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The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a large borough in southeast London encompassing historic districts, suburban areas, and modern waterfront developments. The N...
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The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a large borough in southeast London encompassing historic districts, suburban areas, and modern waterfront developments. The National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich, and Cutty Sark stand within Maritime Greenwich, a UNESCO World Heritage Site centred on the Prime Meridian. The borough's heritage sites, from the Queen's House to Eltham Palace, and its cultural venues including The O2 Arena make it historically and culturally significant for exploration.
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The National Maritime Museum is a major maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It forms part of the Royal Museums Greenwich, which also includes the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, and the Queen's House.
Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Royal Observatory stands on the hill in Greenwich Park where Charles II commissioned it in 1675 to fix longitude at sea, and it is the reason the world sets its clocks from a line drawn through south-east London.
Cutty Sark is a preserved nineteenth-century clipper ship in Greenwich. Launched in 1869, she was built for the fast tea trade between China and Britain and later carried wool from Australia.
Greenwich Park is a historic royal park in southeast London, covering extensive hillside grounds. It forms part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site and contains the Prime Meridian line.
The Old Royal Naval College is a historic riverside complex in Greenwich, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1696 and 1712, it originally served as the Royal Hospital for Seamen.
Eltham Palace is a distinctive historic site in southeast London, where a medieval royal great hall stands beside a 1930s Art Deco mansion.