Royal Hill, Greenwich is a mainly residential street, approximately long, in
Greenwich in
South London
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. It runs uphill off
Greenwich High Road
Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross.
Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
in a southwards curve and then westwards to meet Greenwich South Street. At the northern end of the road is
Greenwich Town Hall, a 1939
Art Deco building designed by
Clifford Culpin. A number of
Georgian era
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houses are located along the road. The
Pevsner Guide
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describes much of the road as "the usual suburban expansion" which was "filling in between the more scattered eighteenth century houses".
[Cherry & Pevsner p.241] Royal Hill was once the name of the entire hill rather than just the street, and so other roads in the area are historically referred to as Royal Hill, including Point Hill which ascends south towards
Blackheath Blackheath may refer to:
Places England
*Blackheath, London, England
** Blackheath railway station
**Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England
*Blackheath, Surrey, England
** Hundred of Blackh ...
.
See also
*
Croom's Hill, located nearby
References
Bibliography
* Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''London 2: South''. Yale University Press, 2002.
* Hamilton, Nigel. ''Royal Greenwich: A Guide and History to London's Most Historic Borough''. Greenwich Bookshop, 1969.
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Streets in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Royal Borough of Greenwich