Plaistow
District of West Ham
in Greater London of England, United Kingdom
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London City Airport (3 mi) - London Biggin Hill Airport (14 mi)
- RAF Northolt (19 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (21 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (23 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (26 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (28 mi)
- London Luton Airport (29 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 3 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 5 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 26 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 72 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 72 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 106 mi)
- Ilford Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Barnehurst Golf Course (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Chingford Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Hartsbourne Country Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Cray Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Hobbs Cross Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Dartford Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Broke Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Brickendon Grange Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Essendon Country Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- London Eye (observation point, (6 mi)
- Lee Valley Marina Springfield (marina, (4 mi)
- The View from the Shard (observation point, (5 mi)
- Box Hill Hiking Area (amusement park, (24 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.533 and 0.017 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 31' 59" and E 0° 1' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 08:52 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:48 am and 4:52 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.954 and -176.560 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Waitangi - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Plaistow
The district Plaistow of West Ham in Greater London (England) is a subburb in United Kingdom a little east of London, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Poplar, East Ham, Woolwich, Hackney and Ilford. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 44 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 69% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 70% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
8°C (46 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 7th of December 2024
7°C (44 °F)
5°C (40 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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MOXY London Stratford
Fox Apartments
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Abbey Mills Pumping Stations
The original Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Abbey Lane, London E15, is a sewage pumping station, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper, and architect Charles Driver. It was built between 1865 and 1868. It was designed in a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style, described as The Cathedral of Sewage. Another of Bazalgette's designs, Crossness Pumping Station, is located south of the River Thames at Crossness, at the end of the Southern Outfall Sewer.
Ronan Point
Ronan Point was a 22-storey tower block in Newham, East London, which partly collapsed on 16 May 1968 when a gas explosion demolished a load-bearing wall, causing the collapse of one entire corner of the building. Four people were killed in the incident, and 17 were injured.
Northern Outfall Sewer
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West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Poplar and Canning Town (UK Parliament constituency)
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Big Brother 1 (UK)
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Big Brother 2 (UK)
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A124 road
The A124 road is a road in east London linking Canning Town with Upminster. The road begins at a junction with the A13 road at Canning Town station in the south west of the London Borough of Newham. The road continues in a north easterly direction for 3 miles (4.9 km) as Barking Road, passing through West Ham, Plaistow and East Ham. The road passes into the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham at a crossing of the River Roding and there forms a junction with the North Circular Road.
Prescott Channel
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Celebrity Big Brother 1 (UK)
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Hermit Road
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Memorial Grounds
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East London Cemetery
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New West Ham Stadium
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Stratford Langthorne Abbey
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Art-Switch
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Channelsea River
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Abbey Creek
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Channelsea Island
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University of East London Stratford Campus
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