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Free Things to Do in Greenwich
Looking for free things to do near Greenwich? 248 options are mapped here, each offering attractions with free entry. The list runs from the closest to the furthest from the middle of Greenwich.
Among them are Horniman Museum and Gardens, Kelson Beach and Dock Beach. 248 of them are free to visit; there is a mix of indoor and outdoor options (2 indoor, 245 outdoor); 3 welcome dogs. Each listing shows its address and, where the data is available, a website and phone number so plans can be checked before setting off.
Opening hours, prices and age suitability change from place to place and from season to season, so it is always worth confirming the details with a venue directly before travelling. Distances are straight-line estimates from the centre of Greenwich; a few entries sit just over the boundary in neighbouring areas where they are the closest of their kind.
- 01 The Cove0.1 mi
- 02 Sabina Nessa Memorial Garden0.1 mi
- 03 Ben Oakley Gallery0.2 mi
- 04 The Queens Orchard0.2 mi
- 05 Greenwich Park Playground0.2 mi
- 06 Herb Garden0.2 mi
- 07 St Alfege Park0.3 mi
- 08 The Old Royal Observatory Garden0.4 mi
- 09 St Alfege's Recreation Ground0.4 mi
- 10 Burney Street Garden0.4 mi
- 11 Island Gardens0.4 mi
- 12 Meridian Adventure Play Centre0.4 mi
- 13 Greenwich Park0.4 mi
- 14 New Capital Quay Playground0.5 mi
- 15 Marryat Gardens0.5 mi
- 16 Children’s play area0.6 mi
- 17 Millwall Park0.6 mi
- 18 The Rose Garden0.6 mi
- 19 The Flower Garden0.6 mi
- 20 Manchester Estate Gardens0.7 mi
- 21 Ferrant Park0.7 mi
- 22 Dabin Crescent Play Area0.7 mi
- 23 Mudchute Park & Farm0.7 mi
- 24 Blackheath0.8 mi
- 25 Sue Godfrey Nature Park0.8 mi
- 26 East Greenwich Pleasaunce0.8 mi
- 27 Mary Ann Gardens0.9 mi
- 28 Crossfield Open Space0.9 mi
- 29 Charlotte Turner Gardens0.9 mi
- 30 Twinkle Park0.9 mi
- 31 Mycenae Gardens0.9 mi
- 32 Kelson Beach0.9 mi
- 33 The Woodlands Dell0.9 mi
- 34 Richard MacVicar Adventure Playground0.9 mi
- 35 SE8 Gallery0.9 mi
- 36 Dagmar Court Playground1.0 mi
- 37 Broadway Fields1.0 mi
- 38 Teletubby Land1.0 mi
- 39 Brookmill Park1.0 mi
- 40 St John's Park1.1 mi
- 41 Margaret McMillan Park1.1 mi
- 42 Batley Park1.1 mi
- 43 Brookmill Road Local Nature Reserve1.1 mi
- 44 Sayes Court Park1.2 mi
- 45 Southern Park1.2 mi
- 46 Central Park1.2 mi
- 47 Upper Pepys Park Playground1.2 mi
- 48 Evelyn Green1.2 mi
- 49 Douglas Way Garden1.2 mi
- 50 Northern Square1.2 mi
- 51 Upper Pepys Park1.2 mi
- 52 Central Park1.2 mi
- 53 Deptford Railway Meadow1.2 mi
- 54 Reminder Gardens1.2 mi
- 55 Friendly Gardens1.3 mi
- 56 Aragon Gardens1.3 mi
- 57 Pepys Park1.3 mi
- 58 Admiralty Square1.3 mi
- 59 Indescon Square1.3 mi
- 60 Renaissance Play Area1.3 mi
- 61 Borough of Deptford Memorial Gardens1.3 mi
- 62 Borough of Deptford Memorial Gardens1.3 mi
- 63 Borough of Deptford Memorial Gardens1.3 mi
- 64 Canary Central1.3 mi
- 65 Isle of Dogs Memorial Garden1.3 mi
- 66 Northern Ecology Area1.4 mi
- 67 Cornmill Gardens1.4 mi
- 68 Lightman Mastmaker Play Area1.4 mi
- 69 Fordham Park1.4 mi
- 70 Sir John McDougall Gardens1.4 mi
- 71 Luxmore Gardens1.4 mi
- 72 Saint George's Square1.4 mi
- 73 Harbour Quay Gardens1.4 mi
- 74 The Tide1.4 mi
- 75 Harbord Square Park1.4 mi
- 76 Compton Gardens1.5 mi
- 77 Mary Rose Square1.5 mi
- 78 Deptford Park1.5 mi
- 79 Folkestone Gardens1.5 mi
- 80 Podium Garden1.6 mi
- 81 Saint James Hatcham Playground1.6 mi
- 82 Erebus Gardens1.6 mi
- 83 Jubilee Park1.6 mi
- 84 Podium Garden1.6 mi
- 85 Gilmore Estate open space1.6 mi
- 86 Hervey Road Playing Field1.6 mi
- 87 Chiswell Square Playsite1.6 mi
- 88 Brockley Nature Reserve1.7 mi
- 89 Canada Square Park1.7 mi
- 90 Wildlife Garden1.7 mi
- 91 Herb Garden1.7 mi
- 92 PNK Garden1.7 mi
- 93 Roseview1.7 mi
- 94 Crossrail Place Roof Garden1.8 mi
- 95 Lyle Park1.8 mi
- 96 Hilly Fields1.8 mi
- 97 Amnesty International Peace Garden1.8 mi
- 98 Pond Garden1.8 mi
- 99 Manor Park1.8 mi
- 100 Durand's Wharf1.8 mi
- 101 Charlton House Gardens1.8 mi
- 102 Lyle Park Playground1.8 mi
- 103 Royal Wharf Gardens1.8 mi
- 104 Manor House Gardens1.8 mi
- 105 Eckington Gardens1.9 mi
- 106 Jamestown Way Waterfront Park1.9 mi
- 107 Eckington Park Playground1.9 mi
- 108 Westferry Circus1.9 mi
- 109 East India Dock Basin1.9 mi
- 110 Dock Beach1.9 mi
- 111 Millennium Green1.9 mi
- 112 Bridgehouse Meadows1.9 mi
- 113 Britannia Village Green1.9 mi
- 114 Corinthian Square1.9 mi
- 115 Tommy's Park1.9 mi
- 116 Natural Play Area1.9 mi
- 117 Storey House Green2.0 mi
- 118 Russia Dock Woodland2.0 mi
- 119 Pearsons Park2.0 mi
- 120 Britannia Village Community Garden2.0 mi
- 121 Registry Office Garden2.0 mi
- 122 All Saints Church2.0 mi
- 123 Kidbrooke Green Park2.0 mi
- 124 Poplar Recreation Ground2.0 mi
- 125 Leyland House Community Garden2.0 mi
- 126 Lewisham Park2.0 mi
- 127 Stave Hill Ecology Park2.0 mi
- 128 Cator Park2.0 mi
- 129 Gilbert's Pit2.1 mi
- 130 Royal Victoria Dock Floating Garden2.1 mi
- 131 Maryon Wilson Park2.1 mi
- 132 Somerville Adventure Playground2.1 mi
- 133 Hornfair Park2.1 mi
- 134 Pennyfields Park2.1 mi
- 135 St Norbert Green2.1 mi
- 136 Maryon Park2.1 mi
- 137 Charlton Park2.1 mi
- 138 Green Dock2.1 mi
- 139 Hatcham Gardens2.1 mi
- 140 Thames Barrier Park2.1 mi
- 141 Edith Nesbit Gardens2.1 mi
- 142 Pat Hickson Garden2.1 mi
- 143 Montague Square2.1 mi
- 144 Wolfe Crescent2.1 mi
- 145 Children's Play Area2.1 mi
- 146 Royal Victoria Square2.2 mi
- 147 Bombardier Beetle Relocation Area2.2 mi
- 148 Hither Green Nature Triangle2.2 mi
- 149 Birdbrook Nature Reserve2.2 mi
- 150 Lavender Pond Nature Park2.2 mi
- 151 Frendsbury Gardens2.2 mi
- 152 Bramcote Nature2.2 mi
- 153 St Mary Frobisher Park2.2 mi
- 154 The Helen Kenney Garden2.2 mi
- 155 Brimmington Park2.3 mi
- 156 Stepping logs2.3 mi
- 157 Laburnum Close Green2.3 mi
- 158 Ropemakers Fields2.3 mi
- 159 Ladywell Adventure Playground2.3 mi
- 160 Ladywell Fields2.3 mi
- 161 Crofton Park Railway Garden2.3 mi
- 162 St Anne's Churchyard2.3 mi
- 163 Kings Wharf Park2.3 mi
- 164 Kings Grove Community Garden2.4 mi
- 165 Sutcliffe Park2.4 mi
- 166 Mountsfield Park2.4 mi
- 167 Honor Oak Adventure Playground2.4 mi
- 168 Kirkwood Nature Reserve2.5 mi
- 169 Cundy Park2.5 mi
- 170 Bird-in-Bush Park2.5 mi
- 171 Briset Park2.6 mi
- 172 Camel Road Play Area2.6 mi
- 173 Woolwich Common2.6 mi
- 174 Eltham Common2.6 mi
- 175 Cossall Park2.6 mi
- 176 Nunhead Green2.6 mi
- 177 Goldsmith Nature Garden2.6 mi
- 178 Consort Park2.6 mi
- 179 King George's Field2.6 mi
- 180 Dr Harold Moody Park2.6 mi
- 181 Tate Park2.6 mi
- 182 Lympstone Community Garden2.7 mi
- 183 Ravensbourne Park Gardens2.7 mi
- 184 Honor Oak Playground2.8 mi
- 185 Blythe Hill Fields2.8 mi
- 186 Adventure Playground2.8 mi
- 187 Culverley Green Open Space2.8 mi
- 188 Peckham Rye Common2.8 mi
- 189 Standard Playground2.8 mi
- 190 Saint Mary's Garden2.9 mi
- 191 Well Hall Pleasaunce2.9 mi
- 192 American Garden2.9 mi
- 193 Peckham Rye Play Area2.9 mi
- 194 Sexby Garden3.0 mi
- 195 Peckham Rye Park3.0 mi
- 196 Brenchley Gardens3.0 mi
- 197 Japanese Garden3.0 mi
- 198 Holly Grove Shrubbery3.0 mi
- 199 Bellenden Road Nature Garden3.0 mi
- 200 McDermott Grove3.0 mi
- 201 Castle Wood Rose Garden3.0 mi
- 202 Community Wildlife Garden3.0 mi
- 203 William Grigg's Garden3.0 mi
- 204 Queenscroft Recreation Ground3.0 mi
- 205 The Oval3.0 mi
- 206 Garthorne Road Nature Reserve3.1 mi
- 207 Dalmain Under 5's play area3.1 mi
- 208 The Gardens3.1 mi
- 209 General Gordon Square3.2 mi
- 210 Piermont Green3.2 mi
- 211 Warwick Gardens3.2 mi
- 212 Devonshire Road Nature Reserve3.2 mi
- 213 Maribor Park3.2 mi
- 214 Dial Arch Square3.3 mi
- 215 Goose Green3.3 mi
- 216 Centre for Wildlife Gardening3.3 mi
- 217 Eltham Palace3.3 mi
- 218 Eaglesfield Park3.4 mi
- 219 Oxleas Meadow3.4 mi
- 220 Plumstead Adventure Play Centre3.5 mi
- 221 Shrewsbury Park3.5 mi
- 222 Dawson's Hill3.6 mi
- 223 St Francis Park3.6 mi
- 224 Dawson's Hill Park3.6 mi
- 225 Eltham Park South3.7 mi
- 226 Kusuma Nature Play Area3.7 mi
- 227 Horniman Museum and Gardens3.7 mi
- 228 Sound Garden3.7 mi
- 229 Plumstead Common3.7 mi
- 230 Sunken Garden3.7 mi
- 231 Woodlands Farm3.8 mi
- 232 Herb Garden3.8 mi
- 233 Display garden3.8 mi
- 234 Horniman's Wildlife Garden3.8 mi
- 235 Grassmount Roundabout3.8 mi
- 236 Outdoor climbing wall3.8 mi
- 237 Horniman Triangle3.9 mi
- 238 Alleyn's School Memorial Garden3.9 mi
- 239 Eastcote Gardens3.9 mi
- 240 Sydenham Hill Wood4.0 mi
- 241 Kirkham Walkway4.1 mi
- 242 Dulwich Park4.1 mi
- 243 Garden of Remembrance4.2 mi
- 244 Bell House Gardens4.3 mi
- 245 Shoulder of Mutton Green4.3 mi
- 246 College Gardens4.4 mi
- 247 Belair Park4.6 mi
- 248 The Green4.6 mi
Good to know
How many free things to do are there in Greenwich?
This page lists 248 free things to do mapped in and around Greenwich, including Horniman Museum and Gardens. Each entry shows its location and, where available, contact details.
Are any of the free things to do near Greenwich free?
Yes — 248 of the places listed for Greenwich are free to visit, marked with a "Free entry" tag in the list above.
What is there to do at free things to do near Greenwich?
Expect attractions with free entry. Exactly what is on offer differs between venues, so checking ages, facilities and any booking requirements with the venue before travelling is recommended.
How are the distances to each place measured?
Distances are approximate, measured in a straight line from the centre of Greenwich. The list is ordered nearest-first, and a few entries may be in adjoining towns where they are the closest option for Greenwich.