Attraction · Southwark · Updated on 1 November 2026.
HMS Belfast is an attraction in Southwark, London. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 8 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 350 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet and a water point.
Audio tour · HMS Belfast
2:17
You're standing by HMS Belfast, a warship permanently moored here on the Thames, near Tower Bridge. Take a look at her hull. That jagged pattern is camouflage. She wears the paint scheme she carried from November 1942 to July 1944, right in the middle of the war.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
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Partly: according to OpenStreetMap it is only partly wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a public toilet at 200 m and a water point at 350 m.
When you stand at HMS Belfast, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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