G.P.O. Film Unit
G.P.O. Film Unit is a memorial in Lewisham, Greater London, England. G.P.O. Film Unit is situated nearby to Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, as well as near the church St Michael and All Angels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Observatory and Blackheath railway station.
Royal Observatory
Museum
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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. Royal Observatory is situated 1 mile northwest of G.P.O. Film Unit.
Blackheath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackheath railway station is Grade II-listed and is in the south-centre of Blackheath, a village in southeast London. In traditional terms the area immediately south-west of the station around Lee Terrace and Lee Park is part of Lee; a status challenged by the station's naming, buildings such as the Blackheath Halls and the development of Blackheath Park to the south east. Blackheath railway station is situated 790 feet west of G.P.O. Film Unit.
St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels, Blackheath is an Anglican parish church in Blackheath, London. The church is a part of the Diocese of Southwark. This Grade II* listed building was designed by the architect George Smith. St Michael and All Angels is situated 450 feet southeast of G.P.O. Film Unit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackheath and Morden College.
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.
Morden College
Neighborhood
Morden College is a charity which has been providing residential care in Blackheath, south-east London, England for over 300 years. Founded by philanthropist Sir John Morden in 1695 as a home for "poor Merchants", Morden College was built to a design sometimes attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.
Lee
Town
Photo: QuintusPetillius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
G.P.O. Film Unit
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “G.P.O. Film Unit later Crown Film Unit; pioneers of documentary film making had their studios here”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.46571° or 51° 27′ 57″ northLongitude
0.0124° or 0° 0′ 45″ eastOpen location code
9F32F286+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 7985753795OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and Blackheath Halls.
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