👑 350 years ago today on 22 June 1675, a royal warrant from Charles II ordered the building of the Royal Observatory.
👑 Today the Royal Observatory holds a unique position as a historic site, museum and scientific centre, where astronomers bring modern astronomy to life.
☀️ We love this view because you can admire three Greenwich gems from one spot: the Old Royal Naval College, Queen’s House and Royal Observatory!
☀️ The weather in #Greenwich is forecast to be lovely for the next week, so why not come over and enjoy the scenery?
#bellringing is a skill which starts simple and can become as complicated as you can manage. Handbell ringing to this standard is a rare skill and well worth listening to. It’s hard to believe that you hear this same music from church #bells (louder, slower but the same ‘tune’).
A very rare event will be visible in the night sky. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars all lining up in a neat row
➡️ Get ready to spring forward!
➡️ Tomorrow at 1.00 am our clocks in the UK will jump forward by one hour. You will indeed lose one precious hour of sleep, but who needs sleep when you can have more sunshine?
📷 This is a eight-day early pendulum longcase clock, circa 1660.