Welcome to the Greenwich 2000 Tourism Zone

Truly unique historic places to see

• Greenwich Royal Observatory

Home of Zero Longitude, World Time and where the millennium officially begins for the world.

• National Maritime Museum

One of the world's great maritime museum currently undergoing a major make-over for the millennium

• Queen's House

Built for an English Queen and used as a model for the White House In Washington DC. A truly magnificent building.

• Cutty Sark

An impressive site in dry dock besides the River Thames.   Climb aboard to see what life was like sailing the high seas under sail.

• Gypsy Moth IV

A small craft besides the Cutty Sark where Sir Chichester sailed single-handed around the world breaking many records along the way.

• Royal Naval College

Greenwich Hospital a legacy of Queen Mary and one of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpieces.  The Navy has left and the buildings are being transformed.

• Greenwich Royal Park

Tranquil home to flowers and animals.  Great views across Greenwich and to the centre of London.  The home of the Greenwich Royal Observatory.

• Ranger's House

On the edge of Greenwich Park and now owned by English Heritage.

Look back at this Millennium in our Thousand years of history section as you stand in the home of the next Millennium.

Where East meets West and the World's time is set. Rich in history. Homes of Kings & Queens and the rich & famous. Unique in character and World Heritage Centre yet only 5 miles from the heart of London. The Centre of Time, Sea and Space.

A thumb-nail sketch of all attractions is provided with a link to full details

The Sea - Greenwich's Naval Heritage

The National Maritime Museum

Perhaps the best Maritime Museum in the World.

Royal Naval College

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.

Cutty Sark

The three-masted tea-clipper symbolic of Greenwich was a commercial failure originally. Built when sail 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.

Gipsy Moth IV

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 using the same sword that Queen Elizabeth I had used to knight Sir Francis Drake.

Time & Space

Greenwich Royal Observatory

The Greenwich 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.

Historic Buildings

Greenwich is the birthplace of many famous monarchs - see Greenwich Regal History

Queen's House

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.

Ranger's House

On the edge of the Park lies this historic building now housing a collection of paintings and musical instruments.

Greenwich Royal Park

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 Greenwich Royal Observatory (Charles II let Flamsteed set up the observatory in his park!)

Other Places to visit

Fan Museum

12 Crooms Hill, Greenwich , London SE10

+44 [0]20 8 858 7879

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

Thames Barrier

The "eighth wonder of the World". Built to stop London drowning in the event of a major surge from the North Sea.

Russian Submarine

From 1967 until 1994 this Russian Submarine saw active service. Moored close to the Thames Barrier until 1997. Although no longer here 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).

Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda

Repository Road, Woolwich, SE18

+44 [0]20 8 316 5402

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

Trinity Hospital

Highbridge, Greenwich , London SE10

The oldest building in Greenwich.

Historic Churches in Greenwich & neighbourhood

St Alfege Church

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.

St Luke's Church, Charlton

Place where the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated is buried.

Our Lady of the Sea

68 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10

Built 1851 by WW Wardell - interior designed by Pugin reputedly.

St Margaret's Church

Lee Terrace, London SE13

Built 1841. Original tower dates from 13th century. Three Astronomers Royal including Edmund Halley (Halley's Comet) are buried here.

Tourist Information Centre

Greenwich Tourist Information Centre

46 Greenwich Church High Street, Greenwich , London SE10 9BL

+44 [0]20 8 858 6376

Wheelchair access (wheelchair loan facility)