Greenwich

Greenwich is situated on the south shore of a sharp bend in the River Thames, just southeast of the City of London and is part of Greater London. Here is located the world famous Royal Observatory where the Prime Meridian, dividing East and West Longitude, was defined by international agreement in 1884

Canary Wharf from Greenwich park Royal naval buildings

The Boating Pond was opened in 1930 and is still very popular in the summer months.
A children's playground is next to the pond.

Small remains of Montague House and Queen Caroline's Bath House.
Queen Caroline, formerly Princess of Wales, lived at Montague House with her husband King George IV between 1801 and 1813.
The bath house would have been semi-attached to Montague House and was quite fashionable for Georgian times.



Some 20 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds still exist in Greenwich Park, most on the high ground to the west of Blackheath Avenue.

The grassy mounds, some of which are seen here, are now only about 0.3m (1ft) in height and 3-5m in diameter.
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Work began in 1696 to create the Royal Hospital for Seaman, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicolas Hawksmoor. Wren worked free of charge as surveyor and had to change his plans to allow the Queen uninterrupted views from the Queen's House to the River Thames. The Queen's House is seen directly ahead in the middle.

Today the college is used by the University of Greenwich, This view is opposite at Island Gardens.




The Cutty Sark was one of the last clippers built for the China tea trade between the 1840s and 1870s.

It was ordered by Captain John Willis of London.

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The River Thames as seen from the Old Royal Naval College grounds.

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