Greenwich Park, view by the Observatory

Up by the Royal Observatory you stand at the statue of General Wolfe and look out over the white buildings of the Queen’s House and the Old Royal Naval College down to the river. The riverside complex is by Christopher Wren, the Queen’s House by Inigo Jones. The walk up is short but steep. Down by the river lies the Cutty Sark, a tea clipper, and Greenwich Market is just a few steps away.

Background

Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed (in 1433), it covers 74 hectares (180 acres), and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site. Surrounding the hilltop Royal Observatory (opened in 1676) and straddling the Greenwich Prime Meridian, it commands elevated views over the River Thames, the Isle of Dogs and the City of London. The park is open year-round, and incorporates flower gardens as well as grassy spaces, a children's playground, cafés and other amenities, a bandstand, a boating lake, a pond, wooded areas, and a wildlife habitat called "The Wilderness". The park also contains Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains, and is listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens; in 2020, it was awarded a National Lottery grant to restore historic features and add new visitor facilities.

From Wikipedia: “Greenwich Park”, licence CC BY-SA 4.0