Cutty Sark initially shipped tea from China, and after the introduction of steamboats and the opening of the Suez channel, it started shipping other things, such as wool from Australia. The boat is named after the nightgown of a witch in one of Scotland’s national poet’s, Robert Burns’, poems.
Nowadays the ship is used as a museum at the centre of Greenwich right next to the Thames. The Cutty Sark museum ship is raised 3m above ground, which allows you to walk under it and see its copper frame. On museum trips, you can also get to see the deck of the ship, as well as inside it. In the Cutty Sark museum, you can also get a British afternoon tea experience under the ship.
The area surrounding Cutty Sark is pleasant, and Greenwich’s essential destinations and some of Greenwich’s maritime museums are located nearby.
