of ground wrapped on three sides by a sweeping bend of the river. Its odd name has been explained in many ways, none certain. For centuries it was open marsh, used for grazing, until great docks were dug here in the 19th century. The docks made it one .....

On the banks of the Thames at the tip of the Greenwich Peninsula, Magazine Open-Air is an outdoor events series that transforms the riverside around the Magazine London venue into a roofless dancefloor. Launched for summer 2026 by Broadwick Live, the team behind Printworks and Drumsheds, it brings electronic music outside against the backdrop of the London skyline. Rather than a traditional festival, the concept centres on a run of carefully designed, one-off day-to-night shows in a previously .....

The New Cross Inn is a grassroots live-music venue and pub at 323A New Cross Road in New Cross, south-east London. A long-standing fixture of the area, it has built a strong reputation in the punk, ska, hardcore, and alternative scenes, hosting touring and local bands most nights of the week. The venue combines a traditional pub front bar with a back room stage and standing area, offering an intimate, sweat-and-stickers atmosphere prized by fans of underground guitar music. It runs an almost ni.....