Greenwich
Greenwich is a famous maritime district of south east London - 5.5 miles from central London. An area of great historical importance, the town centre contains Maritime Greenwich - one of London's four UNESCO World Heritage sites - known for its naval history, connections with the Royal Family and as the location from which the Prime Meridian is derived.
Sebjarod, Public domain.- Locality with about 291,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 190 feet (60 metres)
- …is abbreviated as “GRE”
- Description: royal borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as“Greenwich (unparished area)”“London Borough of Greenwich”“Royal Borough of Greenwich”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eltham Palace and Eltham railway station.
Eltham railway station
Eltham railway station is in the Well Hall area…
Royal Blackheath Golf Club
Golf course
Royal Blackheath Golf Club is a golf club located…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eltham and Middle Park.
Middle Park
Suburb
Middle Park is an estate located in the Eltham…
Greenwich
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Latitude
51.45° or 51° 27′ north
Longitude
0.05° or 0° 3′ east
Open location code
9F32C3X2+X2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Greenwich” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي غرينتش الملكي”
- Arabic: “غرينيتش”
- Armenian: “Գրինվիչ”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrinviç borosu”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrinviç Kral borosu”
- Basque: “Greenwich”
- Belarusian: “Грынвіч”
- Belarusian: “Грынўіч”
- Catalan: “Greenwich”
- Cebuano: “Greenwich (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Greenwich”
- Chechen: “Гринвич”
- Chinese: “格林威治”
- Chinese: “格林威治倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “格林威治區”
- Chinese: “格林威治皇家自治市”
- Chinese: “格林尼治區”
- Czech: “Greenwich”
- Danish: “Greenwich”
- Dutch: “Greenwich”
- Dutch: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- Dutch: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Grenviĉo”
- Esperanto: “reĝa urbodistrikto Grenviĉo”
- Estonian: “Greenwichi linnaosa”
- Finnish: “Greenwich”
- Finnish: “Greenwichin kaupunkipiiri”
- Finnish: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- French: “Borough londonien de Greenwich”
- French: “Borough royal de Greenwich”
- French: “Greenwich”
- French: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Galician: “concello de Greenwich”
- German: “GB-GRE”
- German: “Greenwich”
- German: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- German: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Hebrew: “גריניץ‘”
- Hebrew: “הרובע המלכותי של גריניץ‘”
- Hebrew: “רובע גריניץ‘”
- Hungarian: “Greenwich kerület”
- Hungarian: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- Icelandic: “Greenwich”
- Indonesian: “Greenwich”
- Irish: “Buirg Ríoga Greenwich”
- Italian: “borgo reale di Greenwich”
- Italian: “Greenwich”
- Italian: “Municipio reale di Greenwich”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ・ロンドン特別区”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ区”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ王室特別区”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರೀನಿಜ್”
- Korean: “그리니치 왕립구”
- Latin: “Grenovicum”
- Latvian: “Griniča”
- Macedonian: “Гринич”
- Marathi: “ग्रीनवीच”
- Marathi: “ग्रीनिच”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Nepali: “ग्रिनविच”
- Nepali: “ग्रेनिच”
- Northern Frisian: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Greenwich”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- Norwegian: “Greenwich”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Grenewic se Lundenburgscipe”
- Ossetian: “Гринвич”
- Persian: “منطقه سلطنتی گرینویچ”
- Persian: “منطقه سلطنتی گرینیچ”
- Polish: “Greenwich”
- Polish: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- Polish: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Portuguese: “Borough de Greenwich”
- Portuguese: “Greenwich”
- Portuguese: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- Quechua: “Greenwich (Lunrun borough)”
- Quechua: “Greenwich”
- Romanian: “Burgul londonez Greenwich”
- Romanian: “Greenwich”
- Russian: “Гринвич”
- Sardinian: “Greenwich”
- Scots: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Scots: “Ryal Burgh o Greenwich”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Гринич”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Greenwich”
- Slovak: “Greenwich”
- Slovenian: “Greenwich”
- Slovenian: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- South Azerbaijani: “سلطنتی قرینویچ منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Greenwich”
- Swedish: “Greenwich”
- Swedish: “London Borough of Greenwich”
- Swedish: “Royal Borough of Greenwich”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи салтанатии Гринвич”
- Thai: “รอยัลโบโรออฟเกรนิช”
- Turkish: “Greenwich”
- Ukrainian: “Гринвіч”
- Urdu: “شاہی بورو گرینچ”
- Urdu: “گرینچ کا شاہی بورو”
- Uzbek: “Greenwich qirollik tumani”
- Uzbek: “Grinvich”
- Vietnamese: “Khu Greenwich của Luân Đôn”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Frenhinol Greenwich”
- Welsh: “Greenwich”
- Western Frisian: “Greenwich”
- Western Panjabi: “گرینوچ”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון גריניטש”
- Yiddish: “קעניגלעכע בארא פון גריניטש”
- Yue Chinese: “格林尼治區”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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