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Royal Observatory

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an situated on a hill in in south east London, overlooking the to the north.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    December 24th—26: closed
  • Email: bookings@rmg.co.uk
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: observatory in Greenwich, London, UK
  • Also known as: “Greenwich Observatory”, “Old Royal Observatory”, “ROG”, “Royal Greenwich Observatory”, and “Royal Observatory, Greenwich”
  • Address: Blackheath Avenue, London, SE10 8XJ
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greenwich Park and Peter Harrison Planetarium.

Park
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is a former hunting park in and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east . One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed, it covers 74 hectares, and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Planetarium
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a 120-seat digital laser planetarium, situated in , and is part of the .

Museum
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The is a maritime museum in , . It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Royal Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenwich and Blackheath.

Town
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is an affluent area in south-east , England, within the and the ceremonial county of , 5.5 miles east-south-east of .

Suburb
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is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the and the . Historically within the county of , it is located 1-mile northeast of , 1.5 miles south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles southeast of , the traditional centre of London.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Royal Observatory

Latitude
51.47735° or 51° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
-0.00118° or 0° 0′ 4″ west
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Operator
Royal Museums Greenwich
Open location code
9C3XFXGX+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 268533448
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6295636
Wiki­data ID
Q192988
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Royal Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المرصد الملكي”
  • Armenian: “Գրինվիչի աստղադիտարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qrinviç rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Greenwicheko Errege Behatokia”
  • Belarusian: “Грынвіцкая абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Грынвіцкая абсэрваторыя”
  • Bengali: “গ্রিনিচ মান মন্দির”
  • Bulgarian: “Гринуичка обсерватория”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Greenwich,”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Greenwich”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Reial de Greenwich”
  • Catalan: “Reial Observatori de Greenwich”
  • Catalan: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Cebuano: “Harianong Obserbatoryo”
  • Cebuano: “Obserbatoryong Royal”
  • Chinese: “格林威治天文台”
  • Chinese: “格林威治天文臺”
  • Chinese: “格林威治皇家天文台”
  • Chinese: “格林威治皇家天文臺”
  • Chinese: “格林尼治天文台”
  • Chinese: “格林尼治皇家天文台”
  • Chinese: “格林维治天文台”
  • Chinese: “皇家天文台”
  • Chinese: “皇家格林威治天文台”
  • Chinese: “皇家格林尼治天文台”
  • Chuvash: “Гринвич обсерваторийĕ”
  • Czech: “Hvězdárna Greenwich”
  • Czech: “Královská greenvichská observatoř”
  • Czech: “Královská greenwichská observatoř”
  • Danish: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Greenwich Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Greenwich-observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Observatorium van Greenwich”
  • Dutch: “Royal Observatory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المرصد الملكى”
  • Esperanto: “Observejo Grenviĉa”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Observatorio de Greenwich”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Observatorio de Grenviĉo”
  • Esperanto: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Finnish: “Greenwichin kuninkaallinen observatorio”
  • French: “Observatoire de Greenwich”
  • French: “Observatoire royal de Greenwich”
  • French: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Real de Greenwich”
  • Georgian: “გრინვიჩის სამეფო ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Flamsted House”
  • German: “Flamsteed House”
  • German: “Greenwich-Observatorium”
  • German: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • German: “Royal Observatory”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Γκρήνουιτς”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπίο του Γκρίνουιτς”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה גריניץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים המלכותי של גריניץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים המלכותי של גריניץ’”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים המלכותי של גריניץ”
  • Hungarian: “Greenwich Obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “Greenwichi Királyi Obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “Greenwichi obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Greenwich”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Kerajaan”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Observatory”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Ríoga Greenwich”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Greenwich”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Greenwich”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Reale di Greenwich”
  • Italian: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Japanese: “グリニッジ天文台”
  • Japanese: “グリニッジ王立天文台”
  • Japanese: “旧グリニッジ天文台”
  • Korean: “그리니치 천문대”
  • Korean: “그리니치천문대”
  • Korean: “왕립 그리니치 천문대”
  • Latvian: “Karaliskā Griničas observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Macedonian: “Гриничка опсерваторија”
  • Macedonian: “Кралска опсерваторија во Гринич”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Diraja, Greenwich”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Diraja”
  • Mingrelian: “გრინვიჩიშ ომაფე ობსერვატორია”
  • Mirandese: “Ouserbatório Rial de Grenwich”
  • Mirandese: “Ousserbatório Rial de Greenwich”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Greenwich observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Greenwich-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Observatory Greenwich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Greenwich Royal Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Greenwich-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royal Observatory Greenwich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royal Observatory”
  • Norwegian: “Greenwich-observatoriet”
  • Ossetian: “Гринвичы обсерватори”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه سلطنتی گرینویچ”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ سلطنتی گرینویچ”
  • Polish: “Królewskie Obserwatorium Astronomiczne w Greenwich”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de greenwich”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Real de Greenwich”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Regal din Greenwich”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Regal Greenwich”
  • Romanian: “Royal Observatory”
  • Russian: “Гринвичская астрономическая обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Гринвичская королевская обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Гринвичская обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Гринвичской астрономической обсерватории”
  • Russian: “Королевская гринвичская обсерватория”
  • Serbian: “Grinička opservatorija”
  • Serbian: “Гриничка опсерваторија”
  • Serbian: “Краљевска Опсерваторија у Гриничу”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија у Гриничу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kraljevski opservatorij Greenwich”
  • Slovak: “Greenwichské kráľovské observatórium”
  • Slovak: “Kráľovské observatórium Greenwich”
  • Slovak: “Royal Observatory, Greenwich”
  • Slovak: “Royal Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Greenwiški observatorij”
  • Slovenian: “Kraljevi observatorij Greenwich”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Greenwich”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Greenwich”
  • Spanish: “Real Observatorio de Greenwich”
  • Spanish: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Spanish: “Royal Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Greenwichobservatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Observatoriet i Greenwich”
  • Swedish: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Royal Observatory”
  • Thai: “Royal Observatory”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวหลวงกรีนิช”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวหลวงเกรนิช”
  • Turkish: “Greenwich Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Greenwich Rasathanesi”
  • Turkish: “İngiltere Kraliyet Rasathanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвицька обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвіцька астрономічна обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвіцька королівська обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвіцька обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвічська обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Грінвіцька обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґрінвіцька обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґрінвічська Королівська Обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Грінвічська обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґрінвічська Обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська Гринвіцька Обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська Грінвіцька Обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська Ґрінвіцька Обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська Грінвічська Обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “رصدگاہ گرینوچ”
  • Urdu: “شاہی رصد گاہ، گرینچ”
  • Urdu: “شاہی رصدگاہ، گرینوچ”
  • Urdu: “گرینوچ آبزرویٹری”
  • Urdu: “گرینوچ رصدگاہ”
  • Uzbek: “Greenwich astronomiya rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Grinvich astronomiya rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Hoàng gia Greenwich”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Frenhinol Greenwich”
  • Welsh: “Yr Arsyllfa Frenhinol”
  • Wu Chinese: “格林尼治皇家天文台”
  • Yue Chinese: “格林尼治皇家天文台”

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