"Borough of Greenwich" redirects here. For the borough between 1900 and 1965, see Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Place in United Kingdom
Royal Borough of Greenwich
London borough, royal borough
Coat of arms
Council logo
Motto:
We Govern by Serving
Greenwich shown within Greater London
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Constituent country
England
Region
London
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Created
1 April 1965
Admin HQ
Woolwich
Government
• Type
London borough council
• Body
Greenwich London Borough Council
• Leadership
Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• Mayor
Councillor Leo Fletcher
• London Assembly
Len Duvall (Labour) AM for Greenwich and Lewisham
• MPs
Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour) Clive Efford (Labour) Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Area
• Total
18.28 sq mi (47.35 km2)
• Rank
245th (of 296)
Population
(2022)
• Total
291,080
• Rank
53rd (of 296)
• Density
16,000/sq mi (6,100/km2)
Time zone
UTC (GMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes
SE, DA, BR
Area code
020
ONS code
00AL
GSS code
E09000011
Police
Metropolitan Police
Website
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
The Royal Borough of Greenwich (/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ⓘ, /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/, /ˈɡrɪnɪtʃ/ or /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/)[1][2] is a London borough in southeast Greater London, England. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. The local council is Greenwich London Borough Council which meets in Woolwich Town Hall. The council's offices are also based in Woolwich, the main urban centre in the borough.
Greenwich is the location of the Greenwich prime meridian, on which all Coordinated Universal Time is based. The prime meridian running through Greenwich, and the Greenwich Observatory is where the designation Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT began, and on which all world times are based. In 2012, Greenwich was listed as a top ten global destination by Frommer's – the only UK destination to be listed.
To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Greenwich became a Royal Borough on 3 February 2012, due in part to its historic links with the Royal Family, and to its UNESCO World Heritage Site status as home of the Prime Meridian.
^"Greenwich". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John, eds. (2011). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (David Jones) (18th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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