Researchers have discovered the world famous stainless steel tourist attraction should not be at its current Royal Observatory location Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing ...

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Every year thousands visit Royal Observatory to see the famed Meridian Line. The line, built 131 years ago, marks out the division between the eastern and western sides of the hemisphere. It also ...

2009 marks the 125th anniversary of the official adoption of the Greenwich Meridian line as the prime meridian.The markers were erected by East Grinstead Town Council to celebrate the Millennium. They ...

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world descend on the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to pose for a photograph astride the Prime Meridian, the famous line which divides ...

Staff at Greenwich's Royal Observatory are increasingly asked why GPS did not align with the prime meridian. Now scientists have come up with an answer The Greenwich Meridian was chosen to be the ...

The Meridian line is an imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. It runs through the main telescope at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south-east London. The point is known ...

If you have ever taken a selfie at the Royal Observatory in London while standing astride the Prime Merdian line you may be disappointed to know that we actually got the location wrong. For years, ...

People have been visiting it for decades but after 131 years it turns out the Greenwich Meridian Line is in the wrong place. Researchers have discovered the world famous stainless steel tourist ...

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