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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Maritime Greenwich' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
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| Greenwich (/xcbx88xc9xa1rxc9x9bnxc9xaatxcax83/ (listen) GREN-itch, /xcbx88xc9xa1rxc9xaanxc9xaadxcax92/ GRIN-ij, /xcbx88xc9xa1rxc9xaanxc9xaatxcax83/ GRIN-itch, or /xcbx88xc9xa1rxc9x9bnxc9xaadxcax92/ GREN-ij[1][2]) is a town in south-east London, England, centred 5.5 miles (8.9xc2xa0km) east-southeast of Charing Cross and located in the historic county of Kent. | WIKI |
| The town became the site of a royal palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century, and was the birthplace of many Tudors, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. | WIKI |
| The town became a popular resort in the 18th century and many grand houses were built there, such as Vanbrugh Castle (1717) established on Maze Hill, next to the park. | WIKI |
| From the Georgian period estates of houses were constructed above the town centre. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Toponymy 1.1.1 Manor of East Greenwich 1.2 Early settlement 1.3 Viking 1.4 Norman 1.5 Plantagenet 1.6 Tudor 1.7 Stuart 1.8 Hanoverian 1.9 Victorian and Edwardian 1.10 Modern and the present 2 Governance 3 Geography 3.1 Topography 3.2 Nearby areas 3.3 Climate 4 Sites of interest 4.1 Riverfront 4.2 Greenwich Park 4.3 Town centre 4.3.1 Market 4.4 Millennium Leisure Park 5 Greenwich Mean Time 6 World heritage site 7 Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre 8 Education 9 Transport 9.1 National Rail 9.2 London Underground 9.3 DLR 9.4 Buses 9.5 Boat 9.6 Pedestrian and cycle routes 10 Sports 10.1 Rowing 10.2 Running 11 Literature 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 15 External links | WIKI |
| The name means 'green wic', indicating that Greenwich was what is known as a -wich town or emporium, from the Latin 'vicus'. | WIKI |
| The settlement later became known as East Greenwich to distinguish it from West Greenwich or Deptford Strond, the part of Deptford adjacent to the River Thames,[6] but the use of East Greenwich to mean the whole of the town of Greenwich died out in the 19th century. | WIKI |
| [12][13][14] Places in North America that have taken the name "East Greenwich" include a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, a hamlet in Washington County, New York, and a town in Kent County, Rhode Island. | WIKI |
| [18] As late as Henry V, Greenwich was only a fishing town, with a safe anchorage in the river. | WIKI |
| The present church on the site west of the town centre is St Alfege's Church, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1714 and completed in 1718. | WIKI |
| South of the railway's viaduct over Deptford Creek is a Victorian pumping station constructed in 1864 as part of Sir Joseph Bazalgette's London sewerage system (the Southern Outfall Sewer flows under Greenwich town centre). | WIKI |
| The town of Greenwich is built on a broad platform to the south of the outside of a broad meander in the River Thames, with a safe deep water anchorage lying in the river. | WIKI |
| To the south, the land rises steeply, 100 feet (30xc2xa0m) through Greenwich Park to the town of Blackheath. | WIKI |
| The Greenwich Peninsula, also known as North Greenwich, forms the main projection of the town (to the northeast of the town centre). | WIKI |
| To the east of the Naval College is the Trinity Hospital almshouse, founded in 1613, the oldest surviving building in the town centre. | WIKI |
| [38] It is next to North Greenwich Underground station, about 3 miles (4.8xc2xa0km) north east from the Greenwich town centre, north west of Charlton. | WIKI |
| Pear Tree Wharf was associated with the gas works, being used to unload coal for the manufacturing of town gas, and is now home to the Greenwich Yacht Club. | WIKI |
| Town centre[edit] | WIKI |
| Town centre | WIKI |
| Around the covered Greenwich Market, Georgian and Victorian architecture dominates in the town centre which spreads to the west of the park and Royal Naval College. | WIKI |
| About 1.0 mile (1.6xc2xa0km) east of Greenwich town centre, the Millennium Leisure Park is an out-of-town retail park on Bugsby's Way in east Greenwich. | WIKI |
| These can be divided into the group of buildings along the riverfront, Greenwich Park and the Georgian and Victorian town centre. | WIKI |
| Greenwich town, which grew up at the gates of the Royal Palace, provides, with its villas and formal stuccoed terraces set around St Alphegexe2x80x99s church rebuilt to Hawksmoorxe2x80x99s designs in 1712-14, a setting and approach for the main ensemble. | UNESCO |
| The boundary of the property encompasses the Old Royal Naval College, the Queenxe2x80x99s House, Observatory, the Royal Park and buildings which fringe it, and the town centre buildings that form the approach to the formal ensemble. | UNESCO |
| The main threats facing the property are from development pressures within the town that could impact adversely on its urban grain and from tall buildings, in the setting, which may have the potential to impact adversely on its visual integrity. | UNESCO |
| The stuccoed slate roofed terraces of the town that form the approach to the formal buildings and the Park retain their function as a commercial and residential centre. | UNESCO |
| The coherence and conservation of buildings within the town is good, although there is a need for some refurbishment and to repair the urban pattern within the property, where it was disrupted by World War II bombing and subsequent reinstatement. | UNESCO |
| Firstly, individual buildings, monuments, gardens and landscapes are designated under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and the 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act and secondly through the UK Spatial Planning system under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Acts. | UNESCO |
| The property is protected by a variety of statutory designations: the hospital, Queenxe2x80x99s House and observatory buildings are Grade 1 listed buildings ; statues, railings and other buildings are of all grades; and the surrounding residential buildings of Greenwich town centre lie within a Conservation Area. | UNESCO |
| Commercial activities in the town centre are coordinated by a town centre manager. | UNESCO |