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Sport in Greenwich & Blackheath

A long line of sporting firsts

London Marathon

The - The World's biggest race starts on Blackheath and Greenwich Park.

- Guide to Marathons of the World

Association Football (Soccer)

- One-click guide to the Premier League clubs

- Hold the record for England's biggest football crowd.

Three Blackheath clubs (Blackheath, Perceval House (Blackheath) and Blackheath Proprietary School) helped start the (of England) - The Blackheath club then left when hacking was banned!

originally started in Woolwich in 1886 and was initially known as Dial Square. It soon became known as Royal Arsenal which it remained as until 1891.

A pig farm was among the local venues used until the club moved to the Invicta Ground at Plumstead in 1890. The club became professional as Woolwich Arsenal in 1891.

In 1913, despite vociferous local opposition, the club moved to Highbury in North London.

Rugby Union

Blackheath Rugby Club - oldest in the land.  Visit their site at:  

The first England International Rugby Team was chosen at the Princess of Wales pub in Blackheath

Hockey

- oldest in the World!

Golf

A wealth of golf courses including...

The oldest golf club in England - The Royal Blackheath Golf Club

Baseball

Greenwich even has a youth baseball team that's going places - Baseball

Golf

A wealth of golf courses including...

The oldest golf club in England - The Royal Blackheath Golf Club

Kites

Blackheath is a major centre for kite-flying particularly at weekends

Cricket

Not forgetting that most English of sports, cricket. Blackheath Wanderers Cricket Club - founded 1886. South Thames League Champions 1990, Arthur Phebey Cup Winners 1996. Website:

 

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is where East meets West at the (0° Longitude); World Time is set . Remember the new millennium started in .

Greenwich lies on the , a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see .  There is the famous to visit and the .  Just down river is the which is close to

The at Greenwich is in along with the and the (on which the in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit

The starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of and his daughters (Bloody Mary) and (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at .

It has seen many famous visitors from through to .  This and a lot more in .

For information on all the other places in the world called Greenwich including Greenwich Village, New York City, USA then visit .

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