Greenwich Castle

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Greenwich Castle was a hunting lodge used during the reign of Henry VIII, located in Greenwich Park, in Greenwich, England. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich now stands on the site.{{citation | last=Richardson | first=Henry S. | year=1834 | title=Greenwich: its history, antiquities, improvements, and public buildings | publisher=Simpkin & Marshall | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L20PAAAAYAAJ | page=29 }} Greenwich Castle was apparently a favourite place for Henry VIII to house his mistresses, as it was within easy travelling distance of Greenwich Palace at the foot of the hill.{{cite book|title=The Mistresses of Henry VIII |first=Kelly| last=Hart |edition=First |date=June 1, 2009 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mistressesofhenr0000hart/page/73 73] |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-4835-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/mistressesofhenr0000hart|url-access=registration }}

The castle was previously known as Duke Humphrey's Tower after its builder, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, a younger brother of King Henry V.