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Old Royal Naval College & Canary Wharf

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The Old Royal Naval College are buildings that serve as the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London on the River Thames. Described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as being of “outstanding universal value” and the site is reckoned to be the “finest and most dramatically sited architectural and landscape ensemble in the British Isles”. Formerly the site of a royal palace, the old college was originally constructed to serve as the Royal Navy’s Greenwich Hospital, designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869 and so between 1873 and 1998 the buildings were used as a training establishment for the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Wren incorporated the older Queen’s House into the layout design, particularly in maintaining the long axial view for the House to the river. The site is now managed by the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, established in 1997 to conserve the buildings and grounds and convert them into a cultural destination.

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Canary Wharf is a privately owned financial district in London, England, located on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Greater London Authority defines it as part of London’s central business district, alongside Central London. Alongside the City of London and the West End, it forms one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, containing many major global companies and banks’ headquarters and high-rise buildings, including the third-tallest skyscraper in the UK, One Canada Square.

Developed on the site of the former West India Docks in East London, Canary Wharf contains around 16,000,000 sq ft (1,500,000 m2) of office and retail space. It features numerous open areas and gardens, including Canada Square, Cabot Square, Westferry Circus, Jubilee Park, and the Crossrail Place Roof Garden. Together with Heron Quays and Wood Wharf, it forms the Canary Wharf Estate, covering approximately 97 acres (39 ha) in area.

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Date: 10 April 2025
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