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Greenwich
The London Borough of Greenwich is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England.
Greenwich is one of five host boroughs for the 2012 London Olympics with events due to be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks (Shooting), Greenwich Park (Equestrianism) and the O2-former Millennium Dome (Gymnastics; Basketball).
The borough lies along the south bank of the River Thames between Deptford and Thamesmead. Because of the shape of the river, the waterfront is extremely long. Travelling south away from the waterfront, the ground swiftly rises: Shooters Hill in the east and the high ground of Blackheath in the west bookend the borough, Eltham to the south of these hills falls away slightly.
History
It was formed in 1965 by merging the former area of the metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and most of Woolwich (with the exception of North Woolwich, north of the river, which became part of the London Borough of Newham).
The name 'Charlton' was briefly considered for the borough.
Areas
It includes the following areas:
- Abbey Wood,
- Avery Hill,
- Charlton,
- Eltham,
- Greenwich,
- Kidbrooke,
- Plumstead,
- Shooter's Hill,
- Woolwich.
As well as parts of
- Blackheath
- Chislehurst
- Deptford
- Lee
- Lewisham
- Mottingham
- Sidcup
- Thamesmead
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