London Photo Gallery - Greenwich Part 2

Greenwich is an easy day trip from Central London, easily accessible by DLR or the rail network. Southeastern's trains from the City or London Bridge take less than 15 minutes to reach Greenwich.

With only half a day in Greenwich, I was not able to explore the interiors of the National Maritime Museum and Queen's House, but only enjoy its grounds with a sandwich lunch.

The two front Greenwich Park, a vast green space that rises up to the Royal Observatory. Once a royal park where Henry VIII introduced deer in the 16th century and site of archery tournaments and sword-fighting competitions, it opened to the public in the 18th century and became popular with Londoners when the trains reached the area.

The Royal Observatory was established in 1675 and a line on the ground marks where the Prime Meridian passes.

From here, you will get the best free view of London's skyscrapers from the City to the O2.

The Cutty Sark was a tea clipper that raced to be the quickest shipper of tea to Britain, which would earn a good monetary prize. However, this vessel was more used to ship wool than tea, with the trip from Australia taking only 72 days. Unfortunately, a fire in 2007 destroyed it during restoration, but it has since been repaired to go back on display.

Continuing with my walking tour, save yourself some time from walking back to the DLR station by taking the free foot tunnel across the Thames, which is used by some 1.2 million people a year. It was built in 1902 to provide reliable access to the shipyards and docks on the north side of the river.

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