View at the Observatory - My friend Laura and I were very happy with the visit. We would like to point out the courtesy, kindness and helpfulness of Francesco di Sassari who dedicated much of his time to us x elaborate the entrance ticket with the formula 2 for 1

Royal Observatory at Greenwich - worth the trip - We traveled by tour boat to Greenwich from London on a rare sunny November day. We were lucky to arrive just in time for the 1PM “red ball” drop from the top of the observatory and then an excellent tour led by one of the volunteers. We learned a semester’s worth about the discovery of how to measure longitude at sea, the establishment of the prime meridian and the brilliance of the 17th century scientists behind these discoveries. I highly recommend to anyone with an interest in history and science. Worth the trip.

Great tour! - I definitely recommend taking the tour of the site. You’ll feel like a VIP seeing and learning about everything that has gone on here.

Fascinating and unique experience - It was overall an excellent visit. I am a amateur clock maker and was fascinated bothered Harrison exhibition and the use of wood in his construction of wheels. The first exhibit in the timekeeping section contained an error in the description of quartz crystal operation. Both my wife and I are physics teachers and l hold amateur radio license G0KYR; we pointed out the error to a staff member. It in no way reduced our enjoyment however in any of the areas of the experience and would pass unnoticed by the general visitor. My wife uses a wheelchair and found access acceptable and we would certainly return with our grand children

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Loved visiting here. - Definitely worth the trip (and that in and of itself was fun, a boat ride along the Thames). We loved all the displays, especially the ones about John Harrison and his clocks, used to measure longitude accurately. There’s a good bit of a climb up the hill to get to the observatory, but I have difficulty with hills and was able to manage it with plenty of rest stops and a slow, steady pace.

TIME IS EVERYTHING - TIME IS EVERYTHING very well done exhibit of facts finding and figuring out. I am glad I was born less than 100 years ago... This is a quicker tour but getting to this place is up hill and when you go down visit Royal Marine time building

Interesting place to learn about measuring time and to step across the Prime Meridian - Interesting place to learn about measuring time and to step across the Prime Meridian. We spent several hours here, but certainly didn’t read all that was available. Many people go to step across the Prime Meridian, and if that is your only goal, save yourself the admission fee and go around the corner and you’ll see the line “continue” and you can snap a pic. However the observatory itself is well worth the ticket price. We learned a lot during our visit. There is also a planetarium show, but we opted to not pay extra for that. Note: we took an Uber boat to the Greenwich Pier and walked up from the dock. Our guide book said it was a “gentle hill” but the route we took was very steep. Not sure where the gentle path was.

Overpriced admission - My first visit to the observatory was in 2009. At that time one just walked up the hill and into the buildings. Things sure have changed. Now, just to get to the prime meridian to take a photo, one must pay, I don’t mind paying a fee because old buildings require maintenance, but I felt that £20 per person was excessive.

Not worth it - The place by itself is amazing but it need to specifying the is a self guide tour. I was trying to contact someone about the so call meeting point and never got an answer. I almost lost the entrance to the observatory. So don’t bother with this just go to the observatory and get the tickets there.