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The Cutty Sark is a Grade II listed public house at 6-7 Ballast Quay, Greenwich, London. [1] It was built in the early 19th century, [1] replacing an earlier pub, The Green Man. It was initially called The Union Tavern, but was renamed The Cutty Sark Tavern when the tea clipper came to Greenwich in 1951. [2]
Andy Fordham, 2004 World darts champion, was publican of the Queen's Arms public house in Woolwich, although he has since moved to the Cutty Sark pub in Thamesmead. Julius Francis, heavyweight boxer; General Charles George Gordon of Khartoum was born at 29 Woolwich Common and educated at the Royal Military Academy.
Seventy years after Cutty Sark made its final voyage, historians are now looking to hear from anyone who remembers the day it was towed into its final location. The British tea clipper ship was ...
Jazz and blues guitarist Billy Jenkins ran Wood Wharf rehearsal studios, situated to the west of the Cutty Sark, during the 1980s; Glen Johnson, footballer who plays for England and Stoke City, was born in Greenwich, 23 August 1984
11 Thamesmead. 12 Woolwich. 13 References. 14 Bibliography. ... Cutty Sark Gardens ... Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub
Cutty Sark may also refer to: Cutty Sark (whisky), a brand of Scotch whisky "Cutty Sark" (short story), a short story by Ivan Yefremov; Cutty-sark (witch), a character created by Robert Burns in Tam o' Shanter; Cutty Sark (pub), a pub in Greenwich, London; Cutty Sark, a private yacht belong to the Duke of Westminster and used in submarine ...
The annual Great River Race along the Thames Tideway finishes at the Cutty Sark. The nearby Trafalgar Rowing Centre in Crane Street is home to Curlew and Globe rowing clubs. The Old Royal Naval College is Sir Christopher Wren 's domed masterpiece at the centre of the heritage site.
Thamesmead (/ ˈ t ɛ m z m iː d /) is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley.It is located 11 miles (18 km) east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Erith.