🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
- Baby changing
Access & inclusion
- SEN friendly
Blue badge parking in the Park Row car park opposite the East Gate, per the venue's accessibility page. General parking not verified.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Painted Hall sits inside the Old Royal Naval College on the Greenwich riverside, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its walls and ceilings were painted by Sir James Thornhill between 1707 and 1726 and cover more than 3,700 square metres with around 200 figures, including kings, queens and mythological creatures. Families can wander the hall at their own pace, join a short talk, or pick up a free activity booklet and sensory backpacks for younger visitors. Children are welcome and the grounds around the college are open for a walk, a picnic or a play on the lawns. Nearby, the visitor centre tells the story of Greenwich through hands-on displays. Visits suit children who enjoy history, art and big stories, and older children can take in the connection to Lord Nelson and the sea.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Portable phone charger
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Tissues
- Lunch boxes
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
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