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.