Greenwich Royal Observatory - Greenwich - Things To Do Reviews

This is the place where the prime meridian is located. Here you can stand with one foot on the western side of the world and the other on the eastern side of the world. The exhibition is free(!) so you dont need a ticket. There is alot of stories about seaman who lost their life at sea beacause there where no way to find your accurate possision. Thats all change when a clockmaker from London managed to make an clock that was accurate enough to find the time of day.. If you know the time of day and measure the posision of the sun then you can pinpoint you posision..

Do you want to know things about clocks this is the place. And much about learning the very basic means of navigating before new electronic instruments made these old instruments obosolete.

For engineers and mariners this is a paradise. You can see how all of the old clocks are built up and get history of the times with less reliable clocks and watches.

PS: They also have a telescope where you can see pluto! This is a must see when you visit the Observatory