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Greenwich’s Woolwich Foot Tunnel re-opens after £11.5m revamp
The free under Thames foot tunnel in Woolwich has reopened after a major refurbishment. From the BBC: The Woolwich Foot Tunnel has reopened after £11.5m work to bring the structure up to date. New...
View ArticleGreenwich Becomes a Royal Borough – Video
The Queen has made Greenwich in south-east London a royal borough to mark her Diamond Jubilee. It is the first borough to be granted royal status in more than 80 years and is one of only four in the...
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Cutty Sark Sets its Re-opening Date
The Cutty Sark – an old Tea Clipper that has long been on display in Greenwich – has set it’s reopening date. The famous ship has been closed for almost 5 years now as crews worked to save the ship...
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5 famous London painters
London has so many inspiring and colourful sights and characters dotted around its boroughs. So it is little wonder that the capital has been the birthplace of so many great painters. Here is a little...
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Great London Art: The Painted Hall at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich
The Painted Hall is often described as the ‘finest dining hall in Europe’. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor, it was originally intended as an eating space for the naval veterans...
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London’s Maritime History: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about the Cutty...
Clipper ships were the fastest merchant ships on the oceans back in the 19th Century and one of the most famous was the Cutty Sark. Built in 1869, she was amongst the last of the tea clippers as steam...
View ArticleVideo: Why The Prime Meridian Isn’t At 0º in Greenwich, London
If you travel to Greenwich, stand on the famous Prime Meridian Line — which is marked with a physical line and a sculpture at the Royal Observatory — and look at your GPS, it won’t read 0° longitude....
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Ten Interesting Facts about the Royal Observatory, Greenwich – The Home of...
A pioneering place of British astronomy, the Royal Observatory in Greenwich has been observing the stars for hundreds of years. It owes its existence to a Who’s Who of 17th Century Britain, as it was...
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Great London Buildings – Old Royal Naval College Greenwich
© mitakag A World Heritage site located in Maritime Greenwich, the Old Royal Naval College is one of the grandest examples of architecture in Greater London. Of course, the building there now is not...
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London Alert: The Painted Hall in Greenwich is Closing for 6 Months
Depthcharge101 / Wikimedia Commons The Painted Hall, at the Old Royal Naval College, one of the Jewels of Greenwich will be closing for 6 months from Sunday. This is one of the most amazing things you...
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Ten Interesting Facts and Figures about Maritime Greenwich
Greenwich, London is an area of London just south-east of the City of London. It’s first mentioned in a Saxon charter in 918 as “Grenowic” or “green settlement.” As London grew and prospered,...
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Top 10 London: Top Ten Things to See and Do in Greenwich
Greenwich is a place long associated with knowledge from the Royal Observatory to the Old Royal Naval College, but it has much more going on than that. Whether you’re in the mood to learn, shop,...
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Laura’s London: Four New Permanent Galleries at the National Maritime Museum...
Following a major £12.6M redevelopment project, The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich has new permanent galleries open from 20 September 2018. 1,000m2 of space in the Museum’s East Wing, previously...
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Laura’s London: Take a First Look at the Beautiful Restored Painted Hall in...
Editor’s Note: We have a real treat this week – Laura was given an exclusive tour of the newly restored Painted Hall in Greenwich before its re-opening so we’re chuffed to bits that she’s written up a...
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Exhibition Report: The Moon – 50th Anniversary Apollo Exhibition at National...
To celebrate 50 years since NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich is staging the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to Earth’s nearest...
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Special Exhibition Report: Viewing the Armada Portraits at Queen’s House in...
For the first time ever the three surviving versions of the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I are on display together in the Queen’s House in Greenwich (13 February – 31 August 2020). And a major...
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Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits – New Major Exhibition at The...
This royal portraits exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich looks at the kings and queens who have shaped British history for over 500 years. There are many loans from the National...
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