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Street-by-Street: Greenwich

This historic town, with illustrious royal and naval
connections, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Tudor 6 Greenwich Foot Tunnel,
times it was the site of a palace much enjoyed by leading to the Isle of Dogs
Henry VIII, near a fine hunting ground. The old palace under the Thames, is one
of two tunnels built solely
is gone, leaving Inigo Jones’s exquisite Queen’s House, for pedestrians.
built for James I’s wife. Museums, shops, cafés and markets,
Wren’s architecture and the magnificent Royal Park all Greenwich Pier is a
boarding point for boats
make Greenwich an enjoyable day’s excursion and it is to Westminster, the O2
best visited by river (see pp64–5). and the Thames Barrier.

5 Cutty Sark
Clipper ships such as this once
traded across the oceans. The
impressively restored Cutty Sark
has been raised to allow visitors
to explore above and below decks.
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This market, in the heart of Greenwich, H C H U R N E L S O N R O A D W
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church here since 1012.

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