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ONE TO DO ON YOUR OWN
Here’s a day you can organise on your own for your
folk this autumn . It’s based in Royal Greenwich in
South East London. You could package the
admission fees for your folk into one ticket with their
coach hire or you could leave people to pick and
choose what they would like to see on the day. Some
of the attractions are completely free and for others
there is an admission fee.
Royal River: Power, Pageantry & the Thames
Created to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee, and guest-curated by historian David Starkey,
Royal River
at The National Maritime museum in
Greenwich presents the historic Thames in all its glory,
from British royal and City events to London’s famous
watermen, and the river’s transformation after the
notorious ‘Great Stink’. The exhibition brings together
nearly 400 objects, including one of the largest-ever
loans of Royal Collection objects to any museum.
The exhibition includes the Canaletto painting from
page 7 of this magazine which has inspired the design
of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant next month.
This exhibition is on now and continues daily until
9 September 2012. Brian Sewell liked it a lot.
Adults: £11, Concessions £9, Children £5.
Members free.
For group rates call the museum on 0208 312 6608.
The National Maritime Museum, recently refurbished,
is free to visitors as is the Queen’s House at its heart
built by Inigo Jones for Anne of Denmark, bride of
James 1. The Old Royal Observatory is at the top of
Greenwich Park and now charges for admission.
The National Maritime Museum now looks after the
Cutty Sark re-opened last month after much of the ship
was destroyed in a fire caused by a vacuum cleaner!
Sir Francis Chichester’s Gypsy Moth isn’t berthed at
Greenwich any more but you can look out for it in the
crowd during the River Pageant in June.
Also in Greenwich you can visit the Painted Hall &
Chapel of Wren’s Royal Hospital for Seamen which is
now part of the campus of the University of Greenwich
and Trinity School of Music. Admission is free.
In the centre of Greenwich there’s a wide choice of
cafes and restaurants and there are also restaurants
inside the National Maritime Museum and attached
to the Visitor Centre which is accessed by a gate in the
railings from alongside Cutty Sark.
The Cable Car is a fifteen minute drive from the centre
of Greenwich at The O
2
. It is not yet known when it
will open or how much it will cost.
City & Village Tours will be offering organised day
trips with our top notch guides that will include
visits to Cutty Sark and the Cable Car from later
this year.
Look out for next month’s issue of
The Kettle
for
more details.