Plans have been submitted for a major refurbishment of the Royal Observatory, including a new entrance pavilion, new galleries and landscaping works to better connect it with Greenwich Park. The observatory was founded in 1675 on a site chosen by Sir Christopher Wren, its original designer, and was the country’s first purpose-built building for scientific […]
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General Wolfe gets a new outlook as Greenwich Park’s Giant Steps are revealed
The barriers have been removed on Greenwich Park’s best-known viewpoint – revealing the results of a multi-million pound project to restore its long-lost Giant Steps. Work on a new viewing platform around the General Wolfe statue has been completed, with visitors now able to take a close-up view of the grassy steps which have replaced […]
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Wildlife meadow and learning centre open in Greenwich Park
A wildlife meadow and learning centre have opened as part of a multi-million pound project to transform Greenwich Park. The Greenwich Park Learning Centre sits in an outdoor area of the park close to the flower garden. It includes a dipping pond and nature trails. The project is part of the £12 million Greenwich Park […]
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New Greenwich Park café honours writer Ignatius Sancho
Greenwich Park has opened a new café, naming it after a key figure in the abolition of the slave trade who lived close by. The Ignatius Sancho Café is in Vanbrugh Yard – a new public space in the southeast corner of the park, at the top of Maze Hill. The café was formerly a […]
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Your park needs you: Greenwich Park bosses call for more volunteer rangers
The charity that runs Greenwich Park is looking for 35 volunteer rangers who are passionate about the historic open space and can help visitors find out more about it. Volunteer rangers were first introduced to the park two years ago as part of its Greenwich Park Revealed project, which will eventually include recreating giant grassy […]
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Big dig to find Greenwich Park’s lost Giant Steps set to start next month
Archaeologists are set to start work next month on searching for remains of giant grass steps that used to be on the hill in Greenwich Park – before a project begins to create them afresh. Volunteers will dig a trench along the hill leading from the Old Royal Observatory – below one of London’s best-loved […]
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Greenwich Park boss Graham Dear steps down after 13 years in job
Greenwich Park’s long-serving manager is stepping down after 13 years running London’s oldest enclosed royal park. Graham Dear is retiring after leading plans for the Greenwich Park Revealed restoration project, which will include grass steps being reinstated on the slope next to the Old Royal Observatory, taking the park back to its 17th-century appearance. The […]
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Greenwich Park’s through-traffic ban to be made permanent
The ban on through traffic in Greenwich Park is to be made permanent, the charity that runs the park announced this morning. Drivers were banned from using the green space as a cut-through in March 2020 as part of restrictions put in place during the pandemic. The restriction has stayed in place since then as […]
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