Peter Harrison Planetarium
The Peter Harrison Planetarium is a 120-seat digital laser planetarium, situated in Greenwich Park, London and is part of the National Maritime Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: closed
- Type: Planetarium
- Description: Planetarium in Greenwich
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park.
Royal Observatory
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Greenwich Park
Park
Photo: Sebjarod, Public domain.
Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. 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.
National Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. National Maritime Museum is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Peter Harrison Planetarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich and Blackheath.
Greenwich
Town
Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greenwich is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles east-south-east of Charing Cross.
Blackheath
Suburb
Photo: Vbloke, Public domain.
Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.
Blackheath Royal Standard
Quarter
Photo: Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackheath Royal Standard is a quarter.
Peter Harrison Planetarium
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.47715° or 51° 28′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.00074° or 0° 0′ 3″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C3XFXGX+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 268533449OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=planetariumOpenStreetMap feature
building=constructionGeoNames ID
10402812Wikidata ID
Q7174557
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Peter Harrison Planetarium” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “彼得·哈里遜天象館”
- French: “Planétarium Peter Harrison”
- Japanese: “ピーター・ハリソン・プラネタリウム”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peter Harrison Planetarium”. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.