IATUR 2011 Conference - Measuring and Mapping Activities

Saturday 30 July 2011, leave Oxford Rail Station at 8.45 am or separately arrive at Island Gardens tube station (Docklands Light Rail line, Greenwich, London) at 10.30 am.

Travel information

If travelling from Oxford Rail Station, you will need to purchase a cheap day return ticket with underground. As of July 2010, this ticket costs £23. The train will take you to Paddington, where you should change to the underground Bakerloo line. Take this line to Baker Street, then change to the Jubilee Line. Take the Jubilee Line to Canary Wharf. Change at Canary Wharf to the Docklands Light Rail line (you want to take the trains to Lewisham). We will start from Island Gardens, and return from Cutty Sark.

About the tour

What could be more fitting while you attend a time use conference than to stand astride the Prime Meridian? Kimberly Fisher will lead a tour to scenic Greenwich. We will walk along the footpath under the river Thames, through the attractive Greenwich shopping district to the world's last tea clipper ship, Cutty Sark, sadly damaged by fire, but due to reopen in 2011.

From here, we proceed to Flamsteed House, alongside the Prime Meridian, which houses H1, H2, H3 and H4, the famous time pieces developed by John Harrison to measure time at sea - allowing the reliable calculation of longitude, enabling the location of the international mean time line in Greenwich.

Many more time-related treasures are to be found in the Old Greenwich Royal Observatory. Attractive grounds surround the Observatory, allowing us to take a peaceful park stroll to vantage points from which you will enjoy views of London.

The Observatory grounds border the National Maritime Museum and the Queen's House, where we head next.

We end the day with a microbrewery tour, beer tasting, and dinner at The Old Brewery.

Cost

Final price not available at this time, likely range from £75 including meals and transport.