Rotherhithe is a Town in the county of Greater London.

Rotherhithe in Greater London is located 3.8 km SE from City of London, 5.2 km SW from West Ham and 6.2 km E from Westminster.

Rotherhithe postcode: SE16 6AU

Retail in Rotherhithe

There are great places to visit near Rotherhithe including some great cities, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments, airports and bluebell woods.

The area close to Rotherhithe boasts some of the best cities including London.

Castles to visit near Rotherhithe include The Tower of London.

The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark are great places to visit near Rotherhithe if you like museums.

Rotherhithe's best nearby historic buildings can be found at The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Rotherhithe including River Thames at London.

The area around Rotherhithe boasts some of the best shopping centres including Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.

Don't miss Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth's towns if visiting the area around Rotherhithe.

Don't miss Fryent Country Park, South Norwood Country Park, Morden Hall Park, Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Scadbury Estate Country Park, Stanmore Country Park, and Whitewebbs Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Rotherhithe.

Morden Hall Park is one of Rotherhithe's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Rotherhithe.

Don't miss Cutty Sark's historic monuments if visiting the area around Rotherhithe.

Rotherhithe has some unmissable airports nearby like London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.

Rotherhithe is near some unmissable bluebell woods like Stanmore Country Park,

Rotherhithe History

There are some historic monuments around Rotherhithe:

• Smiths' Wharf
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall at St Alphage Garden, incorporating remains of St Alphage's Church
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and Roman, medieval and post-medieval gateway at Aldersgate
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and bastion beneath Crosswall, No. 1 America Square and Fenchurch Street railway station
• Merchant Taylors' Hall
• Greenwich Hospital (RN College)
• London Wall: site of Newgate and 121-124 Newgate Street, remains of Roman and medieval wall, gateway and bastion
• Tower of London
• The Jewel Tower
• Apothecaries' Hall
• Roman Bath House, Shadwell
• Roman riverboat, 136m west of Greenwood Theatre
• London Wall: the west gate of Cripplegate fort and a section of Roman wall in London Wall underground car park, adjacent to Noble Street
• Roman amphitheatre, Guildhall Yard
• London Wall: section bounding All Hallows Churchyard
• Tower Hill West
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastion at Noble Street
• Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital
• The London Greyfriars, site of, Newgate Street, Farringdon
• Queenhithe dock
• Remains of Roman and medieval wall and gateway W of boundary of Stationers' Hall to Ludgate Hill
• Eltham Palace
• Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street
• Bonner Hall Bridge, Regent's Canal
• Roman hypocaust and building on site of Coal Exchange
• London Wall: section in Amen Court
• Painter Stainers' Hall
• Parnell Road Bridge
• Goldsmiths' Hall
• Roman governor's palace (site of)
• Armourers' and Brasiers' Hall
• Greenwich Palace
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street
• Romano-Celtic temple in Greenwich Park
• Monument
• The Curtain Playhouse
• Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell
• London Wall: section of Roman wall within the London Wall underground car park, 25m north of Austral House and 55m north west of Coleman Street
• Second World War anti-aircraft gun emplacements, Beckton
• The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside
• Pumping engine house for Brunel's Thames tunnel
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and medieval bastion in Postman's Park and King Edward Street
• Dyers' Hall
• Queen's House
• The Globe Theatre
• London Wall: remains of Roman and medieval wall from W end of All Hallows Church to 38 Camomile Street
• Greenwich Observatory
• Structures of archaeological interest below Billingsgate Market
• London Wall: section from underground railway to Tower Hill GUARDIANSHIP
• Inner Temple Hall Buttery
• Tallow Chandlers' Hall
• Three Colt Bridge, Gunmaker's Lane
• Roman wall in basement of 90 Gracechurch Street
• The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey
• Linear Training Fortification, Royal Military Repository
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Greenwich Park
• Barnard's Inn Hall (Mercers' School)
• Stationers' Hall
• London Wall: site of the Roman and medieval gateway of Cripple Gate
• Abbey buildings, Bermondsey
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and conduit and medieval postern, Bloomfield House to site of Moor Gate
• Innholders' Hall
• Huggin Hill Roman bath house, 120m WNW of St James's Church
• Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House
• Remains of St Pancras Church, Pancras Lane
• West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath
• London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastions, west and north of Monkwell Square
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion (4a) at Crutched Friars
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall, bastions and city gate of Aldgate from 17 Bevis Marks to India Street
• Tudor naval storehouse at Convoys Wharf
• London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
• Stratford Langthorne Abbey (part of area within precincts), Baker's Row, West Ham
• Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church
• Watermen's Hall
• Site of the launch ways of the SS Great Eastern
• The Theatre Playhouse
• London Wall: remains of medieval and Roman wall extending 75yds (68m) N from Trinity Place to railway
• Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront
• Fishmongers' Hall
• The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, Southwark
• Vintners' Hall
• Skinners' Hall
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Camomile Street