Woolwich Common is a common in Woolwich in southeast London, England. It is partly used as military land and partly as an urban park. Woolwich Common is a conservation area. It is part of the South East London Green Chain. It is also the name of a street on the east side of the common, as well as an electoral ward of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 17,499.
View of Woolwich Common (from Shooter's Hill)
Gatehouse (1, Repository Road) built by the Board of Ordnance in 1806 at the western point of entry to the common.
Firing of the 1 o'clock gun, Woolwich (RBL 40-pounder gun)
Royal Horse Artillery on Woolwich Common, 1843
Woolwich is a town in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Beresford Square market with Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (left) and Crossrail development in the background
Rectors of Woolwich from 1182
Woolwich Dockyard in 1790
Tower Place and the old Royal Military Academy, 1775