Gardens · London
The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above
The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Christine Matthews — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Curlew Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the Tideway of the River Thames at Greenwich, London, England. It was founded in 1866 and has been in Greenwich without interruption for over 130 years, though not always called Curlew.
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Background
History
The first regatta at which a “Curley” crew is believed to have rowed was held at Greenwich in 1787. In the first half of the 19th century “Curley” was one of several crews, along with a crew called “The Argonauts”, who had their own boats in the Greenwich and Deptford reaches. The Argonauts grew substantially in numbers until some of its members transferred their activities to Putney, to form the London Rowing Club with the object of rowing at Henley. The “Curley” crew remained in Greenwich and in 1866 a club was formed in order to rent the (now demolished) Crown Sceptre Pub in Greenwich. “Curley”, by this stage had become “Curlew” and had incorporated the residue of the “Argonauts” and…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4846, -0.0041
- Address
- Greenwich, United Kingdom
- Established
- 1866
- Official site
- curlewrowingclub.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26350552 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Curlew Rowing Club (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above?
- The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4846°, -0.0041°.
- When was The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above built?
- The Curlew Rowing Club, And Residence Above dates to 1866.