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Greenwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (895 words) |
 | Greenwich (pronounced 'grenn-itch' [ˈgrɛnɪtʃ], or [ˈgrɪnɪtʃ] by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. |
| Greenwich Mean Time was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by Coordinated Universal Time. |
| While Greenwich no longer hosts a working astronomical observatory, a ball still drops daily to mark the exact moment of 1 pm (13:00), and there is a good museum of astronomical and navigational tools, particularly John Harrison's chronometers. |
| Greenwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (895 words) |
| The observatory is situated in Greenwich Park, which used to be the grounds of the Royal Palace of Placentia. |
| Architect Samuel Sanders Teulon was born in Greenwich. |
| King Henry VIII was born at Greenwich on 28 June 1491. |
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