London
Noisy, vibrant and truly multicultural, London is a megalopolis of people, ideas and frenetic energy. The capital and largest city of England, and of the wider United Kingdom, it is also the largest city in Western Europe.
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Popular Destinations
South Kensington-Chelsea
South Kensington-Chelsea is a district of central London. Photo: Peter Suranyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is the main airport for London, the largest airport in the United Kingdom, and the second busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.City of London
The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of London that originally lay within the ancient city walls. Photo: jikatu, CC BY-SA 2.0.South London
South London is generally defined as any part of Greater London that is south of the river Thames. Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.Notable Places in the Area
National Gallery
Art gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Photo: Swgreed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tate Modern
Museum
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London. Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
London Bridge
Tourist attraction
Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London. Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.
Destinations
Greenwich
Greenwich is a famous maritime district of south east London - 5.5 miles from central London. Photo: Sebjarod, Public domain.Westminster
Westminster is a district of central London, at the heart of the United Kingdom's royal and political life. Photo: Pablo BM, CC BY 2.0.Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is London's second-busiest airport by passenger numbers, and serves the south-east of the United Kingdom. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.South Bank
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one the city's cultural centres. Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.East End
The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea in the East, and Shoreditch in the North. Photo: Mark Towning, CC BY 2.0.Hampstead
Hampstead is a district of north inner London. The key sights are a wealth of under-stated historical attractions, and the magnificent open spaces of Hampstead Heath. Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.West London
The outer western suburbs of Greater London form a diverse area that ranges from the… Photo: brett jordan, CC BY 2.0.Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith & Fulham is a borough in west London, and boasts 3 Premiership football teams within its boundaries. Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in Inner London. Photo: Laurencefwhite, CC BY 2.5.London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is London's third airport. It's to the north-east of London, halfway to Cambridge, so about 30 miles or 50 km from each city. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.Wimbledon
Wimbledon is a district and town of southwest London, England, 7.0 miles southwest of the centre… Photo: Jonotennis, CC BY-SA 3.0.Notting Hill-North Kensington
Notting Hill is an affluent district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.Lambeth
Lambeth is a borough of inner south-west London. Within the London Borough of Lambeth are the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St. Photo: brodiepunk, CC BY 2.0.Holborn-Clerkenwell
Holborn is a district in central London, which covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part, of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.North London
North London is an informally and inexactly defined part of London, England, which covers part of the area of the capital lying north of the River Thames. Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 3.0.Mayfair-Marylebone
Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.Bloomsbury
This article is about three neighbourhoods of central London: Bloomsbury, St Pancras and Fitzrovia. Photo: Diliff, CC BY 2.5.Southwark and Lewisham
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London. Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.Soho
Soho is a district of central London, part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles. Photo: garryknight, CC BY-SA 2.0.Camden
Camden is an inner northern district of London. Its heart lies in Camden Town, a neighbourhood known for its market and the colourful nightlife. Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.Leicester Square
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.Paddington-Maida Vale
Paddington-Maida Vale is a district of northwest central London, around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. Photo: Natesh Ramasamy, CC BY 2.0.East London
East London is a popularly and informally defined part of London, capital of the United Kingdom. Photo: Roel Hemkes, CC BY 2.0.Islington
Islington is a district in Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. Photo: DAVID HOLT, CC BY-SA 2.0.Wandsworth
Wandsworth Town is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth 4.2 miles southwest of Charing Cross. Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.Localities in the Area
Chelsea
Suburb
Chelsea is an area of South West London, bounded to the south by the River Thames. Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peckham
Suburb
Peckham is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brixton
Town
Brixton is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
London
- Type: City
- Description: capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
- Categories: metropolis, financial centre, capital, administrative territorial entity of the United Kingdom and city with millions of inhabitants
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
Latitude 51.5073° or 51° 30' 26.4" north | Longitude -0.1276° or 0° 7' 39.5" west |
Population 8,420,000 | IATA airport code LON |
United Nations Location Code GB LON | Elevation 82 feet (25 metres) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 107775 | GeoNames ID 2643743 |
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: London
- Abkhazian: Лондан
- Abkhazian: Лондон
- Achinese: London
- Adyghe: Лондон
- Afar: London
- Afrikaans: Londen
- Akan: London
- Albanian: Londra
- Albanian: Londër
- Amharic: ለንደን
- Arabic: London
- Arabic: لندن
- Aragonese: Londres
- Armenian: Լոնդոն
- Armenian: Լոնտոն
- Arpitan: Londres
- Arpitan: Londro
- Asturian: Londres
- Avaric: London
- Avaric: Лондон
- Awadhi: लण्डन
- Aymara: London
- Azerbaijani: London
- Balinese: London
- Bambara: London
- Bashkir: Лондон
- Basque: London
- Basque: Londres
- Bavarian: London
- Belarusian: Ландыніум
- Belarusian: Лондан
- Belarusian: Люндэнбург
- Belarusian: Лёндан
- Bengali: লন্ডন
- Bhojpuri: लंदन
- Bislama: London
- Bosnian: London
- Brahui: Landan
- Breton: Londrez
- Bulgarian: Лондон
- Burmese: လန်ဒန်မြို့
- Catalan: Londres
- Cebuano: London
- Central Bikol: Londres
- Central Kurdish: لەندەن
- Chavacano: London
- Chechen: Лондон
- Cherokee: ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ
- Cherokee: ᎶᏂᏙᏂ
- Chinese: Lúndūn
- Chinese: Lûn-tun
- Chinese: 伦敦
- Chinese: 倫敦
- Church Slavic: Лондонъ
- Chuvash: Лондон
- Cornish: Loundres
- Corsican: Londra
- Crimean Tatar: London
- Croatian: London
- Czech: Londýn
- Danish: London
- Dimli (individual language): Londra
- Dotyali: लण्डन
- Dutch: Londen, Engeland
- Dutch: Londen, VK
- Dutch: Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Dutch: Londen
- Eastern Mari: Лондон
- Egyptian Arabic: لندن
- English: London, England
- English: London, UK
- English: London, United Kingdom
- Erzya: Лондон ош
- Esperanto: Londono
- Estonian: London
- Ewe: London
- Extremaduran: Londri
- Faroese: London
- Fiji Hindi: London
- Fijian: Lodoni
- Finnish: Lontoo
- French: London
- French: Londres
- Friulian: Londre
- Fulah: London
- Gagauz: London
- Galician: Londres
- Gan Chinese: 倫敦
- Georgian: ლონდონი
- German: London
- Goan Konkani: London
- Goan Konkani: ಲಂಡನ್
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽
- Greek: Λονδίνο
- Guarani: Londye
- Guarani: Lóndyre
- Guianese Creole French: Lonn
- Gujarati: લંડન
- Haitian: Lonn
- Hakka Chinese: Lùn-tûn
- Hausa: Landan
- Hausa: Lùn-tûn
- Hausa: Lākana
- Hawaiian: Lākana
- Hebrew: לונדון
- Hindi: लंदन,इंग्लॅण्ड
- Hindi: लंदन,यूनाइटेड किंगडम
- Hindi: लंदन
- Hungarian: London
- Icelandic: London
- Icelandic: Lundúnir
- Ido: London
- Igbo: London
- Iloko: Londres
- Indonesian: London
- Ingush: Лондон
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): London
- Interlingue: London
- Irish: Doirelondain
- Irish: Londain
- Italian: Londra
- Jamaican Creole English: Landan
- Japanese: ロンドン
- Javanese: London
- Kabardian: Лондон
- Kabiyè: Lɔndrɩ
- Kabyle: London
- Kalaallisut: London
- Kannada: ಲಂಡನ್
- Kara-Kalpak: London
- Karachay-Balkar: Лондон
- Kashubian: Londin
- Kashubian: London
- Kazakh: Англия астанасы
- Kazakh: Лондон, БП
- Kazakh: Лондон, Біріккен Патшалық
- Kazakh: Лондон
- Kazakh: Лондон қаласы
- Kazakh: лондон, Англия
- Kazakh: Құрама Патшалығы астанасы
- Khmer: ទីក្រុងឡុង
- Kirghiz: Лондон
- Komi-Permyak: Лондон
- Komi: Лондон
- Korean: 런던
- Kotava: London
- Kurdish: London
- Kölsch: London
- Ladin: London
- Ladino: Londra
- Lak: Лондон
- Lao: Londres
- Lao: ລອນດອນ
- Latin: Londinium
- Latvian: Londona
- Lezghian: Лондон
- Ligurian: Londra
- Limburgan: Londe
- Lingala: Londoni
- Lingala: Lóndɛlɛ
- Lingua Franca Nova: London
- Literary Chinese: 倫敦
- Lithuanian: Londonas
- Livvi: London
- Lojban: london
- Lombard: Lundra
- Low German: Londen
- Low German: London
- Lower Sorbian: London
- Luxembourgish: London
- Macedo-Romanian: Londra
- Macedonian: Лондон
- Maithili: लण्डन
- Malagasy: London
- Malagasy: Lôndôna
- Malay: London
- Malayalam: ലണ്ടൻ
- Maltese: Londra
- Manx: Lunnin
- Maori: Rānana
- Marathi: लंडन
- Mazanderani: لندن
- Min Dong Chinese: Lùng-dŭng
- Min Nan Chinese: London
- Min Nan Chinese: Lûn-tun
- Minangkabau: London
- Mingrelian: ლონდონი
- Mirandese: Londres
- Mongolian: Лондон
- Moroccan Arabic: لندن
- Moroccan Arabic: لوندون
- N'Ko: ߟߐ߲ߘߐ߲߬
- N'Ko: ߟߐ߲ߘߙߎ߬
- Narom: Londres
- Nauru: London
- Neapolitan: Londra
- Nepali: लण्डन
- Nepali: लन्डन
- Nepali: लन्दन
- Newari: लण्डन
- Newari: लन्दन
- Northern Frisian: London
- Northern Luri: لأندأن
- Northern Luri: لندن
- Northern Sami: London
- Norwegian: London
- Norwegian Bokmål: London
- Norwegian Nynorsk: London
- Novial: London
- Nyanja: London
- Occitan (post 1500): Londres
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܠܘܢܕܘܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lunden
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): ᛚᚢᚾᛞᛖᚾᛖ
- Oriya: ଲଣ୍ଡନ
- Oromo: Landan
- Ossetian: Лондон
- Panjabi: ਲੰਡਨ
- Papiamento: London
- Pennsylvania German: London
- Persian: لندن
- Picard: Londe
- Piemontese: Londra
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: London
- Polish: Londyn
- Pontic: Λονδίνο
- Portuguese: Londres
- Pushto: لندن
- Quechua: London
- Romanian: Londra
- Romansh: Londra
- Russia Buriat: Лондон
- Russian: Лондон
- Rusyn: Лондон
- Samoan: Lonetona
- Samogitian: Londons
- Sanskrit: लन्डन्
- Santali: ᱞᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ
- Sardinian: Londra
- Saterfriesisch: London
- Scots: Lunnon
- Scottish Gaelic: Lunnainn
- Serbian: London
- Serbian: Лондон
- Serbo-Croatian: London
- Shona: London
- Sicilian: Londra
- Silesian: Lůndůn
- Sindhi: لنڊن
- Sindhi: لنڊن، انگلينڊ
- Sinhala: ලන්ඩනය
- Sinhala: ලන්ඩන්
- Slovak: Londýn
- Slovenian: London
- Somali: London
- South Azerbaijani: لندن
- Southern Sotho: London
- Spanish: London
- Spanish: Londres
- Sranan Tongo: London
- Sundanese: London
- Swahili: London
- Swedish: London
- Swiss German: London
- Tagalog: Londres
- Tajik: Лондон
- Tamil: இலண்டன்
- Tamil: இலந்தன்
- Tamil: லண்டன்
- Tamil: லன்டன்
- Tatar: Лондон
- Tatar: Лундын
- Telugu: లండన్,ఇంగ్లాండ్
- Telugu: లండన్,యునైటెడ్ కింగ్డమ్
- Telugu: లండన్
- Tetum: Londres
- Thai: ลอนดอน
- Tibetan: ལོན་ཊོན།
- Tok Pisin: Landen
- Tosk Albanian: London
- Tumbuka: London
- Turkish: Londra
- Turkmen: London
- Twi: London
- Udmurt: Лондон
- Uighur: London
- Uighur: لوندون
- Ukrainian: Лондон
- Upper Sorbian: London
- Urdu: لندن
- Uzbek: London
- Venetian: Łondra
- Veps: London
- Vietnamese: Luân Đôn
- Vlaams: Londn
- Vlax Romani: London
- Volapük: London
- Võro: London
- Walloon: Londe
- Waray (Philippines): London
- Welsh: Llundain
- Western Armenian: Լոնտոն
- Western Frisian: Londen
- Western Mari: Лондон
- Western Panjabi: لندن
- Wolof: Londar
- Wu Chinese: 伦敦
- Yakut: Лондон
- Yiddish: לאנדאן
- Yoruba: Lọndọnu
- Yue Chinese: 倫敦
- Zeeuws: Londen
- Zulu: ILondon
- Lòndra
- ឡុងដ៍
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