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A World Heritage Site - 0° Longitude
Famous for the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time, the highlights at Greenwich include the stunning buildings of the Royal Naval College, the sailing ship Cutty Sark, and the National Maritime Museum. Way2GoGuides lets you discover why Greenwich is inextricably linked with the sea, why a crudely built observatory became the centre of the world and why the Queen’s House is one of the country’s most important buildings.
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SEE
National Maritime Museum website (includes Queen’s House and Royal Observatory).
Cutty Sark website
Old Royal Naval College website
Greenwich Royal Park website
Henry VIII’s palace at Greenwich
It stood on the site of the Old Royal Naval College. A picture on Tudor history
Discover if you have a Trafalgar ancestor
Read about Nelson and search the names of those who served under him. National Archives
Isle of Dogs 1804
The view from Greenwich Hill was very different with newly built docks amid deserted marshland. A map at British Library
London 2012 Olympic Games
Greenwich Park is the venue for Equestrian and Pentathlon events. More at London 2012
HEAR
Music for Admiral Lord Nelson - FREE mp3
The first music in Chapter 6 is from the Nelson Mass by Haydn which was named after the men met in 1800. A movement from the work is available free on iTunes (iTunes required).
A definitive recording of the complete work at Amazon
The second music in Chapter 6 is the Burial Sentences by William Croft. It was sung at Nelson’s funeral and has been performed at every state funeral since including that of Diana Princess of Wales in 1997. A CD by St Paul’s Cathedral choir at Hyperion Records
READ
Limeys
Citrus fruit was crucial to Britain’s Maritime power as told in this book on Amazon
World’s first daily sunrise
Kiribati, a country of 33 islands in the Pacific Ocean straddles the International Date Line (180º longitude) and until 1995 had a 23 hour time difference between islands. Read how the millennium changed that in an article from Honolulu Magazine
WATCH
The last commercial sailing ships
Film shot in the 1930’s by Australian Master Mariner Alan Villiers gives the best impression of what it was like aboard Cutty Sark. YouTube
Observatory’s red ball
If you haven’t been on top of Greenwich Hill at 1pm, see it drop on YouTube
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Reviewed by: Glyn
As I intend to include a heritage tour of all of London's tourist attractions this summer, I found your website via visit London and decided to purchase one of your Guides as a taster to understand a little more about the venues before I visit. I found the content both informative and excellently delivered by the commentator. I will definitely be buying some more of the guides both for their obvious help in making my visit to the venues more interesting but also to keep as a momento.
Excellent product and can recommend to anyone
Date Posted : 24/04/2009 10:01:00
Outstanding!
Reviewed by: Jim
I was born in Greenwich & lived there over 20 years. Live in the US now. Got this from the Apple App Store for my Ipad. This guide does an outstanding job of revealing all that Greenwich has to offer. Buy the guide and visit Greenwich. You won't be dissapointed!
Date Posted : 30/05/2010 20:03:54
