West Ham is a Town in the county of Greater London.

Retail in West Ham

There are great places to visit near West Ham including some great cities, castles, museums, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, historic monuments and airports.

There are a number of cities near to West Ham including London.

The area around West Ham's best castles can be found at The Tower of London.

The area around West Ham features a number of interesting museums including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around West Ham like River Thames at London.

Shopping Centres to visit near West Ham include Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.

The area around West Ham features a number of interesting towns including Hendon, Greenwich, and Croydon.

Cutty Sark is one of West Ham's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in West Ham.

The area around West Ham boasts some of the best airports including London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.

West Ham History

There are some historic monuments around West Ham:

• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and conduit and medieval postern, Bloomfield House to site of Moor Gate
• Abbey buildings, Bermondsey
• Shrewsbury Barrow, Shooters Hill
• London Wall: section from underground railway to Tower Hill GUARDIANSHIP
• London Wall: remains of medieval and Roman wall extending 75yds (68m) N from Trinity Place to railway
• Armourers' and Brasiers' Hall
• Roman wall in basement of 90 Gracechurch Street
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall at St Alphage Garden, incorporating remains of St Alphage's Church
• London Wall: section bounding All Hallows Churchyard
• London Wall: remains of Roman and medieval wall from W end of All Hallows Church to 38 Camomile Street
• Tower of London
• Parnell Road Bridge
• Tudor naval storehouse at Convoys Wharf
• Roman governor's palace (site of)
• Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital
• Three Colt Bridge, Gunmaker's Lane
• The Curtain Playhouse
• Roman Bath House, Shadwell
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall, bastions and city gate of Aldgate from 17 Bevis Marks to India Street
• Greenwich Palace
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion (4a) at Crutched Friars
• Roman hypocaust and building on site of Coal Exchange
• The Theatre Playhouse
• Barking Abbey
• Remains of St Pancras Church, Pancras Lane
• Greenwich Hospital (RN College)
• Romano-Celtic temple in Greenwich Park
• Queen's House
• Site of the launch ways of the SS Great Eastern
• Fishmongers' Hall
• Watermen's Hall
• Stratford Langthorne Abbey (part of area within precincts), Baker's Row, West Ham
• Monument
• Burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead
• Structures of archaeological interest below Billingsgate Market
• Roman riverboat, 136m west of Greenwood Theatre
• Pumping engine house for Brunel's Thames tunnel
• Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House
• Roman amphitheatre, Guildhall Yard
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street
• Second World War anti-aircraft gun emplacements, Beckton
• West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath
• Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street
• Dyers' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and bastion beneath Crosswall, No. 1 America Square and Fenchurch Street railway station
• Tallow Chandlers' Hall
• Merchant Taylors' Hall
• Greenwich Observatory
• 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
• Innholders' Hall
• Bonner Hall Bridge, Regent's Canal
• Eltham Palace
• Linear Training Fortification, Royal Military Repository
• Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Camomile Street
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Greenwich Park
• Skinners' Hall
• Conduit Head, Eltham
• Tower Hill West