Greenwich
Rich in Maritime history, Greenwich, in South East London, was home to the Royal Naval College from 1873 until its closure in 1998. Now known as the Old Royal Naval College, a designated World Heritage Site. Greenwich Park offers fantastic views of the College by the River Thames and the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf. Greenwich is also famous for being the site of the Greenwich Meridian, zero degrees longitude, marked at the Royal Observatory and furthermore Greenwich Mean Time, adopted as a global time standard and used up until 1972.
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Greenwich View Twilight
A Twilight gigapixel panorama shot from Greenwich looking towards Canary Wharf with the City of London in the distance. The River Thames flows past the Millennium Dome (the O2) with the many skyscrapers of Canary Wharf, including one Canada Square, towering above the river. Further into the distance you can see the iconic structures of…
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London from the South
London cityscape panorama with views from the south of the city across to the Isle of Dogs, Canary Wharf and Greenwich with the O2 Arena (Millennium Dome) visible. The construction of the new Pan Peninsula Towers is almost complete.
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The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
This panorama shows the views over London from The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The Naval College site was planned out by Sir Christopher Wren for use as a home for retired sailors. Now the Naval College themselves have moved on, the palladian building is used by the University of Greenwich and Trinity College of…
