One of our favourite places to spot the Meridian line is near Hither Green stations. Unless you live nearby, you've probably never used the underpass by the station entrance. But if you are in ...

Scientists say that's because the astronomers who calculated the line didn't take into account distortions caused by gravity. When GPS arrived 30 years ago, the real prime meridian was revealed.

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If you’ve ever been to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, it might come as a shock to learn that the Prime Meridian line located there is in the wrong place. In fact, it’s out by ...

Positioned on the Greenwich Meridian line ... follow the signposts for The Line, crossing Stephenson Street and admiring the mural by Madge Gill (“Red Women”, part of the above-mentioned ...

It was late afternoon on Monday as I stood on the Greenwich Mean Time prime meridian line in the verdant patch of London that gives it its name. I surveyed the park bathed in golden sunlight below ...

Of course, also among its many claims to fame is the Royal Observatory, site of the Prime Meridian line ... Blackheath Road, Greenwich High Road and Greenwich South Street, in favoured west ...

Mr George Nkrumah Ansere, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) Director, Tema Region, has said the Authority has identified seven points on the imaginary Greenwich Meridian line for tourism development.