Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre

The Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre provides an introduction to the history and attractions in the Greenwich World Heritage Site. It is located in the Pepys Buildings near to the Cutty Sark within the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, (formerly Greenwich Hospital). The centre opened in March, 2010, and admission is free.

The Centre explains the history of Greenwich as a royal residence and a maritime centre. Exhibits include:

The history of the Palace of Placentia.

Models of Christopher Wren's original designs for Greenwich Hospital.

Six of the carved heads originally intended to decorate the exterior of the College's Painted Hall.

Exhibition displays about Maritime Greenwich and its connections with the sea and exploration.

"By Wisdom as much as War" – an exhibition about the history of the Royal Naval College during the years it occupied Greenwich Hospital (1873–1998).

Greenwich Heritage Centre

Greenwich Heritage Centre is a museum and local history resource run by the London Borough of Greenwich, and is based in Artillery Square, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, south-east London. It was established in October 2003, combining materials from the Greenwich Borough Museum and the local history library (previously at Woodlands House in Westcombe Park).

Education

Main article: List of schools in the London Borough of Greenwich

The University of Greenwich main campus is located in the distinctive buildings of the former Royal Naval College. The university has other campuses at Avery Hill in Eltham and at Medway. Near the Greenwich campus, the Trinity College of Music is housed in the buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital.

List of people from Greenwich [incomplete] (in alphabetical order of surname):

Renaissance composer, musician, and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, Thomas Tallis died in Greenwich on 23 November 1585

Actor Dominic Cooper, was born in Greenwich

Malcolm Hardee (1950–2005), comedian, author, club proprietor, agent, manager and 'Father of British alternative comedy' spent most of his life in Greenwich and ran his two most famous clubs there - The Tunnel (near Blackwall Tunnel) and Up The Creek, which still exists in Creek Road.

The London section of The Workshop for Non-Linear Architecture was based in a studio overlooking Nelson Road during the mid 1990s.

Stand up Comedian Sean Lock has lived in Greenwich with his family since 2001

Indie band Lucky Soul are based in Greenwich