Literary walking where the world sets its time from. The obsevratory is steeped in amazing history and the views across london arespectacular. This was an amazing place to visit to learn how the world sets its time from the UK.

We visited the planetarium and saw 6 shows over 2 days during the 100 year anniversary celebration. We saw the shows: Uranus a planetary catastrophe, Ted's Space Nightmare, Cosmic Meditation, We're All in the Dark, The Sky Tonight Down Under and The Gravitational Universe. We thought these were absolutely brilliantly presented and it was so much fun to listen to for anyone of any ability. All the staff were particularly lovely, and they even managed to squeeze us into a show without a booking due to some seats being free last minute! We have already seen all the regular shows at the planetarium so seeing these unique one-off shows was amazing too and so interesting. Hopefully the planetarium present more of these one-off shows as the themes/topics were very engaging and fascinating and I would love to see a broader range of topics too! The facilities were all really clean and tidy, and the planetarium seats very comfortable. I will absolutely be returning here and would recommend the planetarium to everyone! (PS to the planetarium please do more one-off shows like about Jupiter or Saturn or black holes! )

While I'm sure that this is a great place to visit, we were a bit overwhelmed by the crowds who are mainly there to get a selfie 🤳 along the Prime Meridian. While the one inside the gates may be nicely ordinated, you can still find the division between East and West longitude in other places. However, the views from this vista are well-worth the trekvto the top.

The British Royal Observatory is an observatory and the past home of several Astronomers Royal, including Ed Halley, namesake of the famous comet. Located at the top of a hill in London’s Greenwich neighborhood, it is also where the Prime Meridian is, which divides east and west and is where time begins – as such, it is thought of as the center of the world. It also is a great museum of astronomy and chronology. In addition, it provides a great view of London, as it is located atop a hill. The biggest downside is that one of the telescopes that visitors can look through contains an image of the planet Uranus at the end, instead of Pluto – the dog! This is a disappointing downgrade from when we visited many years ago, probably due to the delisting of Pluto – the planet. The observatory is an easy walk from the Greenwich Pier and getting there includes a stroll through a lovely park. Very much worth visiting.

It was a marvellous visit to where so many astronomical observations and discoveries were made. Discoveries and inventions that changed the world. Flamsteed House was the residence of the Astronomers Royal and it was fascinating to see homely details such as exhortations on what to take before dinner, including 5 grains of rhubarb. Harrison’s clocks were great to view. His chronometers enabled more accurate sea voyages, revolutionising territorial explorations and trade. Telescopes were the essential of the scientists work and many fine examples are here. Including particularly the Great Equatorial.

Absolutely magical "Evening with the Moon". Amazing, friendly staff were really helpful (let us in early to use facilities). The talk in the Planetarium was fantastic, really enthusiastic speaker who bought the event to life. Learned so much from her! Then we were able to look through various telescopes with some experts who were so accommodating and answered all our daft questions. Will definitely visit again!

I was of two minds when I was deciding whether or not to visit - it's the prime meridian, so I thought I ought to since I was already in Greenwich, but astronomy is really not my thing. I'm so glad I went!! It was very interesting to see the evolution of the observatory and how astronomers evolved the setting of the meridian line, and which ones carry through even to today. Also interesting to see their historic instruments and how the lodgings evolved with the family size and needs of the royal astronomers over time. One watchout - if you are walking up to the observatory from the Queens House or Maritime museum - Google maps says that it's a relatively flat half mile walk. IT'S NOT RELATIVELY FLAT. I'm fairly fit and I was huffing and puffing on the steep walk up to the observatory. I think there is car access - that's definitely the better way to go unless you're up for a light workout.