The Royal Observatory is the home of the Greenwich Mean Time and The Prime Meridian. It was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II. The Observatory was built to improve navigation at sea and find the so much desired longitude of places, one's exact position east and west. While at sea and out of sight of land by astronomical means.…
After leaving the Old Royal Naval College, I crossed the road to visit the National Maritime Museum. It is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and possibly the world. This is again free to enter. And is filled with maritime material including art, manuscripts, ship models and plans dating back to the 15th century. It is such an…
The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich,[ a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London, described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as being of "outstanding universal value" and reckoned to be the "finest and most dramatically sited architectural and landscape ensemble in the British Isles". The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at…
The O2 in Greenwich peninsula, South-East London is a state-of-the-art arena. It also includes a bowling alley, clubs, cinema, exhibition spaces, barss. This is one of my favourite spots in London. Found on the Jubilee Line, at North Greenwich. A mere 20 mins from Central London. Once thought of as a white elephant, the Millennium Dome. I went to visit it…
