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Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site
St Alfege
Greenwich Market
Cutty Sark
Old Royal Naval College
National Maritime Museum
The Queen’s House
Royal Observatory
Protected panoramic view
Ranger’s House
- World Heritage Site boundary
- World Heritage Site buffer zone
Welcome to Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, where internationally significant architecture and landscape, artistic achievement, scientific endeavour and royal association come together to tell the story of Britain at sea, and of world time-keeping, navigation and exploration.
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Quoted in history
And thence by coach to Greenwich church, where a good sermon, a fine church, and a great company of handsome women....
Samuel Pepys, 1660
The fact that so much is there, in so small a place, makes the whole area extraordinary.
Greenwich Charles Jennings
Certainly there is nothing lovelier at Versailles.
Punch
Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the Prime Meridian of the world but that doesn't mean the line of longitude is the only notable thing about the area.
Time Out, 2014