Old Donkey Pit

Old Donkey Pit is a locality in Greenwich, Greater London, England. Old Donkey Pit is situated nearby to the neighborhood Blackheath Vale, as well as near the locality The View.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park.

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.

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

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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 Blackheath and Morden College.

Blackheath

Suburb

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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

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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.