Orchard

Orchard is a forest in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Orchard is situated nearby to the quarter Cubitt Town, as well as near the neighborhood Manchester Estate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark.

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.

Cutty Sark

Museum

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Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.

National Maritime Museum

Museum

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East London and East End.

East London

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East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre.

East End

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The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea. Highlights include the large cluster of markets and the pubs.