To fix this the Royal Observatory decided to set a standard time that everyone could set clocks to. This was called Greenwich Mean time(GMT). GMT became the only official time used in the UK ...

Families looking for a fun and educational half-term activity can visit the Greenwich Planetarium throughout the school holidays.

In 1884, an international conference decided that the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, would be the starting point for timekeeping. The line runs through the Royal Observatory ...

Greenwich Park is set to dazzle this weekend with ... On Saturday, December 21, the Royal Observatory and The Royal Parks host a Winter Solstice Festival, inviting visitors to mark the shortest ...

Go Outdoors recently revealed the top 10 UK parks, gardens and greenspaces to visit for a picnic, based on how popular they are on social media, and four south London locations made the list. In total ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World. It is also home to London's only planetarium, the Harrison timekeepers and the UK's largest ...

This Valentine’s Day weekend, why not take a break from the usual dinner reservations and explore south east London’s most ...

Get starry-eyed at this exploration of the universe at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich’s planetarium. Watch ‘The Sky Tonight Live’, presented by an astronomer, to find out what is in the ...

The competition, which is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London—the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian—attracted 4,000 entries this year from amateur and ...

Greenwich Park boasts 182 acres of land along with a host of listed buildings like Greenwich Observatory and The ... to live by The Sunday Times. This Royal Park is one of London’s biggest ...