Royal Observatory
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.
- 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: “Flamsted House”, “Flamsteed House”, “Greenwich observatoriet”, “Greenwich Observatory”, “Greenwich Rasathanesi”, “Greenwich Royal Observatory”, “Greenwich-Observatorium”, “Greenwichobservatoriet”, “Greenwichské kráľovské observatórium”, “Greenwiški observatorij”, “Grinvičo karališkoji observatorija”, “Hvězdárna Greenwich”, “İngiltere Kraliyet Rasathanesi”, “Karališkoji Grinvičo observatorija”, “Koninklijk Greenwich Observatorium”, “Koninklijk Greenwich-observatorium”, “Královská greenvichská observatoř”, “Kráľovské observatórium Greenwich”, “Obserbatoryong Royal”, “Observatoire de Greenwich”, “Observatori de Greenwich”, “Observatori de Greenwich,”, “Observatorij Greenwich”, “Observatório de greenwich”, “Observatorium Greenwich”, “Observatorul Regal Greenwich”, “Observejo Grenviĉa”, “Old Royal Observatory”, “Osservatorio Reale di Greenwich”, “Reial Observatori de Greenwich”, “ROG”, “Royal Observatory Greenwich”, “Royal Observatory, Greenwich”, “Yr Arsyllfa Frenhinol”, “Αστεροσκοπίο του Γκρίνουιτς”, “Гринвицька обсерваторія”, “Гринвичская астрономическая обсерватория”, “Гринвичская королевская обсерватория”, “Гринвичской астрономической обсерватории”, “Гринвіцька астрономічна обсерваторія”, “Гринвічська обсерваторія”, “Грінвіцька обсерваторія”, “Ґрінвіцька обсерваторія”, “Ґрінвічська Королівська Обсерваторія”, “Грінвічська обсерваторія”, “Ґрінвічська Обсерваторія”, “Королевская гринвичская обсерватория”, “Королівська Гринвіцька Обсерваторія”, “Королівська Грінвіцька Обсерваторія”, “Королівська Ґрінвіцька Обсерваторія”, “Королівська Грінвічська Обсерваторія”, “Кралска опсерваторија во Гринич”, “Краљевска Опсерваторија у Гриничу”, “Опсерваторија у Гриничу”, “מצפה גריניץ‘”, “رصدخانهٔ سلطنتی گرینویچ”, “رصدگاہ گرینوچ”, “گرینوچ آبزرویٹری”, “گرینوچ رصدگاہ”, “그리니치천문대”, “왕립 그리니치 천문대”, “グリニッジ王立天文台”, “旧グリニッジ天文台”, “格林威治天文台”, “格林威治天文臺”, “格林威治皇家天文臺”, “格林尼治天文台”, “格林维治天文台”, “皇家格林威治天文台”, and “皇家格林尼治天文台”
- Address: Blackheath Avenue, London, SE10 8XJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Greenwich Park and Peter Harrison Planetarium.
Greenwich Park
Park
Photo: Sebjarod, Public domain.
National Maritime Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich and Blackheath.
Blackheath
Suburb
Photo: Vbloke, Public domain.
Royal Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.47735° or 51° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
-0.00118° or 0° 0′ 4″ west
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Open location code
9C3XFXGX+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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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 Reial de Greenwich”
- Cebuano: “Harianong Obserbatoryo”
- Chinese: “格林尼治皇家天文台”
- Chinese: “皇家天文台”
- Chuvash: “Гринвич обсерваторийĕ”
- Czech: “Královská greenwichská observatoř”
- Danish: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
- Dutch: “Koninklijk Observatorium van Greenwich”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المرصد الملكى”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Observatorio de Greenwich”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Observatorio de Grenviĉo”
- Estonian: “Greenwichi observatoorium”
- Finnish: “Greenwichin kuninkaallinen observatorio”
- French: “Observatoire royal de Greenwich”
- Galician: “Observatorio Real de Greenwich”
- Georgian: “გრინვიჩის სამეფო ობსერვატორია”
- German: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Γκρήνουιτς”
- 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 Kerajaan”
- Irish: “Réadlann Ríoga Greenwich”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Greenwich”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Greenwich”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ天文台”
- Kazakh: “Гринвич обсерваториясы”
- Korean: “그리니치 천문대”
- Latvian: “Karaliskā Griničas observatorija”
- Lithuanian: “Grinvičo observatorija”
- Luxembourgish: “Royal Greenwich Observatory”
- Macedonian: “Гриничка опсерваторија”
- Malay: “Balai Cerap Diraja Greenwich”
- 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 Nynorsk: “Greenwich-observatoriet”
- Norwegian: “Greenwich-observatoriet”
- Ossetian: “Гринвичы обсерватори”
- Persian: “رصدخانه سلطنتی گرینویچ”
- Polish: “Królewskie Obserwatorium Astronomiczne w Greenwich”
- Portuguese: “Observatório Real de Greenwich”
- Romanian: “Observatorul Regal din Greenwich”
- Russian: “Гринвичская обсерватория”
- Serbian: “Grinička opservatorija”
- Serbian: “Гриничка опсерваторија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kraljevski opservatorij Greenwich”
- Slovak: “Royal Observatory, Greenwich”
- Slovak: “Royal Observatory”
- Slovenian: “Kraljevi observatorij Greenwich”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Greenwich”
- Spanish: “Real Observatorio de Greenwich”
- Swedish: “Observatoriet i Greenwich”
- Thai: “หอดูดาวหลวงกรีนิช”
- Thai: “หอดูดาวหลวงเกรนิช”
- Turkish: “Greenwich Gözlemevi”
- Ukrainian: “Гринвіцька королівська обсерваторія”
- Ukrainian: “Гринвіцька обсерваторія”
- Urdu: “شاہی رصد گاہ، گرینچ”
- Urdu: “شاہی رصدگاہ، گرینوچ”
- Uzbek: “Greenwich astronomiya rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Grinvich astronomiya rasadxonasi”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Hoàng gia Greenwich”
- Welsh: “Arsyllfa Frenhinol Greenwich”
- Wu Chinese: “格林尼治皇家天文台”
- Yue Chinese: “格林威治皇家天文台”
- Yue Chinese: “格林尼治皇家天文台”
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