The London Borough of Greenwich (pronounced /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ ( listen)) is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England.
Greenwich is one of five host boroughs for the 2012 London Olympics with events due to be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks (Shooting), Greenwich Park (Equestrianism) and The O2-former Millennium Dome (Gymnastics; Basketball).
Greenwich is also world famous as the traditional location of the Prime Meridian, on which all C...
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The London Borough of Greenwich (pronounced /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ ( listen)) is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England.
Greenwich is one of five host boroughs for the 2012 London Olympics with events due to be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks (Shooting), Greenwich Park (Equestrianism) and The O2-former Millennium Dome (Gymnastics; Basketball).
Greenwich is also world famous as the traditional location of the Prime Meridian, on which all Coordinated Universal Time is based. The Prime Meridian running through Greenwich and the Greenwich Observatory is where the designation Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT began, and on which all world times are based.
It was formed in 1965 by merging the former area of the metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and most of Woolwich (with the exception of North Woolwich, north of the river, which became part of the London Borough of Newham).
The name 'Charlton' was briefly considered for the borough. Greenwich was once turned down for city status, which...
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