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 and the European Union.
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South Kensington-Chelsea
South Kensington-Chelsea is a district of central London.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.Greenwich
Greenwich is a famous maritime district of south east London - 5.5 miles from central London.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.Destinations
Westminster
Westminster is a district of central London. It is also one of the most populous districts of London.South London
South London is generally defined as any part of Greater London that is south of the river Thames.South Bank
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one the city's cultural centres.East End
The East End is a district of inner London, stretching out from the edge of The City to the River Lea.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.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.Southwark and Lewisham
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.Holborn-Clerkenwell
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London.Bloomsbury
This article is about three neighbourhoods of central London: Bloomsbury, St Pancras and Fitzrovia.Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is London's second-busiest airport by passenger numbers, and serves the south-east of the United Kingdom.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.Soho
Soho is a district of central London, part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.Mayfair-Marylebone
Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London.Leicester Square
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London.Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district of central London. This is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of the English capital and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.West London
West London refers to the outer western suburbs of Greater London, a diverse area that ranges from …Richmond-Kew
Richmond-Kew is a district in south-west London. This is perhaps the area of outer London with the most to offer visitors.North London
North London is the outer northern district of London.Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith & Fulham is a borough in west London, and boasts 3 Premiership football teams within its boundaries.Notting Hill-North Kensington
Notting Hill-North Kensington is a district in west London.Wandsworth
Wandsworth is a district of southwest London. Wandsworth consists largely of modest housing built …Paddington-Maida Vale
Paddington-Maida Vale is a district of northwest central London, around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame.London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is London's third airport. It's to the north-east of London, half way to Cambridge, so about 30 miles or 50 km from each city.Wimbledon
Wimbledon is a district in south-west London. Wimbledon is a well-known and affluent suburb in the southwest of London, England and is part of the London Borough of Merton.Hackney
Hackney is a district of London. Hackney staged some of the events during the 2012 London Summer …Hornchurch
Hornchurch is an outer district of East London, England.London
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- Population: 8,790,000
- IATA airport code: LON
- United Nations Location Code: GB LON
- Latitude: 51.5085° or 51° 30' 30.7" north
- Longitude: -0.1257° or 0° 7' 32.7" west
- Elevation: 82 feet (25 meters)
- GeoNames ID: 2643743
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Other Names for London
- Abkhazian: Лондан
- Afrikaans: Londen
- Albanian: Londra
- Amharic: ለንደን
- Arabic: لندن
- Aragonese: Londres
- Armenian: Լոնդոն
- Arpitan: Londro
- Asturian: Londres
- Bashkir: Лондон
- Basque: Londres
- Belarusian: Лондан
- Belarusian: Лёндан
- Bengali: লন্ডন
- Bihari : लंदन
- Breton: Londrez
- Bulgarian: Лондон
- Burmese: လန်ဒန်မြို့
- Catalan: Londres
- Central Bikol: Londres
- Central Kurdish: لەندەن
- Chechen: Лондон
- Cherokee: ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ
- Chinese: 伦敦
- Chinese: 倫敦
- Church Slavic: Лондонъ
- Chuvash: Лондон
- Cornish: Loundres
- Corsican: Londra
- Czech: Londýn
- Dimli (individual language): Londra
- Dutch: Londen
- Eastern Mari: Лондон
- Egyptian Arabic: لندن
- Erzya: Лондон ош
- Esperanto: Londono
- Extremaduran: Londri
- Fijian: Lodoni
- Finnish: Lontoo
- French: Londres
- Galician: Londres
- Gan Chinese: 倫敦
- Georgian: ლონდონი
- German: London
- Greek: Λονδίνο
- Guarani: Londye
- Gujarati: લંડન
- Haitian: Lonn
- Hakka Chinese: Lùn-tûn
- Hawaiian: Lākana
- Hebrew: לונדון
- Hindi: लंदन
- Icelandic: Lundúnir
- Iloko: Londres
- Irish: Londain
- Italian: Londra
- Japanese: ロンドン
- Kabardian: Лондон
- Kannada: ಲಂಡನ್
- Karachay-Balkar: Лондон
- Kashubian: Londin
- Kazakh: Лондон
- Kirghiz: Лондон
- Komi-Permyak: Лондон
- Komi: Лондон
- Korean: 런던
- Ladino: Londra
- Lak: Лондон
- Lao: ລອນດອນ
- Latin: Londinium
- Latvian: Londona
- Lezghian: Лондон
- Ligurian: Londra
- Limburgan: Londe
- Lingala: Londoni
- Literary Chinese: 倫敦
- Lithuanian: Londonas
- Lojban: london
- Lombard: Lundra
- Macedonian: Лондон
- Maithili: लण्डन
- Malayalam: ലണ്ടൻ
- Maltese: Londra
- Manx: Lunnin
- Maori: Rānana
- Marathi: लंडन
- Mazanderani: لندن
- Min Dong Chinese: Lùng-dŭng
- Min Nan Chinese: Lûn-tun
- Mingrelian: ლონდონი
- Mirandese: Londres
- Mongolian: Лондон
- Nahuatl languages: Londres
- Narom: Londres
- Neapolitan: Londra
- Nepali (macrolanguage): लण्डन
- Newari: लन्दन
- Northern Luri: لأندأن
- Occitan (post 1500): Londres
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܠܘܢܕܘܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lunden
- Oriya (macrolanguage): ଲଣ୍ଡନ
- Oromo: Landan
- Ossetian: Лондон
- Panjabi: ਲੰਡਨ
- Persian: لندن
- Picard: Londe
- Piemontese: Londra
- Polish: Londyn
- Pontic: Λονδίνο
- Portuguese: Londres
- Pushto: لندن
- Romanian: Londra
- Romansh: Londra
- Russia Buriat: Лондон
- Russian: Лондон
- Rusyn: Лондон
- Samogitian: Londons
- Sanskrit: लन्डन्
- Sardinian: Londra
- Scots: Lunnon
- Scottish Gaelic: Lunnainn
- Serbian: Лондон
- Sicilian: Londra
- Silesian: Lůndůn
- Sinhala: ලන්ඩන්
- Slovak: Londýn
- South Azerbaijani: لندن
- Spanish: Londres
- Tagalog: Londres
- Tajik: Лондон
- Tamil: இலண்டன்
- Tatar: Лондон
- Telugu: లండన్
- Tetum: Londres
- Thai: ลอนดอน
- Tibetan: ལོན་ཊོན།
- Tok Pisin: Landen
- Turkish: Londra
- Udmurt: Лондон
- Uighur: لوندون
- Ukrainian: Лондон
- Urdu: لندن
- Venetian: Łondra
- Vietnamese: Luân Đôn
- Vlaams: Londn
- Welsh: Llundain
- 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
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