The sheer concentration of great art and architecture that has given Greenwich the status of a World Heritage Site was built on seafaring. Without access by boat to the rest of the world England would have been a backwater. And it was on the banks of the Thames that her maritime success was shaped.
  It is a history that has left Greenwich drenched in art and architecture; and the town's ancient buildings and beautiful park are now internationally recognised as a world heritage site - as globally significant as the Taj Mahal or Stonehenge.