Royal Observatory is in United Kingdom, in Royal Borough of Greenwich. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision, when it dates from (1675) and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
Museum
Country
United Kingdom
City or region
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Origin (P571)
1675
Coordinates
51.4778 N, 0.0014 W
UNESCO World Heritage
No recorded designation
Notability (sitelinks)
61
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
Queen's House
United Kingdom
0.4
National Maritime Museum
United Kingdom
0.5
Cutty Sark
United Kingdom
0.8
Tower of London
United Kingdom
6.2
HMS Belfast
United Kingdom
6.4
The closest neighbor is Queen's House, 0.4 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Observatório Real de Greenwich
English
Royal Observatory
Español
Real Observatorio de Greenwich
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 51.4778 N, 0.0014 W and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Royal Observatory: 61 sitelinks; closest neighbor Queen's House at 0.4 km