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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.
Since Cutty Sark's arrival to Greenwich, it is thought that more than 17 million visitors have stepped aboard. Before it reached Greenwich, it was first towed to East India Docks where its ...
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
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Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of Rotherhithe, west of Cubitt Town, and has a long shoreline along London's Tideway, part of the River Thames.
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 ...
Cutty Sark station opened on 3 December 1999 as part of a 4.2-kilometre (3 mi) extension of the DLR from its former southern terminus of Island Gardens southwards to Lewisham. [8] Since its opening, the extension has seen growth as a result of it connecting, along with two National Rail connections, the Canary Wharf financial centre with Greenwich.