Articles tagged ‘Greenwich’
Red Bull Air Race - London
By Chris | July 26th, 2007 |
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The next event in the Red Bull Air Race World Series takes place in London this weekend 28-29 July. A course has been set up on a stretch of the River Thames along by the O2 Arena (Millennium Dome) and the race can only be viewed properly from the designated and ticketed areas cordoned off [...]
The beach at the O2
By Chris | July 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The O2 Arena is the old Millennium Dome converted into an entertainment complex with bars, restaurants, cinemas, a 27,000 seat indoor sports and music venue, and for the next seven weeks a beach.
The O2 have brought in 1,000 tons of sand to transform its Piazza section into a 20 metre diameter size beach with an [...]
New astronomy centre opens at Royal Observatory
By Chris | May 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich has just finished a £15million redevelopment called the Time and Space Project, and its due to open to the public tomorrow, 25 May.
Its centrepiece is the 120 seat Peter Harrison Planetarium and that’s alongside the new interactive Weller Astronomy Galleries and an education centre. The planetarium gives an exhilarating virtual [...]
A tale of two ships in London
By Chris | May 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Not a good morning today for one of London’s top tourist attractions, the Cutty Sark. The 19th century tea clipper sits in dry dock at Greenwich and it went up in flames in a mysterious fire around 5am today. While it looked pretty bad on the tv news footage, luckily the Cutty Sark had been [...]
Dark Heritage at Greenwich
By Chris | May 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As part of the anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act an exhibition called Dark Heritage is touring the UK, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Arts Council England, and is coming to the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich from the 15 May-17 June.
The centre piece of Dark [...]
Jazz in Greenwich
By Chris | May 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Greenwich holds a eleven day Main Riverfront Jazz Festival each September, this week it also hosts the shorter Spring Riverfront Jazz Festival.
Its on from 10-15 May at various pubs, jazz clubs and hotels all fairly close together in the area around Maritime Greenwich except for one event at the Greenwich Yacht Club further down [...]
US Embassy in London on the market
By Chris | May 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The US Embassy in Grosvenor Square is up for sale. Its a 225,000 sq.ft, nine storey building (three of them underground) occupying the western side of the Square, which is in an absolutely prime spot in the wealthly Mayfair area of central London.
Its being sold because the US wants to build a new embassy [...]
London Marathon
By Chris | April 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Sunday 22 April sees the 26th London Marathon take place through the streets of the capital, with almost 50,000 runners entered to take part. The race begins in Greenwich Park/Blackheath and ends on The Mall just down from Buckingham Palace, and on the way goes past many of London’s most famous landmarks on both [...]
New visitor centre for the Cutty Sark
By Chris | April 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Cutty Sark is the 280ft long sailing tea clipper in dry dock at Greenwich in East London. It was launched in 1869 and used to transport tea and other cargoes from China and Japan to Europe, Australia and the US. In 1954 the Cutty Sark was put into dry dock at Greenwich and became [...]
Congestion Charge extension
By Chris | February 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The expansion of London’s Congestion Charge zone happens this month on the 19th February when the area including Belgravia, South Kensington, Chelsea, Bayswater and Notting Hill all come under the £8 a day blanket if you want to drive your vehicle into or through that part of town. It’ll be in operation from 7am-6pm, Mon-Fri, [...]
