Royal Observatory
Museums & Science Centres · Greenwich, Outer London
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyBooking requiredSeasonal openingSchool holiday activitiesSensory-friendly sessionsEducationalMemberships available
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Royal Observatory is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian Line. Stand on the world-famous meridian that divides east from west. See the Great Equatorial Telescope beneath its magnificent onion dome, one of the largest refracting telescopes in the world. Visit the Octagon Room, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and the oldest part of the Observatory. Luke Jerram's Mirror Moon is on display, letting you see and feel the lunar surface. Daily tours explore the Observatory's treasured objects and its history of observing the Moon. The Peter Harrison Planetarium is currently closed for renovation.
Summer hours (July-August): 10am-7pm. September: 10am-6pm. Standard: 10am-5pm daily. Greenwich Summer Savings pricing through summer.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Nappies
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Hair bobbles
- Lunch boxes
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Reusable cutlery
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