Greenwich
The financial centre of the UK, better know as the square and one of the largest global finance centres in the world. Despite been at the cutting edge of the world economy this area of London is also home to some of the last remaining medieval street patterns in London.

How to get there.

It will take you 10 minutes to reach Greenwich from London Bridge, trains run on average every half an hour.

Cutty Sark (tel:020 8858 3445) once one of the great tea clippers, it is know docked on the side of the Thames and tells the story of life at sea in past times. Greenwich park is a huge open space with sweeping views across the area, located in the park is the Royal Observatory which is the source of the worlds time.