When longitude was first understood sailors measured their position by degrees east or west of their port of departure. Later ...

2009 marks the 125th anniversary of the official adoption of the Greenwich Meridian line as the prime meridian.The markers were erected by East Grinstead Town Council to celebrate the Millennium.

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn - are set to align in the UK this week and it's the last time it ...

There are 24 time zones. There is an imaginary line running through the UK called the Prime Meridian. It runs through a place in London called Greenwich. The Prime Meridian splits the world into ...

In 1884, an international conference decided that the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, would be the starting point for timekeeping. The line runs through the Royal Observatory ...

A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...

What’s more, you can stand on the Prime Meridian line – which divides ... have a laugh.’ London’s only cable car offers 360 views of the Thames, the Greenwich Peninsula, the Royal Docks ...

Walking distance down the road from the café is Greenwich Park ... Wharf and the City of London skyline. In the Royal Observatory, you can visit the Prime Meridian Line which divides the western ...

Contemporary style rooms overlooking the Thames river or Royal Greenwich in London, connected to the ... In fact, the Prime Meridian line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres runs ...

2009 marks the 125th anniversary of the official adoption of the Greenwich Meridian line as the prime meridian.The markers were erected by East Grinstead Town Council to celebrate the Millennium.