Engulfed with deer in 1443
and walled in 1661 Greenwich Park is the oldest of
the Royal Parks. The famous Greenwich Observatory sits in the center of the
park. Also in the park is the Queens house built in 1661-2. This is a main
focal point for the parks design, which includes some of the finest 17th
century architecture and landscape in Britain. In 1999 Greenwich University moved into part of the Royal Naval College built by Christopher Wren in 1969-1705. The southern part of the park
is characteristic of a 19th
Century Park with a bandstand, tea
pavilion, tennis courts and a beautiful flower garden designed by J C Loudon.
The deer now live in the southeast corner in what is called “the wilderness”.
The park consists of formal gardens, open areas, avenues of trees by Charles II
in 1661, a playground and boating lake. With views of the National Maritime Museum across the river
Thames and the docklands of the City of London Greenwich Park is a world
heritage site. Greenwich Park is famous for Greenwich
Mean time where people come to be photographed with one foot on either side of
the Meridian line.
