Editing Greenwich (section)

==Sites of interest==
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===Riverfront===
[[File:RFA Argus arriving at Greenwich, 24 June 2017.ogg|thumb|RFA ''Argus'' being towed to Greenwich in June 2017]]
The ''Cutty Sark'' (a [[clipper]] ship) has been preserved in a dry dock by the river. A major fire in May 2007 destroyed a part of the ship, although much had already been removed for restoration. Nearby for many years was also displayed ''[[Gipsy Moth IV]]'', the {{convert|54|ft|m|1}} yacht sailed by Sir [[Francis Chichester]] in his single-handed, 226-day [[circumnavigation]] of the globe during 1966–67. In 2004, ''Gipsy Moth IV'' was removed from Greenwich, and after restoration work completed a second circumnavigation in May 2007. On the riverside in front of the north-west corner of the hospital is an obelisk erected in memory of [[Arctic]] explorer [[Joseph René Bellot]].

[[File:GreatRiverRace08.JPG|left|thumb|Boats at Greenwich at the end of the Great River Race]]
[[File:HMS Defender at Greenwich.jpg|left|thumb|The Royal Navy [[Type 45 destroyer]] {{HMS|Defender|D36|6}} moored on the riverfront at Greenwich in 2015]]
Near the Cutty Sark site, a circular building contains the entrance to the [[Greenwich foot tunnel]], opened on 4 August 1902. This connects Greenwich to the [[Isle of Dogs]] on the northern side of the River Thames. The north exit of the tunnel is at [[Island Gardens]],<ref>[http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/tunnel.htm ''The Foot Tunnel'' (Greenwich Guide)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604024313/http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/tunnel.htm |date=4 June 2014 }} accessed 10 December 2007</ref> from where the famous view of [[Greenwich Hospital (London)|Greenwich Hospital]] painted by [[Canaletto]] can be seen.

Rowing has been part of life on the river at Greenwich for hundreds of years and the first Greenwich Regatta was held in 1785. The annual [[Great River Race]] along the Thames [[Tideway]] finishes at the Cutty Sark. The nearby Trafalgar Rowing Centre in Crane Street is home to [[Curlew Rowing Club|Curlew]] and [[Globe Rowing Club|Globe]] rowing clubs.

The [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich|Old Royal Naval College]] is Sir Christopher Wren's domed masterpiece at the centre of the heritage site. The site is administered by the Greenwich Foundation and several of the buildings are let to the [[University of Greenwich]] and one, the King Charles block, to [[Trinity College of Music]]. Within the complex is the former college dining room, the Painted Hall, this was painted by [[James Thornhill]], and the [[St Paul's Chapel, Greenwich|Chapel of St Peter and St Paul]], with an interior designed by [[James 'Athenian' Stuart]]. The Naval College had a training reactor, the [[JASON reactor]], within the King William building that was operational between 1962 and 1996. The reactor was decommissioned and removed in 1999.<ref>[http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issues/issue10/beeley.pdf ''Just another source of neutrons?'' R.J.S. Lockwood and Prof. P.A. Beeley (Nuclear Dept., HMS Sultan, Gosport, 2001)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030164503/http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issues/issue10/beeley.pdf |date=30 October 2012 }} accessed 29 December 2007</ref>

[[File:Riverside entrance to Trinity Hospital, Greenwich - geograph.org.uk - 1164174.jpg|thumbnail|upright|Trinity Hospital, Greenwich]]
To the east of the Naval College is the [[Trinity Hospital, Greenwich|Trinity Hospital]] almshouse, founded in 1613, the oldest surviving building in the town centre.<ref>[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/Architecture/TrinityHospital.htm ''Trinity Hospital'' (LB Greenwich)] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20091230191637/http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/Architecture/TrinityHospital.htm |date=30 December 2009 }} accessed 10 December 2007</ref> This is next to the massive brick walls and the landing stage of [[Greenwich Power Station]]. Built between 1902 and 1910 as a coal-fired station to supply power to [[London County Council Tramways|London's tram system]], and later the [[London underground]], it is now oil- and gas-powered and serves as a backup station for London Underground.<ref>[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.65/chapterId/1563/Powering-the-City.html ''Greenwich Power Station'' (Powering the City)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119173143/https://magicloan.com.au/ |date=19 November 2022 }} accessed 10 December 2007</ref> East Greenwich also has a small park, [[East Greenwich Pleasaunce]], which was formerly the burial ground of Greenwich Hospital.

[[The O2 (London)|The O<sub>2</sub>]] (formerly the [[Millennium Dome]]) was built on part of the site of [[East Greenwich Gas Works]], a disused [[British Gas plc|British Gas]] site on the Greenwich Peninsula.<ref>[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.65/chapterId/1546/Powering-the-City.html  ''East Greenwich Gasworks'' (Powering the City)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527130311/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.65/chapterId/1546/Powering-the-City.html |date=27 May 2013 }} accessed 10 December 2007. The Greenwich Peninsula gas works, being themselves notable, as being the subject of an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb attack in the 1970s, in which one gasometer – and its contents – were spectacularly destroyed.</ref> It is next to [[North Greenwich tube station|North Greenwich Underground station]], about {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} north east from the Greenwich town centre, north west of [[Charlton, Greenwich|Charlton]]. Pear Tree Wharf was associated with the gas works, being used to unload coal for the manufacturing of town gas, and is now home to the [[Greenwich Yacht Club]]. The [[Greenwich Millennium Village]] is a modern [[Urban renewal|urban regeneration]] development to the south of the Dome. [[Enderby's Wharf]] is a site associated with [[submarine communications cable|submarine cable]] manufacture for over 150 years.

===Greenwich Park===
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South of the former Naval College is the National Maritime Museum housed in buildings forming another symmetrical group and grand arcade incorporating the Queen's House, designed by Inigo Jones. Continuing to the south, Greenwich Park is a [[Royal Parks of London|Royal Park]] of {{convert|183|acre|km2|1}}, laid out in the 17th century and formed from the hunting grounds of the Royal Palace of Placentia.<ref>''Greenwich and Blackheath Past'' Felix Barker (Historical Publications Ltd., 1999) {{ISBN|0-948667-55-9}}</ref>

[[File:TulipStair QueensHouse Greenwich.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Spiral staircase and lantern at the Queen's House in Greenwich]]

The park rises towards Blackheath and at the top of this hill is a statue of [[James Wolfe]], commander of the British expedition to capture [[French Quebec|Quebec]].<ref>[http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/wolfe.htm ''General Wolfe Statue'' (Greenwich Guide)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727053147/http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/wolfe.htm |date=27 July 2013 }} accessed 10 December 2007</ref> Nearby a major group of buildings within the park includes the former Royal Observatory, Greenwich; the Prime Meridian passes through this building.

[[Greenwich Mean Time]] was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by the closely related [[Coordinated Universal Time]] (UTC). While there is no longer a working astronomical observatory at Greenwich, a [[Time ball|ball]] still drops daily to mark the exact moment of 1&nbsp;p.m., and there is a museum of astronomical and navigational tools, particularly [[John Harrison]]'s [[marine chronometer]]s.<ref>{{harvnb|Howse|1997}}</ref>

The [[Ranger's House]] lies at the Blackheath end of the park and houses the Wernher Collection of art,<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.12835 ''The Wernher Collection (Ranger's House)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118124642/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.12835 |date=18 November 2007 }} ([[English Heritage]]) accessed 10 December 2007</ref> and many fine houses, including [[John Vanbrugh|Vanbrugh's house]] lie on Maze Hill, on the western edge of the park.

===Town centre===
[[File:Downtown Greenwich, England 2.jpg|right|thumb|Town centre|alt=A curving street with older two- and three-storey buildings on either side. In front is a black London taxicab with an advert; midway down the street is an intersection with heavy traffic. A cupolaed clock tower rises in the rear]]
Around the covered Greenwich Market, Georgian and Victorian architecture dominates in the town centre which spreads to the west of the park and Royal Naval College. Up the hill from the centre, there are many streets of Georgian houses, including the [[Fan Museum]], on Croom's Hill. Nearby, at the junction of Croom's Hill with Nevada Street, is Greenwich Theatre; at the eastern end of Nevada Street is the [[Greenwich Tavern]]. To the west, the arthouse Greenwich Cinema is on Greenwich High Road, while the nearby [[Greenwich Playhouse]] closed in 2012.

====Market====
[[File:Greenwich Market interior.jpg|thumb|Greenwich Market|alt=An interior of a building with a translucent glass roof supported by blue-painted steel latticework. On the main floor are a number of different stalls with customers inspecting various wares.]]
There has been a market at Greenwich since the 14th century, but the history of the present market dates from 1700 when a charter to run two markets, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, was assigned by Lord Romney ([[Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney|Henry, Earl of Romney]])<ref name =Green/> to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital for 1000 years.<ref>[http://www.greenwichmarketconsultation.co.uk/default.asp?page=288 History of Greenwich Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112223825/http://www.greenwichmarketconsultation.co.uk/default.asp?page=288 |date=12 January 2012 }} at Greenwich Hospital</ref>

The market is part of "the island site", bounded by College Approach, Greenwich Church Street, [[King William Walk]] and Nelson Road, near the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory. The buildings surrounding the market are [[Grade 2 listed]] and were established in 1827–1833 under the direction of [[Joseph Kay (architect)|Joseph Kay]].<ref name="Heritage">{{cite web|title=Maritime Greenwich: World Heritage Site – Management plan|url=http://visitgreenwich.org.uk/sites/default/files/medialibrary/final_maritime_greenwich_management_plan_2014_1v3_1_1.pdf|website=Visit Greenwich|publisher=Royal Borough of Greenwich|access-date=26 September 2016|archive-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210095125/http://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/sites/default/files/medialibrary/final_maritime_greenwich_management_plan_2014_1v3_1_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Phantom">{{cite web|title=Historic Regeneration Schemes|url=http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2007/10/historic-regeneration-schemes/|website=The Greenwich Phantom|access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> A market roof was added in 1902–1908 (and replaced in 2016). Later significant development occurred in 1958–1960 and during the 1980s.

The landowner, Greenwich Hospital, enhanced the market between 2014 and early 2016. Following the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020 the rents for several of the market stalls were increased by up to 60% as Greenwich Hospital's managing agent [[Knight Frank]] said it was losing money with fewer stalls operating and only four days of trading a week.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Butler|first=Sarah|date=2020-08-19|title=London's Greenwich Market stalls fear closure following huge rent increase|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/19/londons-greenwich-market-stalls-face-closure-following-huge-rent-increase|access-date=2020-08-19|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Millennium Leisure Park===
[[File:Millennium Leisure Park, East Greenwich - geograph.org.uk - 1163888.jpg|thumb|Millennium Leisure Park]]
About {{convert|1.0|mi|km|1}} east of Greenwich town centre, the Millennium Leisure Park is an out-of-town [[retail park]] on Bugsby's Way in east Greenwich. It consists of retail outlets ([[IKEA]] and [[B&Q]]), restaurants and an [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon]] cinema. The IKEA store here opened in 2019 as the retailer's fourth main store in London,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Will |date=7 January 2019 |title=Ikea Greenwich is About to Open: Here's What You Need to Know |url=https://londonist.com/london/shopping/new-ikea-london-greenwich-open-february-rooftop-meatballs |website=Londonist}}</ref> following stores in [[Wembley]] (1988), [[Croydon]] (1992) and [[Tottenham]] (2005); the Greenwich store is the first in [[Inner London]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Best |first=Chloe |date=6 February 2019 |title=IKEA Greenwich: All you need to know about the first inner-London superstore |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/2019020667585/ikea-greenwich-superstore-opening-london/ |website=Hello!}}</ref>

Greenwich Shopping Park is about {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} further east, in Charlton.