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.…
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UK TRIPS, JOURNEYS AND TOURS, ENGLAND
TYNE AND WEAR, WHITELY BAY, ST MARY’S LIGHTHOUSE
20th July 2015
by traveladdictuk
I had seen the lighthouse on my flight in and never though that I would see it when I was there or even visit it. St Mary's Lighthouse is on the tiny St Mary's (or Bait) Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The lighthouse is accessible via a tidal causeway and is only…