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Greenwich Meridian
Contents
North Pole
The Arctic
England, Europe
France, Europe
Spain, Europe
Algeria, Africa
Mali, Africa
Togo, Africa
Burkina Faso, Africa
Ghana, Africa
The Equator
Antarctica
The South Pole
International Date Line

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Yorkshire

Photo Š1996 Peter Marshall

Kingston-upon-Hull

Barges on the Humber

Crossing the River Humber into Lincolnshire

Across The Fens and the south-east corner of The Wash

Cambridgeshire

Hertfordshire

Where we find the Meridian School

Reaching the London conurbation on the edge of Epping Forest

Take a few minutes and let Peter Marshall take you on a superb down the Meridian Line from Epping Forest to Greenwich

Across the River Thames

Greenwich

To Greenwich - home of the Prime Meridian (Zero Longitude)

Passing through the original Greenwich Observatory

THE OFFICIALLY STARTED AT THIS VERY POINT

To help guide your way a green laser shines down the Meridian

Leaving London we cross Surrey then into Sussex and the Sussex Downs

East Grinstead

Half a mile north of the High Street is East Court, a former private house built in 1769. Today, its grounds and woods are open to the public, and a stone marks the point where the Greenwich Meridian passes through the town. This Grade II listed building houses the Town Council Offices, and incorporates Meridian Hall.

at Chailey erected in 1953 "where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the Manor of Balneth" (). They hope to meet there again in the year 2000 to celebrate. Where you there when the original monument was laid?

Pass through laid in 1975 was "Presented by the Eseco Foundry and Engineering Ltd., Phoenix Works, Lewes" or you can stand-on-your-head and read that M.S. Brese was the Town Mayor then.

Peacehaven

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A pinnacle marks the spot in Peacehaven (between Brighton and Newhaven) where the Meridian Line crosses the English Coastline at the English Channel (Le Manche). High on a cliff overlooking the Channel some 48 miles from Greenwich.

Photo Š1996 Julie Lovis

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