Greenwich

:This page is about Greenwich in England. For other uses see Greenwich (disambiguation)

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Greenwich (pronounced 'gren-itch' , or 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.

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The Royal Greenwich Observatory is located in Greenwich and the Prime Meridian passes through the building. 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Mean Time was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by Coordinated Universal Time.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 1pm (13:00), and there is a good museum of astronomical and navigational tools.

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Urban sprawl: Urban sprawl (also called suburban sprawl) is a pejorative term for the expansive, often explosive and sometimes reckless, growth of a metropolitan area, traditionally suburbs (or exurbs) over a large area....

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Greenwich related Images and Photos (experimental)

Greenwich Deptford	Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village New York	Naval Intelligence: Greenwich Pensioners Reading a Copy of the Times	Elevated Railway in Greenwich Street New York
View Across Greenwich Park Towards London Painted For Louis XV in Paris	A View of Greenwich from the River	H.M.S. War Sprite off Greenwich	The Disabled Commodore in His Retirement at Greenwich Hospital 1830
Fishing Boats and Barges on the Thames at Greenwich	Horatio Nelson Boarding the San Josef 1797 Engraved: John Crew After Original: Greenwich Hospital