Place to see: Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Royal Observatory

Royal Observatory by Hannah Swithinbank

Sited on top of the hill above Greenwich in London, the Royal Observatory was home to what have to have been some of the most exciting scientific developments of the Enlightenment Age. It might well be home to today's as well, but I don't know the science.

royal hill
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dome reflection
Old Royal Naval College
Royal Observatory

About this place:

Greenwich is a short trip from Central London and allows you to take a break from the city and take in some few hundreds of years of history as well.

Postcards about Greenwich:

  • Mike Mostransky

    5 March 2008
    From:
    Mike Mostransky

    You can get to Greenwich by train from Waterloo or London Bridge and the DLR. There are many renowned pubs here (Plume of Feathers, Trafalgar Tavern and the Greenwich Union just to name a few), visit the Prime Meridian at the Old Greenwich Observatory at the top of Greenwich Park. In the park is the Queen's House and the National Maritime Museum. Across the street is the Old Royal Naval College (with a backdrop of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers) which will also put you next to the Cutty Sark and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.

London, England, GB

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Discovered by Mike Mostransky
on 17 February 2008.
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