Behind the Rangers House in Greenwich you can just walk through into Greenwich Park proper. Which also has flower gardens
This is Macartney House, childhood home of General Wolfe who died while winning the Battle of Quebec against the French (and so winning Canada for the British Empire), which is on the edge of Greenwich Park.
The gardens in Greenwich Park have some outstanding blooms.
This, in case you are wondering, is Queen Elizabeth's Oak. Long dead, it dates back to the 12th century, and Queen Elizabeth I is supposed to have sat in its shade (and Henry VIII to have courted Anne Boleyn around it).
Now. elsewhere in this blog you will see my photos of classical temples from around the Mediterranean, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Libya, Syria. And to add to the collection - this one in London. Not quite as impressive as the Parthenon? Yes, well while the others have gleaming marble columns, all Greenwich park has is a mound. And the word of archaeologists that there is the foundations of something and best guess is a temple for travellers on the way to the city of London.
The nearby story board is the best one can get....
There is at least a distinct bump...
View from One Tree Hill
Vanbrugh Castle on the edge of the park, designed in Gothic style by Vanbrugh although better known as a Baroque architect
The famous Greenwich observatory, founded in 1675
Greenwich Power Station
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