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Crossing the coast to the east of Hull (strictly called Kingston-upon-Hull) Kingston-upon-Hull Barges on the Humber |
Crossing the River Humber into Lincolnshire
Across The Fens and the south-east corner of The Wash
Cambridgeshire
Hertfordshire
Where we find the Meridian School
Reaching the London conurbation on the edge of Epping Forest
Take a few minutes and let Peter Marshall take you on a superb photographic journey down the Meridian Line from Epping Forest to Greenwich
Across the River Thames
Greenwich
To Greenwich - home of the Prime Meridian (Zero Longitude)
Passing through the original Greenwich Observatory
THE MILLENNIUM OFFICIALLY STARTED AT THIS VERY POINT
To help guide your way a green laser shines down the Meridian
Leaving London we cross Surrey then into Sussex and the Sussex Downs
East Grinstead
Half a mile north of the High Street is East Court, a former private house built in 1769. Today, its grounds and woods are open to the public, and a stone marks the point where the Greenwich Meridian passes through the town. This Grade II listed building houses the Town Council Offices, and incorporates Meridian Hall.
Monument at Chailey erected in 1953 "where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the Manor of Balneth" (Detail). They hope to meet there again in the year 2000 to celebrate. Where you there when the original monument was laid?
Pass through Lewes, Sussex where a plaque in the ground laid in 1975 was "Presented by the Eseco Foundry and Engineering Ltd., Phoenix Works, Lewes" or you can stand-on-your-head and read that M.S. Brese was the Town Mayor then.
Peacehaven
A pinnacle marks the spot in Peacehaven (between Brighton and Newhaven) where the Meridian Line crosses the English Coastline at the English Channel (Le Manche). High on a cliff overlooking the Channel some 48 miles from Greenwich.
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