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East Greenwich

East Greenwich, Greenwich The histor­i­cally indus­trial side of Greenwich, including (by many defi­n­i­tions) the former marshland of the Greenwich Peninsula Gasometer and That* One of the…

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Painted Hall

Stupen­dously decorated dining room The Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich It may be worth bringing a pair of binoc­u­lars to fully appre­ciate the…

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Ashburnham Triangle

Ashburnham Triangle, Greenwich A conser­va­tion area in south-west Greenwich, consisting of nine original streets and some later cul-de-sacs, bounded by Greenwich South Street, Black­heath Road…

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Blackheath

Black­heath, Lewisham/Greenwich A pretty village and common, separated from Greenwich Park by Shooters Hill Road and orig­i­nally focused on the junction of roads to Greenwich,…

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Cutty Sark

“Weel done, Cutty Sark!” Cutty Sark, Greenwich riverside The Cutty Sark, seen before its encase­ment in a ‘crystal cushion’ Built in Dumbarton in 1869, the Cutty…

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Woolwich

Woolwich, Greenwich A historic naval and military town, now much altered, situated three miles east of Greenwich A community has existed by the Thames at…

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The Guide

…Cale­donian Market, Bermondsey Cutty Sark, Greenwich Fan Museum, Greenwich Painted Hall, Greenwich South Bethlem Museum, Beckenham Dulwich Picture Gallery Horniman Museum, Forest Hill Nunhead Cemetery…

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Avery Hill

Avery Hill, Greenwich A Victorian mansion, park and mid-20th-century housing estate, situated east of Eltham It is possible that this place’s name refers to an…

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Island Gardens

…station was named North Greenwich. The line carried some docks traffic as well as daytrip­pers who crossed to Greenwich by ferry. The ferry service was…

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Fan Museum

Not just for fanatics The Fan Museum, Crooms Hill, Greenwich Most of the museum’s collec­tion is arranged in elegant display cases London explorers with more…

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