* Astronomy

Hampstead Observatory survives World War, land grabs and light pollution

Set atop a reservoir on the highest spot in the capital, the 102-year-old Victorian wooden building has survived two world wars, land grabs by property developers and a rise and fall in the popularity of astronomy.
Though set up in 1899 and the observatory built in 1910, the societys members still stick to its guiding principle of free education to the public.
To this day it is the only observatory in London which is regularly open to all and operates free of charge.
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