On Thu, 6 May 2004 at 13:33:22, MetroGnome
wrote:

"Ian Jelf" wrote:

Is there anywhere else on the London transport (with a small "t") system
where the Prime Meridian is marked?

There is a plaque in the ground, showing the line of the Meridian, next to
the northbound route 97 bus stop opposite Chingford Police Station. This is
a few hundred metres from the obelisk on top of Pole Hill, which sits on the
Meridian and was once used to line up the transept instrument at the
Greenwich observatory.

I'm told that there is another such plaque at Higham's Park broadway (close
to the station), but have never gone looking for it.

Not on the LT system, but I've certainly seen a plaque when driving
along the south coast at Peacehaven, near Newhaven.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

On Fri, 7 May 2004 13:11:00 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

Not on the LT system, but I've certainly seen a plaque when driving
along the south coast at Peacehaven, near Newhaven.

Is that one which has distances to the major cities of the Empire?
[google] http://peacehaven.net/meridian.html

There are probably dozens of markers up and down the country. I saw a
milepost-style meridian plaque in East Grinstead the other day, and at
the other end there is one near Ottringham in East Yorkshire. There is
a marker in Cleethropes, and I believe Louth. Someone, somewhere has
probably got a website listing them all. Some OS maps have a big line
to mark the meridian - I knew someone who won a competition and got as
a prize the complete set of Peacehaven - Tunstall maps.
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

In message , Arthur Figgis
] writes
There are probably dozens of markers up and down the country. I saw a
milepost-style meridian plaque in East Grinstead the other day, and at
the other end there is one near Ottringham in East Yorkshire. There is
a marker in Cleethropes, and I believe Louth.

There's a Millennium Meridian marker on the A10 Melbourn bypass:

http://greenwichbook.com/line/os-maps.htm is helpful.
--
Roland Perry

On Fri, 7 May 2004 at 21:36:17, Arthur Figgis ]
wrote:

On Fri, 7 May 2004 13:11:00 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

Not on the LT system, but I've certainly seen a plaque when driving
along the south coast at Peacehaven, near Newhaven.

Is that one which has distances to the major cities of the Empire?
[google] http://peacehaven.net/meridian.html

Yes, that's the one.

There are probably dozens of markers up and down the country. I saw a
milepost-style meridian plaque in East Grinstead the other day, and at
the other end there is one near Ottringham in East Yorkshire. There is
a marker in Cleethropes, and I believe Louth. Someone, somewhere has
probably got a website listing them all. Some OS maps have a big line
to mark the meridian - I knew someone who won a competition and got as
a prize the complete set of Peacehaven - Tunstall maps.

Thanks - that answers a question for me, I had been wondering which
hemisphere my daughter, who lives in York, was in!
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

"Arthur Figgis" wrote...

There are probably dozens of markers up and down the country.

In London, but nowhere near the Underground, there's a meridian stone in
Coney Hall recreation ground. (Nearest NR station: Hayes)