Greenwich
Greenwich is a famous maritime district of south east London - 5.5 miles from central London. An area of great historical importance, the town centre contains Maritime Greenwich - one of London's four UNESCO World Heritage sites - known for its naval history, connections with the Royal Family and as the location from which the Prime Meridian is derived.Photo: Sebjarod, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Eltham Palace
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Eltham railway station
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Eltham railway station is in the Well Hall area of Eltham, South East London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The Bob Hope Theatre
Photo: PeterEltham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bob Hope Theatre is a community theatre in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England.
Localities in the Area
Eltham
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Eltham is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Mottingham
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Mottingham is a district of south-east London, England, which straddles the border of both the London Borough of Bromley and the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Shooter's Hill
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Shooter's Hill is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Greenwich
- Type: Locality with 280,000 residents
- Description: royal borough in the London Region in England
- Categories: borough of London Region and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45° or 51° 27' northLongitude
0.05° or 0° 3' eastPopulation
280,000Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)Abbreviation
GREOpen Location Code
9F32C3X2+X2GeoNames ID
3333147Wikidata ID
Q693450Greenwich Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: رويال بورو أوف غرينتش
- Arabic: غرينيتش
- Armenian: Գրինվիչ
- Azerbaijani: Qrinviç Kral borosu
- Azerbaijani: Qrinviç borosu
- Basque: Greenwich
- Belarusian: Грынвіч
- Belarusian: Грынўіч
- Catalan: Greenwich
- Cebuano: Greenwich (distrito)
- Cebuano: Greenwich
- Chechen: Гринвич
- Chinese: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Chinese: 格林威治
- Chinese: 格林威治倫敦自治市
- Chinese: 格林威治区
- Chinese: 格林威治區
- Chinese: 格林威治皇家自治市
- Chinese: 格林尼治區
- Czech: Greenwich
- Danish: Greenwich
- Dutch: Greenwich
- Dutch: London Borough of Greenwich
- Dutch: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- English: Greenwich (unparished area)
- English: London Borough of Greenwich
- English: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Esperanto: Distrikto Grenviĉo
- Esperanto: distrikto Grenviĉo
- Esperanto: reĝa urbodistrikto Grenviĉo
- Estonian: Greenwichi linnaosa
- Finnish: Greenwich
- Finnish: Greenwichin kaupunkipiiri
- Finnish: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- French: Borough londonien de Greenwich
- French: Borough royal de Greenwich
- French: Greenwich
- French: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- French: borough royal de Greenwich
- German: GB-GRE
- German: Greenwich
- German: London Borough of Greenwich
- German: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Hebrew: גריניץ'
- Hebrew: הרובע המלכותי של גריניץ'
- Hebrew: רובע גריניץ'
- Hungarian: Greenwich kerület
- Hungarian: London Borough of Greenwich
- Icelandic: Greenwich
- Indonesian: Greenwich
- Irish: Buirg Ríoga Greenwich
- Italian: Greenwich
- Italian: borgo reale di Greenwich
- Japanese: グリニッジ
- Japanese: グリニッジ・ロンドン特別区
- Japanese: グリニッジ区
- Japanese: グリニッジ王室特別区
- Korean: 그리니치 왕립구
- Latin: Grenovicum
- Latvian: Griniča
- Macedonian: Гринич
- Marathi: ग्रीनविच
- Marathi: ग्रीनवीच
- Marathi: ग्रीनिच
- Min Nan Chinese: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Nepali: ग्रिनविच
- Nepali: ग्रेनिच
- Northern Frisian: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Norwegian: Greenwich
- Norwegian Bokmål: Greenwich
- Norwegian Nynorsk: London Borough of Greenwich
- Persian: منطقه سلطنتی گرینویچ
- Persian: منطقه سلطنتی گرینیچ
- Polish: Greenwich
- Polish: London Borough of Greenwich
- Polish: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Portuguese: Borough de Greenwich
- Portuguese: Greenwich
- Portuguese: London Borough of Greenwich
- Quechua: Greenwich (Lunrun borough)
- Quechua: Greenwich
- Romanian: Burgul londonez Greenwich
- Romanian: Greenwich
- Russian: Гринвич
- Sardinian: Greenwich
- Scots: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Serbian: Лондонска општина Гринич
- Serbo-Croatian: Greenwich
- Slovak: Greenwich
- Slovenian: Greenwich
- South Azerbaijani: سلطنتی قرینویچ منطقهسی
- Spanish: Municipio de Greenwich
- Swedish: Greenwich
- Swedish: London Borough of Greenwich
- Swedish: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Tajik: Ноҳияи салтанатии Гринвич
- Turkish: Greenwich
- Ukrainian: Гринвіч
- Urdu: شاہی بورو گرینچ
- Urdu: گرینچ کا شاہی بورو
- Uzbek: Greenwich qirollik tumani
- Uzbek: Grinvich
- Vietnamese: Khu Greenwich của Luân Đôn
- Welsh: Bwrdeistref Frenhinol Greenwich
- Welsh: Greenwich
- Western Frisian: Greenwich
- Western Panjabi: گرینوچ
- Yiddish: לאנדאנער בארא פון גריניטש
- Yue Chinese: 格林尼治區
- Municipio reale di Greenwich
- קעניגלעכע בארא פון גריניטש
Other Places Named Greenwich
In the Area
- Mulberry PlaceNeighbourhood
- Eltham ParkQuarter
- South EndQuarter
- Horn ParkSuburb
- Flintmill Crescent EstateNeighbourhood
- New ElthamSuburb
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