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Westminster Palace

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses

of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is

where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United

Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House ofCommons) meet. The palace lies on the north bank of

the River Thames.

10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street is the residence and

office of the Prime Minister of the United

Kingdom, it is situated on Downing Street in

the City of Westminster in London

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the

British Monarch. The palace is a setting for state occasionsand royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction. Ithas been a rallying point for the British people at times of

national rejoicing and crisis.

CENTRAL LONDON


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Big Ben

The Clock Tower is the world's biggest four-

faced, chiming clock. The structure issituated at the north-eastern end of the

Houses of Parliament

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the

City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London.

The cathedral is one of London's most visited sites

Fleet Street

Fleet Street is a street in London named after the River

Fleet. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s.

The term Fleet Street is also used to indicate that a

journalist is a member of the generation that worked onnewspapers prior to their move away from the area

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London. The area is

dominated by shopping, street performers and

entertainment facilities and contains an entrance tothe Royal Opera House Covent Garden, which is also

widely known simply as "Covent Garden" - an opera

house and major performing arts venue

Reuters Building

Daily Express Building

Market


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London University

A university based primarily in London. It is the largest

university in the United Kingdom by number of full time

students

The University of London owns

a considerable estate of 160

buildings centered on the

Bloomsbury district of central

London

London Eye

The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is

the tallest (135 metres) Ferris wheel in Europe, and

has become the most popular paid tourist attraction inthe UK, visited by over 3 million people a year.

London Zoo

London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific

zoo and was originally intended to be used as

a collection for scientific study. It waseventually made open to the public in 1847

The Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and

major performing arts venue in the London

district of Covent Garden, one of theforemost opera houses in the world. It is the

home of the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet


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Guildhall

The Guildhall is a building in the City ofLondon and has been used as a town hall for

several hundred years, and is still the

ceremonial and administrative centre of the

City of London

The Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank ofthe United Kingdom

It controls (i) the supply of money,(ii) availability of money, and (iii) cost ofmoney or rate of interest, to attain the

growth and stability of the economy.

The Gherkin

30 St Mary Axe is askyscraper in London's

main financial district, the

City of London. It is widely

known by the nickname

"The Gherkin".

Lloyds Building

The Lloyd's Building is the home

of the insurance institutionLloyd's of London, and is located

at One Lime Street, in the City

of London


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Mayfair

Mayfair is an area ofcentral London, within

the City of Westminster

There are many major

shopping streets such as

Bond Street, Regent

Street and Oxford

Street

Kensington

Kensington is a district of West London

An affluent and densely-populated area, itscommercial heart is Kensington High Street

Soho

Soho is an area in the centre of the West End of London, inthe City of Westminster

It is an entertainment district which and has a reputationfor its night life and film industry

Sloane Square

Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped

square on the boundaries of the fashionable

London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgraviaand Chelsea

Oxford Street Kensington High Street


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The Barbican Complex in the City of London:

The Barbican Estate is a residential estate in

the City of London, in an area densely packed

with commerce and finance

The Barbican Centre is the largest

performing arts centre in Europe

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is an area of central London notable for its

array of gardened squares, its literary connections andits numerous hospitals and academic institutions

Holburn

Holborn is an area of Central London

In the modern era High Holborn has become a centre for

entertainment venues

Islington

Islington is an inner-city district in London

Upper Street is the main shopping street ofthe Islington borough of inner north London

Upper Street

High Holburn


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Fulham

Fulham is an area of south-west London in the

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Having been through many transformations, today

it is a green London suburb within close reach ofareas such as Chelsea and Kensington which is

reflected in local house prices

The Strand

The Strand is a street in the City of

Westminster which became popular in

Victorian times, but now has many prominentbuildings such as Australia House, Bush

House, King's College London and the SavoyHotel

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and publicspace of London's West End in the City of Westminster

The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainmentareas in a central location at the heart of the West End.

Its status as a major traffic intersection has madePiccadilly Circus a busy meeting point and a tourist

attraction in its own right

Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West

End of London

Leicester Square is the centre of London's cinema land andis the prime location in London for major film premieres

Craven Cottage

Australia House

Bush House


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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a square in central London. With its

position in the heart of London, it is a popular tourist

attraction; its trademarks are Nelson's Column, whichstands in the centre, the four lion statues that guard

the Column, and the large number of pigeons that live inthe square

Regent Street

Regent Street is a major shopping street and

thoroughfare in London's West End, notable shops

include Hamleys

Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is a famous London street

and district, the district is notable as an

expensive residential area, and for the

density of its upmarket retail outlets,

famously Harrods and Harvey Nichols

Knightsbridge is home to many of the

world's richest people. It has some ofthe highest property prices in the world

Bond Street

Bond Street is also a majorshopping street in London,

one of the principal streets

in the West End shopping

district and is more

upmarket than nearby Regent

Street and Oxford Street


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Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in

London in the City of Westminster. With over

300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping

street, as well as the most dense

Oxford Street is home to major department

stores and numerous brands' flagship stores, as

well as hundreds of smaller shops. It is the

major shopping street in central London, thoughnot the most expensive or fashionable


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Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels

underneath the River Thames in east London,linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

with the London Borough of Greenwich

It is part of the A102 road

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

The Greenwich foot tunnel is a pedestrian tunnel crossing

beneath the River Thames in South East London, linking theLondon Borough of Greenwich in the south with the London

Borough of Tower Hamlets to the north

Tunnels Under the Thames


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Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a combined movable bridge

and suspension bridge in London, England

over the River Thames

It is close to the Tower of London, which

gives it its name. It has become an iconic

symbol of London

London Bridge

London Bridge is a bridge in

London, over the River Thames,between the City of London

and Southwark

Famous London Bridges

Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge is a road and foot

traffic bridge over the River Thames

between Westminster and Lambeth in

Greater London


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Hyde Park

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks incentral London and is used for recreation,

concerts and has sites of interest

With increasing urbanisation of London, some of the

Royal Parks of London were preserved as freely

accessible open space and became public parks

The open spaces of Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park,Green Park and St. James's Park together form an

almost continuous "green lung" in the heart of

London between Kensington and Westminster.

Royal London Parks

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, once the privategardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the

Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to

the west of Hyde Park.

Richmond Park

Richmond Park is a 955 hectare urban park near central

London

It is Britain's largest urban walled park, as well as the

largest of the Royal Parks in London. The park is alsofamous for its Red and Fallow Deer


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Victoria Coach Station

Victoria Coach Station is the largest and

most significant coach station in London

It serves long distance coach services

Victoria Bus Station

Victoria Bus Station is the busiest in London

The second busiest is the iconic Vauxhall

Station

Victoria Bus Station

Vauxhall Transport Interchange


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Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital is thought tobe the first hospital providing in-patient

beds specifically for children in the English-

speaking world

Royal London Hospital

The Royal London provides district general

hospital services for the City and TowerHamlets and specialist tertiary care services

for patients from across London and

elsewhere Planning permission was granted for a 1

billion redevelopment and expansion of The

Royal London Hospital. On completion of theproject, the hospital will have Londons

leading trauma and emergency care centre,

one of Europes largest renal services and

the capitals second biggest paediatricservice.

2 London Hospitals


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London Waterloo Station

London Borough ofLambeth

19 platforms inuse, 62.4 million

passengers

Liverpool Street Station

City of London

18 platforms in use, 50.5 million passengers London Bridge

Station

Southwark

15 platforms inuse, 37 million

passengers

London Victoria Station

London Victoria is a major

London Underground,

National Rail and Coach

station in the City of

Westminster

19 platforms in use, 48million passengers

5 Main Railway Stations

Based on Annual entry/exit

Charing CrossRailway Station

Westminster

6 platforms in use,

28.8 million

passengers


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Museum of London

The Museum of London documents

the history of London from the

Prehistoric to the present day.

London Transport Museum

The London Transport Museum, in CoventGarden, London, seeks to conserve andexplain the transport heritage of Britain's

capital city

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Tate Modern

The Tate Modern in London is Britain's

national museum of international modern art

3 Museums In The City

There are over 240 museums in London, England,

a number of them in 'Museum Mile' - a nickname

for the area centered around South Kensington,London, England, between Cromwell Road and

Kensington Gore, which contains a large number

of educational and cultural sites


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London Underground Zone 1


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Circle line (London Underground)

Colour on map Yellow

The Cirle Line forms a loop line around thecentre of London on the north side of the

River Thames

8th busiest line on the network

Bakerloo line

Colour on map Brown

Runs partly on the surface and partly at deep

level, from the south-east to the north-westof London

7th busiest line on the network

Jubilee line Colour on map Grey

It was built in two major sections - initiallyto Charing Cross in Central London, and later

extended to Stratford in East London

3 Underground Lines in the CBD

London effectively has two city centres, the City

of London and the medieval City of Westminster

The shape and type of a CBD or downtown almost

always closely reflect the city's history


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Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress,more commonly known as the Tower of

London is a historic monument in centralLondon on the north bank of the River

Thames.

One Canada Square

One Canada Square (also known as the CanaryWharf Tower) is a skyscraper in CanaryWharf, London. It is the tallest building in

England and the United Kingdom at 235.1

metres above ground

Wapping

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Wapping is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Wapping was devastated by German bombing in World War II and by

the post-war closure of the docks. It remained a run-down and

derelict area into the 1980s

Printing plant was nicknamed "Fortress Wapping" when sacked print

workers besieged it, with round-the-clock pickets and blockades inan ultimately unsuccessful attempt to prevent the move

Limehouse Studios

Limehouse Studios was an independently-

owned television studio complex built in theSouth Quay Import Dock. This was located

at the eastern end of Canary Wharf, opened

in 1983. The building was demolished just six

years later, in 1989, to make way for the

massive development of Canary Wharf whichnow occupies the site.

LONDON DOCKLANDS

The studios were the homefor the first nine series ofSpitting Image from 1984 to1989 and the first series ofWhose Line Is It Anyway? in1989.
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London Arena

The London Dockland Arena was an indoorarena and exhibition centre on the Isle of

Dogs in London

The London Arena was demolished in June

2006 and is set to be replaced by a mainly

residential development.

Butler's Wharf

Butler's Wharf is an area on the

south bank of the river Thames justeast of London's Tower Bridge

The main thoroughfare through the

area is the historic and picturesque

street Shad Thames

Beckton

Beckton is a place in the London Borough of Newham

Situated north and east of the Royal Docks, the area was

formerly heavily industrialised, and was the location of

Beckton Gas Works

In more recent times, industry has left the area, leaving huge

areas of brownfield land, and Beckton has been redeveloped as

part of the Docklands project. It now comprises mainlyhousing and several out-of-town shopping centres

St Katherine's Docks

St Katharine's Docks, in the LondonBorough of Tower Hamlets, were one of

the commercial docks servingLondon, on the north side ofthe river Thames just east

(downstream) of the Tower

of London and Tower Bridge.

They were part of the Port

of London, in the area now known as the

Docklands, and are now a popular housingand leisure complex


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Silvertown

Silvertown is an industrialised district in the London

Borough of Newham dominated by the Tate & Lyle sugar

refinery

The area has been transformed since the 1970s by the

construction of the Thames Barrier, an adjacent park, new

housing areas and the London City Airport

City Airport

London City Airport is a single-runway

airport, principally serving thefinancial districts of London. It is

located on a former Docklands site, in

the London Borough of Newham in

East London

Isle of Dogs

The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London

that is surrounded on three sides (east, south and west) by one

of the largest meanders in the River Thames.

It was the site of the highest concentration of council housing

in England, but is now best known as the location of theresti ious Canar Wharf office com lex

Heron Quays

Heron Quays forms part of the Canary Wharf area the Docklands, East

London. Three skyscrapers dominate the area: 25 Bank Street, 40

Bank Street and 10 Upper Bank Street.


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Poplar

Poplar is an area of the East End of London

in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

During the development of the Isle of Dogsthe street signs pointed to the new

development (by the London Docklands

Development Corporation), and Poplar was

lost for a decade or more

Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail

system serving the redeveloped Docklands

area of East London. It opened on August 31,1987. DLR track and trains are not

compatible with those of LondonUnderground, but the DLR is shown on the

London Underground Tube map.

The trains are computer-controlled and

normally have no driver

Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development

in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets,

centred on the old West India Docks in the LondonDocklands

Canary Wharf is built on the site of the old West India

Docks on the Isle of Dogs. From 1802 to 1980, the area was

one of the busiest docks in the world

During WWII, the docks area was bombed heavily and nearly

all the original warehouses were destroyed or badly damaged.The port industry began to decline

Canary Wharf contains the

UK's three tallest buildings


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The Millennium Dome (Now the The O2

Arena)

The Millennium Dome, is the original name of a large dome-

shaped building, originally used to house the MillenniumExperience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of

the third millennium. The project and exhibition was the

subject of considerable political controversy as it failed toattract the number of visitors anticipated, leading to

recurring financial problems

The O2

arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located at the

centre of The O2, a large entertainment complex on theGreenwich peninsula in south-east London

Rotherhithe Southwark

Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east

London in the London Borough of Southwark. It is

located on a peninsula on the south bank of the

Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the

north bank, and is a part of the Docklands area

Because much of the former Surrey Docks had

strong trade links to Scandinavia and the Baltic

region the area is still home to a thriving

Scandinavian community - Rotherhithe is home to a

Norwegian, a Finnish and a Swedish church.


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Wimbledon

Wimbledon is a suburb of London, part of the

London Borough of Merton

Wimbledon's attraction remains its combination ofconvenient access to central London with the

benefit of plentiful recreational facilities. Strong

demand for homes, especially the larger propertiesin the Wimbledon Village and Wimbledon Park areas,

has seen prices increase to amongst the highest in

the outer London area

Northwood

Northwood is a suburb of London in the

London Borough of Hillingdon.

Northwood is the home to Northwood

Headquarters, which is the location of theBritish Armed Forces Permanent Joint

Headquarters for planning and controlling

overseas military operations.

Hendon

Hendon is a London suburban development

Hendons claim to fame is in flying and

Hendon Aerodrome is now the RAF Museum.

Harrow

Harrow is a town in the London

Borough of Harrow, North West

London

Harrow features a moderately large

shopping area in the town centre.

SUBURBS

Northwood: High Street


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Golders Green

Golders Green is an area in the London

Borough of Barnet in London, England.

Although having some earlier existence, it isessentially a 19th-century suburban

development

Golders Green also has a sizeable Japanese,Polish and Korean population

Enfield

The London Borough of Enfield

is the most northerly London

borough and forms part of Outer

London

Enfield used to be a small market town on the edge of the

forest about a day's travel north of London. As Greater London

has grown, Enfield has become a residential suburb, with fast

transport links into central London.

Dartford

Borehamwood

Borehamwood is a town in southern Hertfordshire,

situated 16 miles north of London. It is part of theborough of Hertsmere within the London commuter

belt

Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the borough ofDartford. It is situated in the northwest corner of

Kent, England, 16 miles east south-east of centralLondon.


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COMMUTER SETTLEMENTS OUTSIDE THE M25


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Heathrow

London Heathrow Airport is the principal and

biggest airport serving the United Kingdom

Heathrow is the world's third busiest airportfor passenger traffic

Stansted

London Stansted Airport is a passenger airport located

in Essex about 30 miles north-east of London

Gatwick

Gatwick Airport is London's

second largest airport andthe second busiest airport inthe United Kingdom

This year Gatwick celebrates

50 years of operations

City Airport

London City Airportis a single-runway

airport, intended for

principally serving the

financial districts of

London

AIRPORTS


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Croydon

Croydon is a large town and major

commercial centre in South London, and theprincipal settlement of the London Borough

of Croydon.

StAlbans

St Albans is the main urban area of the City

and District of St Albans in southernHertfordshire around 22 miles north of

central London

Population 64,038

Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

with a population of 81,143 at the United Kingdom Census 2001

On 11 December 2005 it was brought into the newsby the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire.

Hatfield

Hatfield, originally Bishop's

Hatfield, is in Hertfordshire,

in the south of England

Population 27,883

NEW TOWNS

Harlow

Harlow is a new town in Essex, England. It is located in the

west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire

The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of theLondon commuter belt


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MAP OF LONDON SHOWING MAIN ROADS


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The M25 motorway is a 117 mile (188 km)

orbitaL bypass motorway which encircles thecity of London, United Kingdom. It is one of

the busiest stretches of the Britishmotorway network, and almost completely

encircles London

M25

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