A remarkable marriage of medieval grandeur and twentieth-century glamour, Eltham Palace in southeast London combines the surviving great hall of a royal residence with one of the finest Art Deco interiors in Britain. The site began as a medieval manor that became a favoured royal palace, where kings held court and the young Henry the Eighth spent part of his childhood, and its magnificent great hall, built in the fifteenth century with a splendid hammerbeam roof, ranks among the largest of its k.....

On Lewisham High Street in the heart of Ladywell, the Fox and Firkin is a much-loved south-east London pub and live music venue. Rooted in community and creativity, it combines a traditional pub with a large, festival-style beer garden, an on-site brewery and an eclectic, near-nightly programme of live music. More than a decade of gradual revamping has transformed it from a run-down boozer into one of the borough's best-known cultural spots. Its sprawling outdoor garden is the venue's signature.....

Reborn in a former Argos store on Catford's busy Rushey Green, the Grand Empire reopened in December 2025 as a modern bar, restaurant and events venue in south-east London. The site has a short but eventful recent history, having traded as the Antic-run Catford Constitutional pub from late 2022 until its closure at the start of 2025 before being reinvented under its current name. The reimagined venue brings together several distinct offers under one roof, combining a modern bar and a restaurant.....

Rising from the banks of the Thames to a hilltop observatory, Greenwich Park is the oldest of London's royal parks. From its high ground, a famous view opens over the river, the old naval buildings and the towers of the city beyond. The park was enclosed in the 15th century, on land that had long been a royal estate. It is the oldest of the parks once attached to royal palaces in the capital. On the hilltop stands the old Royal Observatory, founded in the 17th century to help sailors find thei.....

Perched on a hill in Greenwich Park with sweeping views over the river and the city beyond, the Royal Observatory is the historic home of British astronomy and timekeeping and the place from which the world measures longitude and time. It was founded in 1675 by King Charles the Second, who appointed the first Astronomer Royal and charged him with improving navigation and astronomy, above all by mapping the heavens accurately enough to allow sailors to determine their position at sea. The origina.....