Folly Pond
Folly Pond is a pond in Greenwich, Greater London, England. Folly Pond is situated nearby to the police station Greenwich Park Police, as well as near the deciduous forest The Dell.Places of Interest Nearby
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. Royal Observatory is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Folly Pond.
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 3,500 feet northwest of Folly Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackheath and Greenwich.
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.
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.
Morden College
Neighborhood
Folly Pond
- Type: Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.47242° or 51° 28′ 21″ northLongitude
0.00236° or 0° 0′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F32F2C2+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 142800886OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
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