Notable buildings

Royal Blackheath Golf Club

  • Founded 1716
  • 1901 granted the use of the word 'royal' in their title.

Charlton House

  • 1607 Built by Adam Newton, tutor to Henry Prince of Wales
  • 1887 Visited by Princess Louise and husband Marquis of Lorne to open charity bazaar.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  • 1978 Opened by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich

  • 1696 Fireworks 'as well as for war as triumph' began to be manufactured at Tower Place, Woolwich
  • 1697 New Carriage Yard for the repair of old gun carriages
  • 1717 Royal Brass Foundry for the casting of guns
  • 1773 George III visited site
  • 1805 On his second visit he suggested name be changed from The Warren to The Arsenal, from then on known as the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich
  • 1914-1918 Reached its peak employing close to 80,000 people
  • 1967 Most activity on site ceased
  • 1994 MOD vacated site.

Royal Artillery

  • Founded 1716
  • First barracks 1720 on the Royal Arsenal site
  • New barracks built on Woolwich Common 1781-1802
  • Royal Artillery relocated to Larkhill after 300 years in Woolwich.

Royal Herbert Hospital

  • Opened 1865
  • Granted Royal status in 1900 when Queen Victoria visited soldiers from the Boer War
  • Closed 1975, replaced by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Royal Hospital Schools

  • 1806 Queens House used by Royal Naval Asylum, a school for the sons and daughters of Seamen
  • 1807-1816 East and west wings added by Daniel Asher Alexander
  • 1933 School moved to Suffolk
  • 1937 Buildings opened as National Maritime Museum by George VI. Three queens attended - Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and the future Queen Elizabeth II.

Royal Military Academy

  • Founded 1741 in the Royal Arsenal
  • Moved to Woolwich Common 1806
  • Most famous cadets probably Lord Kitchener and General Gordon of Khartoum.

Royal Armoury

  • c.1515 Founded by Henry VIII at Greenwich
  • 1519-1574 Erasmus Kirkener, Master Armourer, made, among other things, the famous suit of jousting armour for Henry VIII which still survives
  • By 1660 disbanded.