Neighborhood 48H guide
Greenwich: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
The Prime Meridian and the Cutty Sark.
Greenwich, downriver, is a riverside town of maritime museums, a royal park and the Royal Observatory on the hill.
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Photo: DiscoA340 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
A calmer riverside base with a big park, by DLR or river boat into town.
Who it's for: Families, history fans and walkers.
Pros
- Park and river views
- Museums
- Village feel
Cons
- Far from the West End
- Observatory closes Nov 2 for refurbishment
- Quiet evenings
48H in Greenwich
Ship, meridian, park.
10:00 – Cutty Sark
Open daily 10:00–17:00.
13:00 – Royal Observatory
Open daily until November 2, 2026, then closed for refurbishment.
15:30 – Greenwich Park
View over the river to Canary Wharf.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
See / do
See / do
Cutty Sark
Greenwich
The 19th-century tea clipper you can walk beneath.
Photo: DiscoA340 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →See / do
Royal Observatory
Greenwich Park
Stand on the Prime Meridian.
Photo: Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
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Hotel · Expedia
Novotel London Greenwich
173–185 Greenwich High Rd
Practical hotel by Greenwich station.
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Vacation rentals
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- Covent Garden & Soho — The market piazza, Seven Dials, theatres and the British Museum nearby.
- Westminster & St James’s — Westminster Abbey, Parliament and the Churchill War Rooms.
- South Bank & Bankside — Tate Modern, the Millennium Bridge and Borough Market.
- Tower of London & Tower Bridge — The Crown Jewels and the bridge walkways.
- Shoreditch & Spitalfields — Street art, Columbia Road flowers and Spitalfields Market.
- King’s Cross — Coal Drops Yard, the British Library and the Eurostar.
- Marylebone — The Wallace Collection and Marylebone High Street.
- South Kensington — The V&A and the Natural History Museum.
- Notting Hill — Portobello Road and pastel terraces.