Cutty Sark

Cutty Sark is the great landmark of Greenwich town centre, a three-masted Victorian sailing ship standing high and dry beside Greenwich Pier. Built in 1869 to race tea home from China, she was the fastest ship of her age, and later broke records on the wool run from Australia. Today she's a museum ship run by Royal Museums Greenwich. A visit takes you from the Lower Hold up through the Tween Deck to the open Main Deck, then down into the Dry Berth to walk beneath her hull. The figurehead collection, led by Nannie the witch, is a highlight, and there's a café and afternoon tea under the ship. Even without a ticket, the ship is worth a wander: the riverside around her is the start of the Thames Path, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel and Greenwich Market are moments away, and she looks magical lit up at night.