Today I'd like to tell you about and show you a wonderful park. Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest green spaces in southeast London.
The park is a Crown property; during the reign of James I, it was walled and remained inaccessible to the public for a long time. It is currently open to the public. In 2012, Greenwich Park hosted the equestrian and modern pentathlon competitions as part of the Summer Olympics.
The Royal Observatory is located on Greenwich Hill.
The Greenwich Prime Meridian crosses Greenwich Park, running due north and south of the Royal Observatory. The line is marked by a stainless steel band in the observatory courtyard.
It divides the Earth into the western and eastern hemispheres and runs right through the courtyard, marked by a shiny band.
It's difficult to see all the interesting sights of Greenwich Park in one day. So I came on another day to see the Royal Observatory and the Greenwich Meridian. It's always nice to stand with one foot in the Eastern Hemisphere and the other in the Western Hemisphere. I'll tell you more about that later.