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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Viking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Viking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Viking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Norman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Norman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Norman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Norman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plantagenet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plantagenet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Plantagenet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Plantagenet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tudor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tudor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Tudor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tudor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stuart" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stuart"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Stuart</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stuart-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hanoverian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hanoverian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Hanoverian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hanoverian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Victorian_and_Edwardian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Victorian_and_Edwardian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>Victorian and Edwardian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Victorian_and_Edwardian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern_and_the_present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern_and_the_present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>Modern and the present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_and_the_present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Governance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Governance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Governance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Governance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Geography_of_Greenwich" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography_of_Greenwich"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Geography of Greenwich</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geography_of_Greenwich-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nearby_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nearby_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Nearby areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nearby_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sites_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sites_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Sites of interest</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sites_of_interest-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sites of interest subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sites_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Riverfront" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Riverfront"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Riverfront</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Riverfront-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greenwich_Park" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greenwich_Park"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Greenwich Park</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greenwich_Park-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Town_centre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Town_centre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Town centre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Town_centre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Market" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Market"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Market</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Market-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Millennium_Leisure_Park" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Millennium_Leisure_Park"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Millennium Leisure Park</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Millennium_Leisure_Park-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greenwich_Mean_Time" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greenwich_Mean_Time"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Greenwich Mean Time</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greenwich_Mean_Time-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_Heritage_Site" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Heritage_Site"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>World Heritage Site</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Heritage_Site-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discover_Greenwich_Visitor_Centre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discover_Greenwich_Visitor_Centre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discover_Greenwich_Visitor_Centre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>National Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-London_Underground" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#London_Underground"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>London Underground</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-London_Underground-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-DLR" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#DLR"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>DLR</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-DLR-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Buses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Buses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Boat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Boat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Boat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Boat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pedestrian_and_cycle_routes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pedestrian_and_cycle_routes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6</span> <span>Pedestrian and cycle routes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pedestrian_and_cycle_routes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rowing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rowing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Rowing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rowing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Running" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Running"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Running</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Running-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Golf" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Golf"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Golf</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Golf-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Twin towns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4" title="غرينتش – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غرينتش" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86_(%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%87)" title="قرینویچ (ناحیه) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قرینویچ (ناحیه)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A" title="গ্রিনিচ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গ্রিনিচ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_(%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD)" title="Грынвіч (Лондан) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Грынвіч (Лондан)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%9E%D1%96%D1%87_(%D0%9B%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD)" title="Грынўіч (Лёндан) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Грынўіч (Лёндан)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Гринуич – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гринуич" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_(kvarter)" title="Greenwich (kvarter) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Greenwich (kvarter)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_(London)" title="Greenwich (London) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Greenwich (London)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_(distrito)" title="Greenwich (distrito) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Greenwich (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%86_(%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%87)" title="گرینیچ (ناحیه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گرینیچ (ناحیه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_(Londres)" title="Greenwich (Londres) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Greenwich (Londres)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buirg_Londan_Greenwich" title="Buirg Londan Greenwich – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Buirg Londan Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%8B%88%EC%B9%98" title="그리니치 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그리니치" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B9" title="Գրինվիչ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գրինվիչ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6" title="ग्रेनिश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ग्रेनिश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_London" title="Greenwich, London – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Greenwich, London" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A5%27" title="גריניץ' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גריניץ'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98" title="გრინვიჩი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გრინვიჩი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenovicum" title="Grenovicum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Grenovicum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinvi%C4%8Das" title="Grinvičas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Grinvičas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4" title="جرينيتش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جرينيتش" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Гринвич – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Гринвич" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_(Londen)" title="Greenwich (Londen) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Greenwich (Londen)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8" title="グリニッジ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グリニッジ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_(burg)" title="Greenwich (burg) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Greenwich (burg)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Гринвич (исторический район) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гринвич (исторический район)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8E%D9%86%DA%86" title="گرێنچ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="گرێنچ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Гринич – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Гринич" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="கிரேனிச்சு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிரேனிச்சு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8D" title="గ్రీన్‌విచ్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="గ్రీన్‌విచ్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A" title="เกรนิช – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เกรนิช" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BD%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85%D3%A3)" title="Гринвич (ноҳияи таърихӣ) – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Гринвич (ноҳияи таърихӣ)" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87" title="Гринвіч – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Гринвіч" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86" title="گرینچ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="گرینچ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%BC%E6%B2%BB" title="格林尼治 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="格林尼治" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%BC%E6%B2%BB" title="格林尼治 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="格林尼治" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%BC%E6%B2%BB" title="格林尼治 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" 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places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_London" title="List of places in London">London</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Greenwich&params=51.48_N_0_E_region:GB_type:city(30578)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°29′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.48°N 0.00°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.48; 0.00</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Greenwich</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/6d\/En-uk-LBGreenwich.ogg\/En-uk-LBGreenwich.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-uk-LBGreenwich.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/En-uk-LBGreenwich.ogg/En-uk-LBGreenwich.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator 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href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>-/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">GRIN</span>-</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an <a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_of_London" title="List of areas of London">area</a> in south-east <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England, within the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>. It is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-south-east of <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a>. </p><p>Greenwich is notable for its <a href="/wiki/Maritime_history" title="Maritime history">maritime history</a> and for giving its name to the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">Greenwich Meridian</a> (0° longitude) and <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a>. The town became the site of a royal palace, the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Placentia" title="Palace of Placentia">Palace of Placentia</a>, from the 15th century and was the birthplace of many <a href="/wiki/House_of_Tudor" title="House of Tudor">Tudors</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a>. The palace fell into disrepair during the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a> and was demolished to eventually be replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Hospital_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich Hospital (London)">Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors</a>, designed by Sir <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a> and his assistant <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hawksmoor" title="Nicholas Hawksmoor">Nicholas Hawksmoor</a>. These buildings became the <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Royal Naval College</a> in 1873, and they remained a military education establishment until 1998 when they passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation. The historic rooms within these buildings remain open to the public; other buildings are used by <a href="/wiki/University_of_Greenwich" title="University of Greenwich">University of Greenwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Laban_Conservatoire_of_Music_and_Dance" title="Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance">Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance</a>. </p><p>The town became a popular resort in the 18th century and many grand houses were built there, such as <a href="/wiki/Vanbrugh_Castle" title="Vanbrugh Castle">Vanbrugh Castle</a> (1717) established on Maze Hill, next to the park. From the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian period">Georgian period</a> estates of houses were constructed above the town centre. The maritime connections of Greenwich were celebrated in the 20th century, with the siting of the <i><a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark" title="Cutty Sark">Cutty Sark</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gipsy_Moth_IV" title="Gipsy Moth IV">Gipsy Moth IV</a></i> next to the river front, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a> in the former buildings of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hospital_School" title="Royal Hospital School">Royal Hospital School</a> in 1934. </p><p>Historically an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient parish">ancient parish</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_of_Blackheath,_Kent" title="Hundred of Blackheath, Kent">Blackheath Hundred</a> of Kent, the town formed part of the growing <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a> of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in the 19th century. When the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England" title="Administrative counties of England">administrative area</a> designed to replace the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Board_of_Works" title="Metropolitan Board of Works">Metropolitan Board of Works</a>, was formed in 1889, the parish merged with those of <a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton-next-Woolwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deptford_St_Nicholas" title="Deptford St Nicholas">Deptford St Nicholas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kidbrooke" title="Kidbrooke">Kidbrooke</a> to create the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich">Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich</a>. When local government in London was again <a href="/wiki/London_Government_Act_1963" title="London Government Act 1963">reformed in 1965</a>, it merged with most of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Woolwich" title="Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich">Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich</a>, creating what is now the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Royal Borough of Greenwich</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">local authority district</a> of Greater London. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The place-name 'Greenwich' is first attested in an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_charter" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon charter">Anglo-Saxon charter</a> of 918, where it appears as <i>Gronewic</i>. It is recorded as <i>Grenewic</i> in 964, and as <i>Grenawic</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a> for 1013. It is <i>Grenviz</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086, and <i>Grenewych</i> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Taxatio_Ecclesiastica" title="Taxatio Ecclesiastica">Taxatio Ecclesiastica</a></i> of 1291. The name means 'green <i>wic'</i>, indicating that Greenwich was what is known as a <a href="/wiki/-wich_town" title="-wich town">-wich town</a> or <a href="/wiki/Emporium_(early_medieval)" title="Emporium (early medieval)">emporium</a>, from the Latin '<a href="/wiki/Vicus" title="Vicus">vicus</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The settlement later became known as <i>East Greenwich</i> to distinguish it from <i>West Greenwich</i> or <i>Deptford Strond</i>, the part of <a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a> adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Parish_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parish-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the use of <i>East Greenwich</i> to mean the whole of the town of Greenwich died out in the 19th century. However, Greenwich was divided into the registration subdistricts of <i>Greenwich East</i> and <i>Greenwich West</i> from the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Civil_registration" title="Civil registration">civil registration</a> in 1837, the boundary running down what is now <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Church_Street" title="Greenwich Church Street">Greenwich Church Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croom%27s_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Croom's Hill">Croom's Hill</a>, although more modern references to "<i>East</i>" and "<i>West</i>" Greenwich probably refer to the areas east and west of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Royal Naval College</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a> corresponding with the West Greenwich <a href="/wiki/Ward_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (politics)">council ward</a>. An article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> of 13 October 1967 stated:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote> <p><i>East Greenwich</i>, gateway to the <a href="/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel" title="Blackwall Tunnel">Blackwall Tunnel</a>, remains solidly <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working class</a>, the manpower for one eighth of London's <a href="/wiki/Heavy_industry" title="Heavy industry">heavy industry</a>. <i>West Greenwich</i> is a hybrid: the spirit of Nelson, the <i>Cutty Sark</i>, the Maritime Museum, an industrial waterfront and a number of elegant houses, ripe for development. </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Manor_of_East_Greenwich">Manor of East Greenwich</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Manor of East Greenwich"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Colonial_charters_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies" title="Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies">Royal charters</a> granted to English colonists in North America,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as in <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bombay_under_British_rule_(1661%E2%80%931947)" title="History of Bombay under British rule (1661–1947)">Company Bombay</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Helena" class="mw-redirect" title="St Helena">St Helena</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often used the name of the <a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">manor</a> of East Greenwich for describing the tenure (from the Latin verb <i>teneo</i>, hold) as that of free <a href="/wiki/Socage" title="Socage">socage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> charters provided that the grantees should hold their lands "as of his Majesty's manor of East Greenwich". This was in relation to the principle of land tenure under English law, that the ruling monarch (king or queen) was paramount lord of all the soil in the <i>terra regis</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while all others held their lands, directly or indirectly, under the monarch. Land outside the physical boundaries of England, as in America, was treated as belonging constructively to one of the existing royal manors, and from Tudor times grants frequently used the name of the manor of East Greenwich,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but some 17th-century grants named <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Castle" title="Windsor Castle">the castle of Windsor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Places in North America that have taken the name "East Greenwich" include a township in <a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich_Township,_New_Jersey" title="East Greenwich Township, New Jersey">Gloucester County, New Jersey</a>, a hamlet in <a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich,_New_York" title="East Greenwich, New York">Washington County, New York</a>, and a town in <a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island" title="East Greenwich, Rhode Island">Kent County, Rhode Island</a>. <a href="/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut" title="Greenwich, Connecticut">Greenwich, Connecticut</a> was also named after Greenwich. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_settlement">Early settlement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early settlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg/220px-Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg/330px-Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg/440px-Burial_mounds_in_Greenwich_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2660" data-file-height="1508" /></a><figcaption>Prehistoric burial mounds in Greenwich Park</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tumulus" title="Tumulus">Tumuli</a> to the south-west of Flamsteed House,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a>, are thought to be early <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> barrows re-used by the Saxons in the 6th century as burial grounds. To the east between the Vanbrugh and Maze Hill Gates is the site of a Roman villa or temple. A small area of red paving <a href="/wiki/Tesserae" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesserae">tesserae</a> protected by railings marks the spot. It was excavated in 1902 and 300 coins were found dating from the emperors <a href="/wiki/Claudius" title="Claudius">Claudius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honorius_(emperor)" title="Honorius (emperor)">Honorius</a> to the 5th century. This was excavated by the <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Team" title="Time Team">Time Team</a></i> in 1999, broadcast in 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and further investigations were made by the same group in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman road</a> from London to <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a> crossed the high ground to the south of Greenwich, through Blackheath. This followed the line of an earlier <a href="/wiki/Celt" class="mw-redirect" title="Celt">Celtic</a> route from <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a> to <a href="/wiki/St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As late as <a href="/wiki/Henry_V_of_England" title="Henry V of England">Henry V</a>, Greenwich was only a fishing town, with a safe anchorage in the river.<sup id="cite_ref-Parish_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parish-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viking">Viking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Viking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the reign of <a href="/wiki/Ethelred_the_Unready" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethelred the Unready">Ethelred the Unready</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Danes_(Germanic_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danes (Germanic tribe)">Danish</a> fleet anchored in the River Thames off Greenwich for over three years, with the army being encamped on the hill above. From here they attacked <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> and, in the year 1012, took the city of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a>, making Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Alphege" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphege">Alphege</a> their prisoner for seven months in their camp at Greenwich, at that time within the county of Kent. They stoned him to death for his refusal to allow his ransom (3,000 pieces of silver) to be paid; and kept his body, until the blossoming of a stick that had been immersed in his blood. For this miracle his body was released to his followers, he achieved sainthood for his martyrdom and, in the 12th century, the parish church was dedicated to him. The present church on the site west of the town centre is <a href="/wiki/St_Alfege_Church,_Greenwich" title="St Alfege Church, Greenwich">St Alfege's Church</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hawksmoor" title="Nicholas Hawksmoor">Nicholas Hawksmoor</a> in 1714 and completed in 1718. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norman">Norman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Norman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086 records the manor of <i>Grenviz</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">hundred</a> of <i>Grenviz</i> as held by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Odo_of_Bayeux" title="Odo of Bayeux">Odo of Bayeux</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his lands were seized by the crown in 1082. The name of the hundred was changed to <a href="/wiki/Hundred_of_Blackheath,_Kent" title="Hundred of Blackheath, Kent">Blackheath</a> when the site of the hundred court was moved there in the 12th century. A royal palace, or hunting lodge, has existed here since before 1300, when <a href="/wiki/Edward_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward I">Edward I</a> is known to have made offerings at the chapel of the Virgin Mary.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plantagenet">Plantagenet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Plantagenet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Subsequent monarchs were regular visitors, with <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England" title="Henry IV of England">Henry IV</a> making his will here, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_V,_King_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry V, King of England">Henry V</a> granting the manor (for life) to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Beaufort,_Duke_of_Exeter" title="Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter">Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter</a>, who died at Greenwich in 1426. The palace was created by <a href="/wiki/Humphrey,_Duke_of_Gloucester" title="Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester">Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester</a>, Henry V's younger brother and regent to his son - <a href="/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" title="Henry VI of England">Henry VI</a> - in 1447; he enclosed the park and erected a tower (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Castle" title="Greenwich Castle">Greenwich Castle</a>) on the hill now occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a>. The Thames-side palace was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Placentia" title="Palace of Placentia">Palace of Placentia</a> or Pleasaunce by <a href="/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" title="Henry VI of England">Henry VI</a>'s consort <a href="/wiki/Margaret_of_Anjou" title="Margaret of Anjou">Margaret of Anjou</a> after Humphrey's death. The palace was completed and further enlarged by <a href="/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward IV of England">Edward IV</a>, and in 1466 it was granted to his queen, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Woodville" title="Elizabeth Woodville">Elizabeth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edward IV had previously been given permission by the Pope to establish a <a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscan</a> <a href="/wiki/Friary" class="mw-redirect" title="Friary">friary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor" title="Order of Friars Minor">Observant Friars</a> in Greenwich, this was done in 1485, two years after his death; the first Observant House in England, it was located on land adjacent to the palace.<sup id="cite_ref-HERR_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HERR-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After rejecting papal authority in 1534, the Franciscan Observants were suppressed; refounded as Franciscan Conventual, the friary was dissolved in 1538, then re-established in 1555 for Observants, before the friars were finally expelled in 1559 and the friary was demolished in 1662.<sup id="cite_ref-HERR_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HERR-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ultimately it was because the palace and its grounds were a royal possession (with a useful hill) that it was chosen as the site for <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a>'s Royal Observatory, from which stemmed Greenwich's subsequent global role as originator of the modern <a href="/wiki/Prime_Meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Meridian">Prime Meridian</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tudor">Tudor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tudor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The palace was the principal residence of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">Henry VII</a> whose sons Henry (later <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Tudor,_Duke_of_Somerset" title="Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset">Edmund Tudor</a> were born here, and baptised in St Alphege's. Henry favoured Greenwich over nearby <a href="/wiki/Eltham_Palace" title="Eltham Palace">Eltham Palace</a>, the former principal royal palace in south London, but which was not on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> and so was less accessible. Henry extended Greenwich Palace and it became his principal London seat until <a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitehall Palace">Whitehall Palace</a> was built in the 1530s. Henry VIII married <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon" title="Catherine of Aragon">Catherine of Aragon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves" title="Anne of Cleves">Anne of Cleves</a> at Greenwich, and both <a href="/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England">Mary</a> (18 February 1516) and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth</a> (7 September 1533) were born at Greenwich. His son <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI" title="Edward VI">Edward VI</a> also died there at age 15. </p><p>The palace of Placentia, in turn, became Elizabeth's favourite summer residence.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both she and her sister Mary used the palace extensively, and Elizabeth's Council planned the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armada" title="Spanish Armada">Spanish Armada</a> campaign there in 1588. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stuart">Stuart</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stuart"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg/400px-Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg/600px-Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg/800px-Adriaen_van_Stalbemt_-_A_View_of_Greenwich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1148" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adriaen_van_Stalbemt" title="Adriaen van Stalbemt">Adriaen van Stalbemt</a>'s <i>A View of Greenwich</i>, <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1632</span>, showing <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">King Charles I</a> (in the black hat) and his family. <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Placentia" title="Palace of Placentia">Greenwich Palace</a> can be seen in front of the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> behind them. <a href="/wiki/Royal_Collection" title="Royal Collection">Royal Collection</a>, London.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">James I</a> carried out the final remodelling work on Greenwich Palace, granting the manor to his wife <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark" title="Anne of Denmark">Queen Anne of Denmark</a>. In 1616 Anne commissioned <a href="/wiki/Inigo_Jones" title="Inigo Jones">Inigo Jones</a> to design and build the surviving <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_House" title="Queen's House">Queen's House</a> as the final addition to the palace. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> granted the manor to his wife <a href="/wiki/Queen_Henrietta_Maria" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Henrietta Maria">Queen Henrietta Maria</a>, for whom Inigo Jones completed the Queen's House. During the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, the palace was used as a biscuit factory and prisoner-of-war camp. Then, in the <a href="/wiki/English_Interregnum" class="mw-redirect" title="English Interregnum">Interregnum</a>, the palace and park were seized to become a 'mansion' for the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Protector" title="Lord Protector">Lord Protector</a>. </p><p>By the time of the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(1660)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (1660)">Restoration</a>, the Palace of Placentia had fallen into disuse and was pulled down. New buildings began to be established as a grand palace for <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a>, but only the King Charles block was completed. Charles II also redesigned and replanted <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a> and founded and built the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a>. </p><p>Prince James (later King <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II & VII</a>), as <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York" title="Duke of York">Duke of York</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Admiral">Lord Admiral</a> until 1673, was often at Greenwich with his brother Charles and, according to <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pepys" title="Samuel Pepys">Samuel Pepys</a>, he proposed the idea of creating a Royal Naval Hospital. This was eventually established at Greenwich by his daughter <a href="/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary II of England">Mary II</a>, who in 1692–1693 commissioned <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a> to design the Royal Hospital for Seamen (now the <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Old Royal Naval College</a>). The work was begun under her widower <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William III</a> in 1696 and completed by <a href="/wiki/Hawksmoor" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawksmoor">Hawksmoor</a>. <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_George_of_Denmark" title="Prince George of Denmark">Prince George of Denmark</a> continued to patronise the project. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hanoverian">Hanoverian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hanoverian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I</a> landed at Greenwich from Hanover on his accession in 1714. His successor <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a> granted the Royal Hospital for Seamen the forfeited estates of the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1715" title="Jacobite rising of 1715">Jacobite</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Radclyffe,_3rd_Earl_of_Derwentwater" title="James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater">Earl of Derwentwater</a>, which allowed the building to be completed by 1751. </p><p>In 1805, <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a> granted the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_House" title="Queen's House">Queen's House</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Asylum" title="Royal Naval Asylum">Royal Naval Asylum</a> (an orphanage school), which amalgamated in 1821–1825 with the Greenwich Hospital School. Extended with the buildings that now house the <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a>, it was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hospital_School" title="Royal Hospital School">Royal Hospital School</a> by <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> in 1892. </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_IV" title="George IV">George IV</a> donated nearly 40 paintings to the hospital in 1824, at a stroke creating a gallery in the <a href="/wiki/Painted_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Painted Hall">Painted Hall</a>. These now form the Greenwich Hospital Collection at the National Maritime Museum. Subsequently, <a href="/wiki/William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="William IV of the United Kingdom">William IV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen">Queen Adelaide</a> were both regular donors and visitors to the gallery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victorian_and_Edwardian">Victorian and Edwardian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Victorian and Edwardian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty,_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty%2C_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg/220px-Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty%2C_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty%2C_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg/330px-Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty%2C_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty%2C_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg/440px-Descriptive_map_of_London_poverty%2C_1889_Wellcome_L0027751.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5035" data-file-height="3727" /></a><figcaption>In the 1880s, if this place is so cut into three: east, central and west zones of about 30,000 inhabitants each, the central one had less than 10% recognisable poverty, the minimum of London's map above, but the others (east and west) more than 40%.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> rarely visited Greenwich, but in 1845 her husband <a href="/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert, Prince Consort">Prince Albert</a> personally bought <a href="/wiki/Admiral_Nelson" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral Nelson">Nelson's</a> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar" title="Battle of Trafalgar">Trafalgar</a> coat for the Naval Gallery. </p><p>In 1838 the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Greenwich_Railway" title="London and Greenwich Railway">London and Greenwich Railway</a> (L&GR) completed the first steam railway in London. It started at London Bridge and had its terminus at London Street (now Greenwich High Road). It was also the first to be built specifically for passengers, and the first ever elevated railway, having 878 arches over its almost four mile stretch. South of the railway's viaduct over <a href="/wiki/Deptford_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Deptford Creek">Deptford Creek</a> is a Victorian <a href="/wiki/Deptford_pumping_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Deptford pumping station">pumping station</a> constructed in 1864 as part of Sir <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bazalgette" title="Joseph Bazalgette">Joseph Bazalgette</a>'s <a href="/wiki/London_sewerage_system" class="mw-redirect" title="London sewerage system">London sewerage system</a> (the Southern Outfall Sewer flows under Greenwich town centre). </p><p>In 1853 the local Scottish Presbyterian community built a church, St Mark's, nearby which was extended twice in the 1860s during the ministry of <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Saphir" title="Adolph Saphir">Adolph Saphir</a>, eventually accommodating 1,000 worshippers.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1864 opposite the railway terminus, theatrical entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Sefton_Henry_Parry" title="Sefton Henry Parry">Sefton Parry</a> built the thousand seater <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Theatre" title="Greenwich Theatre">New Greenwich Theatre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Morton_(theatre_manager)" title="William Morton (theatre manager)">William Morton</a> was one of its more successful managers. The theatre was demolished in 1937 to make way for a new <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Town_Hall,_London" title="Greenwich Town Hall, London">Town Hall</a>, now a listed building under new ownership and renamed Meridian House.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea,_Greenwich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea%2C_Greenwich.jpg/220px-Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea%2C_Greenwich.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea%2C_Greenwich.jpg/330px-Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea%2C_Greenwich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea%2C_Greenwich.jpg/440px-Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea%2C_Greenwich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2268" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea" title="Our Ladye Star of the Sea">Our Ladye Star of the Sea</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Greenwich Station is at the northern apex of the Ashburnham Triangle, a residential estate developed by the Ashburnham family, mainly between 1830 and 1870, on land previously developed as market gardens. It is now a designated conservation area.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present Greenwich Theatre, further to the east, on <a href="/wiki/Croom%27s_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Croom's Hill">Croom's Hill</a>, was constructed inside the shell of a Victorian music hall. Beginning life in 1855 as an annexe to the Rose and Crown, the music hall was rebuilt in 1871 by Charles Crowder and subsequently operated under many names. Further south on Croom's Hill, the Roman Catholic church of <a href="/wiki/Our_Ladye_Star_of_the_Sea" title="Our Ladye Star of the Sea">Our Ladye Star of the Sea</a> was opened in 1851.<sup id="cite_ref-TStock_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TStock-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The meridian was established in 1851. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_and_the_present">Modern and the present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Modern and the present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Teck" title="Mary of Teck">Queen Mary</a> both supported the creation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a>, and Mary presented the museum with many items. </p><p>The Prince Albert, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York" title="Duke of York">Duke of York</a> (later <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a>), laid the foundation stone of the new <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hospital_School" title="Royal Hospital School">Royal Hospital School</a> when it moved out to <a href="/wiki/Holbrook,_Suffolk" title="Holbrook, Suffolk">Holbrook</a>, Suffolk. In 1937 his first public act as king (three weeks before coronation) was to open the National Maritime Museum in the buildings vacated by the school. The king was accompanied by his mother Queen Mary, his wife Queen Elizabeth (later <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother</a>) and the Princess Elizabeth (later <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>.) </p><p>Princess Elizabeth and her consort <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a> (who was ennobled <a href="/wiki/Baron_Greenwich" title="Baron Greenwich">Baron Greenwich</a> on marriage in 1947) made their first public and official visit to Greenwich in 1948 to receive the Freedom of the Borough for Philip. In the same year, he became a trustee of the National Maritime Museum. Prince Philip was a trustee for 52 years until 2000, when he became its first <a href="/wiki/Patron" class="mw-redirect" title="Patron">patron</a>. The Duke of Edinburgh was also a patron of the <i><a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark" title="Cutty Sark">Cutty Sark</a></i> (which was opened by the Queen in 1957) from 1952. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Silver Jubilee</a> of 1977, the Queen embarked at Greenwich for the Jubilee River Pageant. In 1987, she was aboard the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_and_Oriental_Steam_Navigation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company">P&O</a> ship <i>Pacific Princess</i> when it moored alongside the <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Old Royal Naval College</a> for the company's 150th-anniversary celebrations. </p><p>To mark the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>, it was announced on 5 January 2010 that on 3 February 2012 the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">London Borough of Greenwich</a> would become the fourth to have Royal Borough status, the others being the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames">Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Windsor_and_Maidenhead" title="Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead">Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The status was granted in recognition of the borough's historic links with the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Royal Family</a>, the location of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Meridian">Prime Meridian</a> and its being a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-royal_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-royal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Royal Borough of Greenwich</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meridian_House_(Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Meridian_House_%28Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall%29.jpg/220px-Meridian_House_%28Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Meridian_House_%28Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall%29.jpg/330px-Meridian_House_%28Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Meridian_House_%28Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall%29.jpg/440px-Meridian_House_%28Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The former <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Town_Hall,_London" title="Greenwich Town Hall, London">Greenwich Town Hall</a>, now known as "Meridian House"</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/220px-Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/330px-Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/440px-Greenwich_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1258" data-file-height="1215" /></a><figcaption>A map showing the wards of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916</figcaption></figure> <p>Greenwich is covered by the Greenwich West and Peninsula wards of the London Borough of Greenwich, which was formed in 1965 by merging the former <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich">Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich</a> with that part of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Woolwich" title="Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich">Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich</a> which lay south of the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Blackheath,_London" title="Blackheath, London">Blackheath</a> Westcombe, <a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a>, Glyndon, <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a> Riverside, and <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Common" title="Woolwich Common">Woolwich Common</a>, it elects a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_and_Woolwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich and Woolwich">Greenwich and Woolwich</a>; currently the MP is <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Pennycook" title="Matthew Pennycook">Matthew Pennycook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geography_of_Greenwich">Geography of Greenwich</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Geography of Greenwich"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town of Greenwich is built on a broad platform to the south of the outside of a broad meander in the River Thames, with a safe deep water anchorage lying in the river. To the south, the land rises steeply, 100 feet (30 m) through Greenwich Park to the town of <a href="/wiki/Blackheath,_London" title="Blackheath, London">Blackheath</a>. The higher areas consist of a sedimentary layer of gravelly soils, known as the <i>Blackheath Beds</i>, that spread through much of the south-east over a chalk outcrop—with sands, loam and seams of clay at the lower levels by the river. </p><p>Greenwich is bordered by <a href="/wiki/River_Ravensbourne" title="River Ravensbourne">Deptford Creek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a> to the west; the residential area of <a href="/wiki/Westcombe_Park" title="Westcombe Park">Westcombe Park</a> to the east; the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> to the north; and the <a href="/wiki/A2_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A2 road (Great Britain)">A2</a> and Blackheath to the south. The <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a>, also known as North Greenwich, forms the main projection of the town (to the northeast of the town centre). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nearby_areas">Nearby areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Nearby areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackheath,_London" title="Blackheath, London">Blackheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Eltham, London">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidbrooke" title="Kidbrooke">Kidbrooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plumstead" title="Plumstead">Plumstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooters_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooters Hill">Shooters Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey_Quays" title="Surrey Quays">Surrey Quays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamesmead" title="Thamesmead">Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westcombe_Park" title="Westcombe Park">Westcombe Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welling" title="Welling">Welling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconwood" title="Falconwood">Falconwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Wood" title="Abbey Wood">Abbey Wood</a></li></ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1608px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The northwards view from Greenwich Park (in 2007), with the Queen's House and the wings of the National Maritime Museum in the foreground"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg/1600px-Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg" decoding="async" width="1600" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg/2400px-Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg/3200px-Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9684" data-file-height="1009" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich_Park_Vista.jpg" title="File:Greenwich Park Vista.jpg"> </a></div>The northwards view from <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a> (in 2007), with the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_House" title="Queen's House">Queen's House</a> and the wings of the <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a> in the foreground</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This data was collected between 2005 and 2015 at the weather station in Greenwich: </p><p>Historically, the record high is 100 °F (38 °C) on 9 August 1911. This was the record for London until 2003, though it was disregarded due to non-standard instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greenwich has an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfb</i>) with warm summers and cool winters. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-collapse navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Greenwich_weatherbox" title="Template:Greenwich weatherbox"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Greenwich_weatherbox" title="Template talk:Greenwich weatherbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Greenwich_weatherbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Greenwich weatherbox"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div class="navbar-ct-mini">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a>, elevation: 47 m (154 ft), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–2004</div> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.3<br />(95.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.7<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.4<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.7<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.8<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.0<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.5<br />(13.1) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−12.7<br />(9.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.9<br />(1.73) </td> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.9<br />(1.57) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(1.44) </td> <td style="background: #C3FFC3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(1.52) </td> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.0<br />(1.73) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.3<br />(1.94) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(1.43) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.0<br />(2.09) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.4<br />(2.06) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(2.30) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(2.36) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.7<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">562.9<br />(22.16) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">105.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #515151; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.4 </td> <td style="background: #848484; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.1 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">109.7 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152.9 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.7 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.6 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.2 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.0 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140.6 </td> <td style="background: #ADAD97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.7 </td> <td style="background: #6E6E6E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58.5 </td> <td style="background: #5B5B5B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50.1 </td> <td style="background: #BABA45; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,526.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a><sup id="cite_ref-Met_Averages_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met_Averages-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Starlings Roost Weather<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sites_of_interest">Sites of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sites of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Riverfront">Riverfront</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Riverfront"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv/220px--RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="52" data-mwtitle="RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich,_24_June_2017.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich,_24_June_2017.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv/RFA_Argus_arriving_at_Greenwich%2C_24_June_2017.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>RFA <i>Argus</i> being towed to Greenwich in June 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark" title="Cutty Sark">Cutty Sark</a></i> (a <a href="/wiki/Clipper" title="Clipper">clipper</a> ship) has been preserved in a dry dock by the river. A major fire in May 2007 destroyed a part of the ship, although much had already been removed for restoration. Nearby for many years was also displayed <i><a href="/wiki/Gipsy_Moth_IV" title="Gipsy Moth IV">Gipsy Moth IV</a></i>, the 54 feet (16.5 m) yacht sailed by Sir <a href="/wiki/Francis_Chichester" title="Francis Chichester">Francis Chichester</a> in his single-handed, 226-day <a href="/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the globe during 1966–67. In 2004, <i>Gipsy Moth IV</i> was removed from Greenwich, and after restoration work completed a second circumnavigation in May 2007. On the riverside in front of the north-west corner of the hospital is an obelisk erected in memory of <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a> explorer <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ren%C3%A9_Bellot" title="Joseph René Bellot">Joseph René Bellot</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GreatRiverRace08.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/GreatRiverRace08.JPG/220px-GreatRiverRace08.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/GreatRiverRace08.JPG/330px-GreatRiverRace08.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/GreatRiverRace08.JPG/440px-GreatRiverRace08.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Boats at Greenwich at the end of the Great River Race</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg/220px-HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg/330px-HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg/440px-HMS_Defender_at_Greenwich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>The Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Type_45_destroyer" title="Type 45 destroyer">Type 45 destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Defender_(D36)" title="HMS Defender (D36)">HMS <i>Defender</i></a> moored on the riverfront at Greenwich in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>Near the Cutty Sark site, a circular building contains the entrance to the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel" title="Greenwich foot tunnel">Greenwich foot tunnel</a>, opened on 4 August 1902. This connects Greenwich to the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs" title="Isle of Dogs">Isle of Dogs</a> on the northern side of the River Thames. The north exit of the tunnel is at <a href="/wiki/Island_Gardens" title="Island Gardens">Island Gardens</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from where the famous view of <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Hospital_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich Hospital (London)">Greenwich Hospital</a> painted by <a href="/wiki/Canaletto" title="Canaletto">Canaletto</a> can be seen. </p><p>Rowing has been part of life on the river at Greenwich for hundreds of years and the first Greenwich Regatta was held in 1785. The annual <a href="/wiki/Great_River_Race" title="Great River Race">Great River Race</a> along the Thames <a href="/wiki/Tideway" title="Tideway">Tideway</a> finishes at the Cutty Sark. The nearby Trafalgar Rowing Centre in Crane Street is home to <a href="/wiki/Curlew_Rowing_Club" title="Curlew Rowing Club">Curlew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Globe_Rowing_Club" title="Globe Rowing Club">Globe</a> rowing clubs. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_College,_Greenwich" title="Royal Naval College, Greenwich">Old Royal Naval College</a> is Sir <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a>'s domed masterpiece at the centre of the heritage site. The site is administered by the Greenwich Foundation and several of the buildings are let to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Greenwich" title="University of Greenwich">University of Greenwich</a> and one, the King Charles block, to <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College of Music">Trinity College of Music</a>. Within the complex is the former college dining room, the <a href="/wiki/Painted_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Painted Hall">Painted Hall</a>, this was painted by <a href="/wiki/James_Thornhill" title="James Thornhill">James Thornhill</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Chapel,_Greenwich" class="mw-redirect" title="St Paul's Chapel, Greenwich">Chapel of St Peter and St Paul</a>, with an interior designed by <a href="/wiki/James_%27Athenian%27_Stuart" class="mw-redirect" title="James 'Athenian' Stuart">James 'Athenian' Stuart</a>. The Naval College had a training reactor, the <a href="/wiki/JASON_reactor" title="JASON reactor">JASON reactor</a>, within the King William building that was operational between 1962 and 1996. The reactor was decommissioned and removed in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital,_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital%2C_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg/170px-Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital%2C_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital%2C_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg/255px-Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital%2C_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital%2C_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg/340px-Riverside_entrance_to_Trinity_Hospital%2C_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1164174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Hospital,_Greenwich" title="Trinity Hospital, Greenwich">Trinity Hospital, Greenwich</a></figcaption></figure> <p>To the east of the Naval College is the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Hospital,_Greenwich" title="Trinity Hospital, Greenwich">Trinity Hospital</a> almshouse, founded in 1613, the oldest surviving building in the town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is next to the massive brick walls and the landing stage of <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Power_Station" title="Greenwich Power Station">Greenwich Power Station</a>. Built between 1902 and 1910 as a coal-fired station to supply power to <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council_Tramways" title="London County Council Tramways">London's tram system</a>, and later the <a href="/wiki/London_underground" class="mw-redirect" title="London underground">London underground</a>, it is now oil- and gas-powered and serves as a backup station for London Underground.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> East Greenwich also has a small park, <a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich_Pleasaunce" title="East Greenwich Pleasaunce">East Greenwich Pleasaunce</a>, which was formerly the burial ground of Greenwich Hospital. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_O2_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="The O2 (London)">The O<sub>2</sub></a> (formerly the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Dome" title="Millennium Dome">Millennium Dome</a>) was built on part of the site of <a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich_Gas_Works" title="East Greenwich Gas Works">East Greenwich Gas Works</a>, a disused <a href="/wiki/British_Gas_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="British Gas plc">British Gas</a> site on the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is next to <a href="/wiki/North_Greenwich_tube_station" title="North Greenwich tube station">North Greenwich Underground station</a>, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north east from the Greenwich town centre, north west of <a href="/wiki/Charlton,_Greenwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlton, Greenwich">Charlton</a>. Pear Tree Wharf was associated with the gas works, being used to unload coal for the manufacturing of town gas, and is now home to the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Yacht_Club" title="Greenwich Yacht Club">Greenwich Yacht Club</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Millennium_Village" title="Greenwich Millennium Village">Greenwich Millennium Village</a> is a modern <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban regeneration</a> development to the south of the Dome. <a href="/wiki/Enderby%27s_Wharf" title="Enderby's Wharf">Enderby's Wharf</a> is a site associated with <a href="/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine cable</a> manufacture for over 150 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greenwich_Park">Greenwich Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Greenwich Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a></div> <p>South of the former Naval College is the <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a> housed in buildings forming another symmetrical group and grand arcade incorporating the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_House" title="Queen's House">Queen's House</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Inigo_Jones" title="Inigo Jones">Inigo Jones</a>. Continuing to the south, <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks of London">Royal Park</a> of 183 acres (0.7 km<sup>2</sup>), laid out in the 17th century and formed from the hunting grounds of the Royal <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Placentia" title="Palace of Placentia">Palace of Placentia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg/290px-TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg/435px-TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg/580px-TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Spiral staircase and lantern at the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_House" title="Queen's House">Queen's House</a> in Greenwich</figcaption></figure> <p>The park rises towards <a href="/wiki/Blackheath,_London" title="Blackheath, London">Blackheath</a> and at the top of this hill is a statue of <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">James Wolfe</a>, commander of the British expedition to capture <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearby a major group of buildings within the park includes the former <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Meridian">Prime Meridian</a> passes through this building. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a> was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by the closely related <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time</a> (UTC). While there is no longer a working astronomical observatory at Greenwich, a <a href="/wiki/Time_ball" title="Time ball">ball</a> still drops daily to mark the exact moment of 1 p.m., and there is a museum of astronomical and navigational tools, particularly <a href="/wiki/John_Harrison" title="John Harrison">John Harrison</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer">marine chronometers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ranger%27s_House" title="Ranger's House">Ranger's House</a> lies at the Blackheath end of the park and houses the Wernher Collection of art,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many fine houses, including <a href="/wiki/John_Vanbrugh" title="John Vanbrugh">Vanbrugh's house</a> lie on Maze Hill, on the western edge of the park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town_centre">Town centre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Town centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Greenwich,_England_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A curving street with older two- and three-storey buildings on either side. In front is a black London taxicab with an advert; midway down the street is an intersection with heavy traffic. A cupolaed clock tower rises in the rear" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Downtown_Greenwich%2C_England_2.jpg/220px-Downtown_Greenwich%2C_England_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Downtown_Greenwich%2C_England_2.jpg/330px-Downtown_Greenwich%2C_England_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Downtown_Greenwich%2C_England_2.jpg/440px-Downtown_Greenwich%2C_England_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5874" data-file-height="3966" /></a><figcaption>Town centre</figcaption></figure> <p>Around the covered Greenwich Market, Georgian and Victorian architecture dominates in the town centre which spreads to the west of the park and Royal Naval College. Up the hill from the centre, there are many streets of Georgian houses, including the <a href="/wiki/Fan_Museum" title="Fan Museum">Fan Museum</a>, on Croom's Hill. Nearby, at the junction of Croom's Hill with Nevada Street, is <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Theatre" title="Greenwich Theatre">Greenwich Theatre</a>; at the eastern end of Nevada Street is the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Tavern" title="Greenwich Tavern">Greenwich Tavern</a>. To the west, the arthouse Greenwich Cinema is on Greenwich High Road, while the nearby <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Playhouse" title="Greenwich Playhouse">Greenwich Playhouse</a> closed in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Market">Market</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Market"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An interior of a building with a translucent glass roof supported by blue-painted steel latticework. On the main floor are a number of different stalls with customers inspecting various wares." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg/220px-Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg/330px-Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg/440px-Greenwich_Market_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6048" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Greenwich Market</figcaption></figure> <p>There has been a market at Greenwich since the 14th century, but the history of the present market dates from 1700 when a charter to run two markets, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, was assigned by Lord Romney (<a href="/wiki/Henry_Sydney,_1st_Earl_of_Romney" title="Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney">Henry, Earl of Romney</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Green_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital for 1000 years.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The market is part of "the island site", bounded by College Approach, Greenwich Church Street, <a href="/wiki/King_William_Walk" title="King William Walk">King William Walk</a> and Nelson Road, near the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory. The buildings surrounding the market are <a href="/wiki/Grade_2_listed" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade 2 listed">Grade 2 listed</a> and were established in 1827–1833 under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kay_(architect)" title="Joseph Kay (architect)">Joseph Kay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Heritage_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heritage-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Phantom_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phantom-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A market roof was added in 1902–1908 (and replaced in 2016). Later significant development occurred in 1958–1960 and during the 1980s. </p><p>The landowner, Greenwich Hospital, enhanced the market between 2014 and early 2016. Following the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a> in 2020 the rents for several of the market stalls were increased by up to 60% as Greenwich Hospital's managing agent <a href="/wiki/Knight_Frank" title="Knight Frank">Knight Frank</a> said it was losing money with fewer stalls operating and only four days of trading a week.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Millennium_Leisure_Park">Millennium Leisure Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Millennium Leisure Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Millennium_Leisure_Park,_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Millennium_Leisure_Park%2C_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg/220px-Millennium_Leisure_Park%2C_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Millennium_Leisure_Park%2C_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg/330px-Millennium_Leisure_Park%2C_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Millennium_Leisure_Park%2C_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg/440px-Millennium_Leisure_Park%2C_East_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1163888.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Millennium Leisure Park</figcaption></figure> <p>About 1.0 mile (1.6 km) east of Greenwich town centre, the Millennium Leisure Park is an out-of-town <a href="/wiki/Retail_park" title="Retail park">retail park</a> on Bugsby's Way in east Greenwich. It consists of retail outlets (<a href="/wiki/IKEA" title="IKEA">IKEA</a> and <a href="/wiki/B%26Q" title="B&Q">B&Q</a>), restaurants and an <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Cinemas" title="Odeon Cinemas">Odeon</a> cinema. The IKEA store here opened in 2019 as the retailer's fourth main store in London,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following stores in <a href="/wiki/Wembley" title="Wembley">Wembley</a> (1988), <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a> (1992) and <a href="/wiki/Tottenham" title="Tottenham">Tottenham</a> (2005); the Greenwich store is the first in <a href="/wiki/Inner_London" title="Inner London">Inner London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greenwich Shopping Park is about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) further east, in <a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greenwich_Mean_Time">Greenwich Mean Time</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Greenwich Mean Time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg/220px-Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg/330px-Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg/440px-Greenwich-Royal_Observatory-016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Time_ball" title="Time ball">time ball</a> atop the Octagon Room</figcaption></figure> <p>Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a term originally referring to <a href="/wiki/Solar_time" title="Solar time">mean solar time</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a>, which overlooks the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> from a hill in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a>. GMT is commonly used in practice to refer to <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time</a> (UTC) when this is viewed as a <a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zone</a>, especially by bodies connected with the United Kingdom, such as the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a> and others, although strictly UTC is an <a href="/wiki/Atomic_clock" title="Atomic clock">atomic</a> <a href="/wiki/Time_standard" title="Time standard">time scale</a> which only approximates GMT with a tolerance of 0.9 second. It is also used to refer to <a href="/wiki/Universal_Time" title="Universal Time">Universal Time</a> (UT), which is a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields and is often referred to by the military in the phrase <a href="/wiki/Zulu_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulu time">Zulu time</a>. </p><p>As the United Kingdom grew into an advanced <a href="/wiki/Maritime_nation" title="Maritime nation">maritime nation</a>, British mariners kept at least one <a href="/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer">chronometer</a> on GMT in order to calculate their <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">Greenwich meridian</a>, which was by convention considered to have longitude zero degrees (this convention was internationally adopted in the <a href="/wiki/International_Meridian_Conference" title="International Meridian Conference">International Meridian Conference</a> of 1884).<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The synchronization of the <a href="/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer">chronometer</a> on GMT did not affect shipboard time itself, which was still solar time. But this practice, combined with mariners from other nations drawing from <a href="/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne" title="Nevil Maskelyne">Nevil Maskelyne</a>'s method of <a href="/wiki/Lunar_distance_(navigation)" title="Lunar distance (navigation)">lunar distances</a> based on observations at Greenwich, eventually led to GMT being used worldwide as a reference time independent of location. Most time zones were based upon this reference as a number of hours and half-hours "ahead of GMT" or "behind GMT". </p><p>In recognition of the suburb's astronomical links, <a href="/wiki/2830_Greenwich" title="2830 Greenwich">Asteroid 2830</a> has been named 'Greenwich'.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Heritage_Site">World Heritage Site</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: World Heritage Site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title category" style="font-size:125%;">Maritime Greenwich</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="padding:0.2em;background:#0177d3;font-size:100%;"><a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: inherit;">UNESCO World Heritage Site</span></a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid;padding-top:0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg/280px-Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg/420px-Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg/560px-Royal_Naval_College_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1215" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Old Royal Naval College</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Greenwich" title="University of Greenwich">University of Greenwich</a> buildings on the south bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country" title="World Heritage Sites by country">Location</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: i, ii, iv, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/795">795</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1997 (21st <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Extensions</th><td class="infobox-data">2008</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data category">109.5 hectares (271 acres)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Buffer zone</th><td class="infobox-data category">174.85 hectares (432.1 acres)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data category"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/795">whc<wbr />.unesco<wbr />.org<wbr />/en<wbr />/list<wbr />/795</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Greenwich&params=51_29_1_N_0_0_21_W_type:edu_region:GB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°29′1″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′21″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.48361°N 0.00583°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.48361; -0.00583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1997 <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Maritime Greenwich</a> was added to the list of <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>, for the concentration and quality of buildings of historic and architectural interest. These can be divided into the group of buildings along the riverfront, <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> town centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discover_Greenwich_Visitor_Centre">Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg/220px-Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg/330px-Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg/440px-Samuel_pepys_building_greenwich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4839" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Pepys Building</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre</b> provides an introduction to the history and attractions in the Greenwich <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is in The Pepys Building near to the <i><a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark" title="Cutty Sark">Cutty Sark</a></i> within the grounds of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Old Royal Naval College</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Hospital_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich Hospital (London)">Greenwich Hospital</a>); the building began life as an engineering laboratory for the college. The centre opened in March 2010, and admission is free. </p><p>The Centre explains the history of Greenwich as a royal residence and a maritime centre. Exhibits include: </p> <ul><li>The history of the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Placentia" title="Palace of Placentia">Palace of Placentia</a>.</li> <li>Models of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a>'s original designs for <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Hospital_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich Hospital (London)">Greenwich Hospital</a>.</li> <li>Six of the carved heads originally intended to decorate the exterior of the college's <a href="/wiki/Painted_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Painted Hall">Painted Hall</a>.</li> <li>Exhibition displays about Maritime Greenwich and its connections with the sea and exploration.</li> <li><i>"By Wisdom as much as War"</i> – an exhibition about the history of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Royal Naval College</a> during the years it occupied Greenwich Hospital (1873–1998).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Greenwich" class="mw-redirect" title="List of schools in Greenwich">List of schools in Greenwich</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Greenwich" title="University of Greenwich">University of Greenwich</a> main campus occupies most of the grand, landmark riverside vista buildings of the former <a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Royal Naval College</a>. The university has other campuses at Avery Hill in <a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Medway" title="Medway">Medway</a>. The Greenwich campus also houses the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College of Music">Trinity College of Music</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ravensbourne_University_London" title="Ravensbourne University London">Ravensbourne University London</a> is located on the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a> and offers courses related to art and design. Its campus was designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Farshid_Moussavi" title="Farshid Moussavi">Farshid Moussavi</a>. </p><p>Secondary schools in the area include <a href="/wiki/The_John_Roan_School" title="The John Roan School">The John Roan School</a>, founded 1677, and <a href="/wiki/St_Ursula%27s_Convent_School" title="St Ursula's Convent School">St Ursula's Convent School</a>, established 1850. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich_railway_station_(crop).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Greenwich_railway_station_%28crop%29.JPG/220px-Greenwich_railway_station_%28crop%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Greenwich_railway_station_%28crop%29.JPG/330px-Greenwich_railway_station_%28crop%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Greenwich_railway_station_%28crop%29.JPG/440px-Greenwich_railway_station_%28crop%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2698" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_station" title="Greenwich station">Greenwich station</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Rail">National Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: National Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greenwich is served by <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich railway station">Greenwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maze_Hill_railway_station" title="Maze Hill railway station">Maze Hill</a> stations with <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company)" title="Southeastern (train operating company)">Southeastern</a> services to <a href="/wiki/Cannon_Street_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannon Street railway station">London Cannon Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dartford_railway_station" title="Dartford railway station">Dartford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnehurst_railway_station" title="Barnehurst railway station">Barnehurst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crayford_railway_station" title="Crayford railway station">Crayford</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Thameslink</a> services to <a href="/wiki/Luton_railway_station" title="Luton railway station">Luton</a> via <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackfriars railway station">London Blackfriars</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Rainham_railway_station_(Kent)" title="Rainham railway station (Kent)">Rainham</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="London_Underground">London Underground</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: London Underground"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is also served by <a href="/wiki/North_Greenwich_tube_station" title="North Greenwich tube station">North Greenwich station</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Jubilee Line">Jubilee Line</a> services to <a href="/wiki/Stanmore_tube_station" title="Stanmore tube station">Stanmore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stratford_tube_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Stratford tube station">Stratford</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DLR">DLR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: DLR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greenwich is served by the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway</a>, with services from Greenwich and <a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark_for_Maritime_Greenwich_DLR_station" title="Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich DLR station">Cutty Sark</a> stations to <a href="/wiki/Bank%E2%80%93Monument_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank–Monument station">Bank</a> via <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf_DLR_station" title="Canary Wharf DLR station">Canary Wharf</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Lewisham_DLR_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewisham DLR station">Lewisham</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greenwich is served by many <a href="/wiki/London_Buses" title="London Buses">London Buses</a> routes. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_129" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 129">129</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lewisham_Shopping_Centre" title="Lewisham Shopping Centre">Lewisham Shopping Centre</a> or <a href="/wiki/North_Greenwich_bus_station" title="North Greenwich bus station">North Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_177" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 177">177</a> to <a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a> via <a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a> or to <a href="/wiki/Thamesmead" title="Thamesmead">Thamesmead</a> via <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_188" title="London Buses route 188">188</a> to North Greenwich or to <a href="/wiki/Russell_Square" title="Russell Square">Russell Square</a> via <a href="/wiki/Canada_Water" title="Canada Water">Canada Water</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elephant_%26_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Elephant & Castle">Elephant & Castle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_London" title="Waterloo, London">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_199" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 199">199</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bellingham,_London" title="Bellingham, London">Bellingham</a> via Lewisham & <a href="/wiki/Catford" title="Catford">Catford</a> or to Canada Water</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_286" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 286">286</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sidcup" title="Sidcup">Sidcup</a> via <a href="/wiki/Blackheath,_London" title="Blackheath, London">Blackheath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eltham,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Eltham, London">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_386" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 386">386</a> to Blackheath or to Woolwich</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N1" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N1">N1</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station">Tottenham Court Road station</a> via Elephant & Castle and Waterloo or to Thamesmead via Woolwich (Night Bus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N199" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N199">N199</a> to <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Cray" title="St Mary Cray">St Mary Cray</a> via Lewisham, Catford, <a href="/wiki/Bromley" title="Bromley">Bromley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> via <a href="/wiki/Canada_Water" title="Canada Water">Canada Water</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_station" title="London Bridge station">London Bridge</a> (Night Bus)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boat">Boat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Boat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of river boat services running from <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Pier" title="Greenwich Pier">Greenwich Pier</a>, managed by <a href="/wiki/London_River_Services" title="London River Services">London River Services</a>. The main services include the Thames commuter catamaran service run by <a href="/wiki/Thames_Clippers" title="Thames Clippers">Thames Clippers</a> from <a href="/wiki/Embankment_Pier" title="Embankment Pier">Embankment</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Tower_Millennium_Pier" title="Tower Millennium Pier">Tower Millennium Pier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf_Pier" title="Canary Wharf Pier">Canary Wharf</a> and on to the <a href="/wiki/The_O2_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="The O2 (London)">O<sub>2</sub></a> and <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Arsenal_Pier" class="mw-redirect" title="Woolwich Arsenal Pier">Woolwich Arsenal Pier</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Millennium_Pier" title="Westminster Millennium Pier">Westminster</a>-Greenwich cruise service by <a href="/wiki/Thames_River_Services" title="Thames River Services">Thames River Services</a>; and the City Cruises tourist cruise via Westminster, <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Millennium_Pier" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterloo Millennium Pier">Waterloo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tower_Millennium_Pier" title="Tower Millennium Pier">Tower</a> piers.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pedestrian_and_cycle_routes">Pedestrian and cycle routes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Pedestrian and cycle routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Thames_Path" title="Thames Path">Thames Path</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="National Trail">National Trail</a> runs along the riverside.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel" title="Greenwich foot tunnel">Greenwich foot tunnel</a> provides pedestrian access to the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs" title="Isle of Dogs">Isle of Dogs</a>, across the river Thames. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Network" title="National Cycle Network">National Cycle Network</a> Route 1 includes the foot tunnel, though cycling is not permitted in the tunnel itself.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rowing">Rowing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Rowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greenwich is home to a variety of amateur sports clubs. Its location on the tidal Thames makes it a good location for rowing; the Trafalgar Rowing Centre in Crane Street is the clubhouse of the Curlew and <a href="/wiki/Globe_Rowing_Club" title="Globe Rowing Club">Globe</a> rowing clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-CurlewTRC_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CurlewTRC-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Globe has senior and junior squads, the latter renowned for its achievements at national and international level.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Running">Running</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Running"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Thames Path and Greenwich Park are popular with runners. The 'red start' for the <a href="/wiki/London_Marathon" title="London Marathon">London Marathon</a> is situated south of the park on Charlton Way (other starts are nearby in St John's Park, and on Shooter's Hill Road).<sup id="cite_ref-Route_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Route-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After heading east through Charlton and <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a>, the marathon route then turns west towards Greenwich; as runners reach the 10 km mark (6.2-mile), they pass the Old Royal Naval College and then loop around the prow of the <i>Cutty Sark</i> before continuing west towards <a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Route_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Route-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Greenwich Peninsula Golf Range at North Greenwich is a riverside golf driving range with 60 bays, a mini 18-hole adventure course, golf academy, golf shop and restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities">twin towns</a> of Greenwich are:<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (November 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maribor" title="Maribor">Maribor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Styria_(Slovenia)" title="Styria (Slovenia)">Lower Styria</a>, Slovenia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Reinickendorf" title="Reinickendorf">Reinickendorf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana"><img alt="Ghana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hangzhou" title="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a>, China<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Edward_Lear" title="Edward Lear">Edward Lear</a> makes reference to Greenwich in <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=More_Nonsense_Pictures,_Rhymes,_Botany,_etc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc (page does not exist)">More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc</a></i>:<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>There was a young lady of Greenwich,<br /> Whose garments were bordered with Spinach;<br /> But a large spotty calf<br /> Bit her shawl quite in half,<br /> Which alarmed that young lady of Greenwich. </p> </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Cablevision" title="Greenwich Cablevision">Greenwich Cablevision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Greenwich" class="mw-redirect" title="List of people from Greenwich">List of people from Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom">List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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1884.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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(2011). <i>Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (David Jones)</i> (18th ed.). 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(2011). <i>The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India</i>. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 23–24. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0195393736" title="Special:BookSources/978-0195393736"><bdi>978-0195393736</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Company-State%3A+Corporate+Sovereignty+and+the+Early+Modern+Foundations+of+the+British+Empire+in+India&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=23-24&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0195393736&rft.aulast=Stern&rft.aufirst=Philip+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreenwich" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eogen.com/manorofEastGreenwich">Manor of East Greenwich</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905153324/http://www.eogen.com/manorofEastGreenwich">Archived</a> 5 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/discover-domesday/great-domesday.htm">National Archives, <i>Great Domesday</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150929010705/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/discover-domesday/great-domesday.htm">Archived</a> 29 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Words used in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va01.asp"><i>The First Charter of Virginia; 10 April 1606</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111101224739/http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va01.asp">Archived</a> 1 November 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> "...To BE HOLDEN of Us, [King James I] our heirs and Successors, as of our Manor at East-Greenwich, in the County of Kent, in free and common Soccage only, and not in Capite."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Words used in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa01.asp"><i>Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania-1681</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110428183155/http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa01.asp">Archived</a> 28 April 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> "...to bee holden of Us [King Charles II], Our heires and Successors, Kings of England, as of Our Castle of Windsor in Our County of Berks, in free and comon Socage, by fealty only for all Services, and not in Capite or by Knights Service."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-13-02-0006">"N.N." <i>On the Tenure of the Manor of East Greenwich</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171120085548/https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-13-02-0006">Archived</a> 20 November 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward P. Cheyney, <i>The Manor of East Greenwich</i>, American Historical Review, Volume 11, 1 October 1905.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Flamsteed House – designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1675–76, was the home of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, and the heart of Charles II's new Royal Observatory.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230529095025/https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park/things-to-see-and-do/ancient-greenwich/roman-remains">"Roman remains"</a>. Royal Parks. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park/things-to-see-and-do/ancient-greenwich/roman-remains">the original</a> on 29 May 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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decoding="async" width="100" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/LondonGreenwich.svg/150px-LondonGreenwich.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/LondonGreenwich.svg/200px-LondonGreenwich.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="744" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attractions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bob_Hope_Theatre" title="The Bob Hope Theatre">The Bob Hope Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_House" title="Charlton House">Charlton House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark" title="Cutty Sark">Cutty Sark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_Palace" title="Eltham Palace">Eltham Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Museum" title="Fan Museum">Fan Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Dance" title="Greenwich Dance">Greenwich Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Heritage_Centre" title="Greenwich Heritage Centre">Greenwich Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Theatre" title="Greenwich Theatre">Greenwich Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Cable_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="London Cable Car">London Cable Car</a> <ul><li>formerly the Emirates Air Line</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_O2" title="The O2">The O<span style="position: relative; top: 0.25em;"><small>2</small></span></a> <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">arena</a> <ul><li>formerly the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Dome" title="Millennium Dome">Millennium Dome</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College" title="Old Royal Naval College">Old Royal Naval College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger%27s_House" title="Ranger's House">Ranger's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Barracks,_Woolwich" title="Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich">Royal Artillery Barracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severndroog_Castle" title="Severndroog Castle">Severndroog Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Alfege_Church,_Greenwich" title="St Alfege Church, Greenwich">St Alfege Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Barrier" title="Thames Barrier">Thames Barrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Valley_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Valley (London)">The Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic F.C.</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Ferry" title="Woolwich Ferry">Woolwich Ferry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Street markets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich Market">Greenwich Market</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_open_spaces_in_the_Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Parks and open spaces in the Royal Borough of Greenwich">Parks and open spaces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Hill#Avery_Hill_Park" title="Avery Hill">Avery Hill Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birdbrook_Road_Nature_Reserve" title="Birdbrook Road Nature Reserve">Birdbrook Road Nature Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bostall_Heath_and_Woods" title="Bostall Heath and Woods">Bostall Heath and Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlton cemetery">Charlton cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Park,_Greenwich" title="Charlton Park, Greenwich">Charlton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaglesfield_Park" title="Eaglesfield Park">Eaglesfield Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich_Pleasaunce" title="East Greenwich Pleasaunce">East Greenwich Pleasaunce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_Common" title="Eltham Common">Eltham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Eltham Park">Eltham Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert%27s_Pit" title="Gilbert's Pit">Gilbert's Pit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Cemetery" title="Greenwich Cemetery">Greenwich Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula_Ecology_Park" title="Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park">Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_Park_(park)" title="Horn Park (park)">Horn Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryon_Park" title="Maryon Park">Maryon Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryon_Wilson_Park" title="Maryon Wilson Park">Maryon Wilson Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycenae_House" title="Mycenae House">Mycenae Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxleas_Wood" title="Oxleas Wood">Oxleas Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plumstead_Cemetery" title="Plumstead Cemetery">Plumstead Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plumstead_Common" title="Plumstead Common">Plumstead Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repository_Woods" title="Repository Woods">Repository Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Park" title="Shrewsbury Park">Shrewsbury Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutcliffe_Park" title="Sutcliffe Park">Sutcliffe Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tarn" title="The Tarn">The Tarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winn%27s_Common" title="Winn's Common">Winn's Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Woolwich cemetery">Woolwich cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Common" title="Woolwich Common">Woolwich Common</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich#Politics" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Thamesmead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)">Erith and Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eltham (UK Parliament constituency)">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_and_Woolwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich and Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_London" title="List of bridges in London">Bridges and tunnels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel" title="Blackwall Tunnel">Blackwall Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel" title="Greenwich foot tunnel">Greenwich foot tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertown_Tunnel" title="Silvertown Tunnel">Silvertown Tunnel</a> (under construction)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_foot_tunnel" title="Woolwich foot tunnel">Woolwich foot tunnel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich#Transport" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Rail stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_line" title="Elizabeth line"><img alt="Elizabeth Line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Wood_railway_station" title="Abbey Wood railway station">Abbey Wood</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Charlton_railway_station" title="Charlton railway station">Charlton</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway"><img alt="Docklands Light Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark_for_Maritime_Greenwich_DLR_station" title="Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich DLR station">Cutty Sark</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway"><img alt="Docklands Light Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Deptford_Bridge_DLR_station" title="Deptford Bridge DLR station">Deptford Bridge</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Eltham_railway_station" title="Eltham railway station">Eltham</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway"><img alt="Docklands Light Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Elverson_Road_DLR_station" title="Elverson Road DLR station">Elverson Road</a> (in LB of Lewisham)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway"><img alt="Docklands Light Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_station" title="Greenwich station">Greenwich</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kidbrooke_railway_station" title="Kidbrooke railway station">Kidbrooke</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maze_Hill_railway_station" title="Maze Hill railway station">Maze Hill</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mottingham_railway_station" title="Mottingham railway station">Mottingham</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Eltham_railway_station" title="New Eltham railway station">New Eltham</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Greenwich_tube_station" title="North Greenwich tube station">North Greenwich</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Plumstead_railway_station" title="Plumstead railway station">Plumstead</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Westcombe_Park_railway_station" title="Westcombe Park railway station">Westcombe Park</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_line" title="Elizabeth line"><img alt="Elizabeth Line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_railway_station" title="Woolwich railway station">Woolwich</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway"><img alt="Docklands Light Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-DLR_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Arsenal_station" title="Woolwich Arsenal station">Woolwich Arsenal</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_London" title="Waterloo, London">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Town centre<br />network</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bromley" title="Bromley">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing" title="Ealing">Ealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow,_London" title="Harrow, London">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hounslow" title="Hounslow">Hounslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Kingston upon Thames">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush" title="Shepherd's Bush">Shepherd's Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Green" title="Wood Green">Wood Green</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel,_London" title="Angel, London">Angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayswater" title="Bayswater">Bayswater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton" title="Brixton">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_Town" title="Camden Town">Camden Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catford" title="Catford">Catford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiswick" title="Chiswick">Chiswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalston" title="Dalston">Dalston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham" title="East Ham">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgware" title="Edgware">Edgware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfield Town">Enfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham" title="Fulham">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith" title="Hammersmith">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag%27s_Head,_London" title="Nag's Head, London">Holloway Nags Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_High_Street" title="Kensington High Street">Kensington High Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilburn,_London" title="Kilburn, London">Kilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road" title="King's Road">King's Road East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney" title="Putney">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall" title="Southall">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham" title="Streatham">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting" title="Tooting">Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley" title="Wembley">Wembley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts<br /><span style="font-weight:normal">(principal)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_London" title="Acton, London">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham" title="Beckenham">Beckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgravia" title="Belgravia">Belgravia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford" title="Brentford">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_Water" title="Canada Water">Canada Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton" title="Carshalton">Carshalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath" title="Chadwell Heath">Chadwell Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford" title="Chingford">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace,_London" title="Crystal Palace, London">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon" title="Coulsdon">Coulsdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricklewood" title="Cricklewood">Cricklewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich" title="Dulwich">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_London" title="Edmonton, London">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle" title="Elephant and Castle">Elephant and Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith" title="Erith">Erith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham" title="Feltham">Feltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley" title="Finchley">Finchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Gate" title="Forest Gate">Forest Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London" title="Forest Hill, London">Forest Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golders_Green" title="Golders Green">Golders Green</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlesden" title="Harlesden">Harlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harringay" title="Harringay">Harringay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon" title="Hayes, Hillingdon">Hayes (Hillingdon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon" title="Hendon">Hendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch" title="Hornchurch">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentish_Town" title="Kentish Town">Kentish Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Hill" title="Mill Hill">Mill Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham" title="Mitcham">Mitcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morden" title="Morden">Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hill" title="Muswell Hill">Muswell Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Malden" title="New Malden">New Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_London" title="Northwood, London">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill" title="Notting Hill">Notting Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penge" title="Penge">Penge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinner" title="Pinner">Pinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purley,_London" title="Purley, London">Purley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip" title="Ruislip">Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidcup" title="Sidcup">Sidcup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southgate,_London" title="Southgate, London">Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Norwood" title="South Norwood">South Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanmore" title="Stanmore">Stanmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Newington" title="Stoke Newington">Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton" title="Surbiton">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydenham,_London" title="Sydenham, London">Sydenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddington" title="Teddington">Teddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamesmead" title="Thamesmead">Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolworth" title="Tolworth">Tolworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulse_Hill" title="Tulse Hill">Tulse Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham" title="Twickenham">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upminster" title="Upminster">Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood" title="Upper Norwood">Upper Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanstead" title="Wanstead">Wanstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealdstone" title="Wealdstone">Wealdstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welling" title="Welling">Welling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hampstead" title="West Hampstead">West Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Norwood" title="West Norwood">West Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel" title="Whitechapel">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willesden" title="Willesden">Willesden Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodford,_London" title="Woodford, London">Woodford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Neighbourhoods<br /><span style="font-weight:normal">(principal)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Wood" title="Abbey Wood">Abbey Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alperton" title="Alperton">Alperton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerley" title="Anerley">Anerley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archway,_London" title="Archway, London">Archway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes,_London" title="Barnes, London">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsbury" title="Barnsbury">Barnsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea" title="Battersea">Battersea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckton" title="Beckton">Beckton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey" title="Bermondsey">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Cross" title="Brent Cross">Brent Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockley" title="Brockley">Brockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonbury" title="Canonbury">Canonbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessington" title="Chessington">Chessington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet" title="Chipping Barnet">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst" title="Chislehurst">Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerkenwell" title="Clerkenwell">Clerkenwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmers_End" title="Elmers End">Elmers End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gidea_Park" title="Gidea Park">Gidea Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenford" title="Greenford">Greenford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnersbury" title="Gunnersbury">Gunnersbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackbridge" title="Hackbridge">Hackbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central" title="Hackney Central">Hackney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham,_London" title="Ham, London">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_London" title="Hampton, London">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanwell" title="Hanwell">Hanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanworth" title="Hanworth">Hanworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wood" title="Harold Wood">Harold Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highams_Park" title="Highams Park">Highams Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highbury" title="Highbury">Highbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highgate" title="Highgate">Highgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillingdon" title="Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hook,_London" title="Hook, London">Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holloway,_London" title="Holloway, London">Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoxton" title="Hoxton">Hoxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ickenham" title="Ickenham">Ickenham</a></li> 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