Perhaps the best Maritime Museum in the World.
Originally build on the orders of Queen Mary by Sir Christopher Wren as Greenwich Hospital on the site of the old royal palace of Placentia. Latterly the Royal Naval College and soon to be handed over to Greenwich University.
The three-masted tea-clipper symbolic of Greenwich was a commercial failure originally. Built when steam was going out of fashion and the Suez Canal was being built. It has had a chequered history but is now restored to her former glory.
Dwarfed by the Cutty Sark this small craft enabled Sir Francis Chichester to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. Then to arrive in Greenwich and be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Old Royal Observatory - the point from which every clock and map is based. The main transit telescope is the point that the Prime Meridian of the World (Zero Longitude) is based. It is this point that is the official starting point of the new millennium. You can stand in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and see the World's first chronometer.
Part of the National Maritime Museum complex. A home fit for a Queen. The model for the White House in Washington DC. Used in many films (movies) either as it regal past or as a mock-up of Washington DC.
On the edge of the Park lies this historic building now housing a collection of paintings and musical instruments.
The oldest Royal Park in London. Originally the 'back garden' (back lot) of the royal palace of placentia; where kings hunted and where deer still roam. Home of the Old Royal Observatory (Charles II let Flamsteed set up the observatory in his park!)
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Unique museum of the history of the fan. Based in Georgian building (1721). Orangery and Japanese style garden. Ironically for this symbol of the orient, the museum stands in the Western Hemisphere!
Wheelchair access: Ground Floor only
The "eighth wonder of the World". Built to stop London drowning in the event of a major surge from the North Sea.
From 1967 until 1994 this Russian Submarine saw active service. Now open to the public. moored close to the Thames Barrier. You can 'visit' the sub on the Internet using virtual reality. (You will need VR software 'plug-in' and patience whilst the large files download).
Unique collection of ordnance in an unusual setting. Originally designed by John Nash in 1814 for an exhibition in St. James Park, London it moved to Woolwich five years later.
Only open Mon-Fri 13:00 - 16:00. Closed Weekends and Bank Holidays
Wheelchair access
The oldest building in Greenwich.
Alfege was the Archbishop of Canterbury nearly a millennium ago when he was murdered on this spot by invading Danish hordes. A church has stood on this site since and witnessed a whole millennium of history in the making.
Place where the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated is buried.
Built 1851 by WW Wardell - interior designed by Pugin reputedly.
Built 1841. Original tower dates from 13th century. Three Astronomers Royal including Edmund Halley (Halley's Comet) are buried here.
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Wheelchair access (wheelchair loan facility)
