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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Late_modern_and_contemporary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Late modern and contemporary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Late_modern_and_contemporary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Administration-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Administration subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Local_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Local government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>National government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policing_and_crime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policing_and_crime"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Policing and crime</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Policing_and_crime-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Scope" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scope"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Scope</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scope-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Status" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Status"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Status</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Status-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Topography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Topography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Topography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Topography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Architecture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architecture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Architecture</span> 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Accents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-City_of_London" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#City_of_London"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>City of London</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City_of_London-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_and_technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_and_technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Media and technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_and_technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Aviation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aviation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Aviation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aviation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Underground_and_DLR" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Underground_and_DLR"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Underground and DLR</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Underground_and_DLR-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Suburban" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suburban"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.2</span> <span>Suburban</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suburban-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inter-city_and_international" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inter-city_and_international"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.3</span> <span>Inter-city and international</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inter-city_and_international-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Buses,_coaches_and_trams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buses,_coaches_and_trams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Buses, coaches and trams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buses,_coaches_and_trams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cable_car" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cable_car"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Cable car</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cable_car-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cycling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cycling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Cycling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cycling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Port_and_river_boats" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Port_and_river_boats"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Port and river boats</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Port_and_river_boats-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>Roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tertiary_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tertiary_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Tertiary education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tertiary_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_and_secondary_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_and_secondary_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Primary and secondary education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_and_secondary_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich_and_learned_societies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich_and_learned_societies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Royal Observatory, Greenwich and learned societies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich_and_learned_societies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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href="#Literature,_film_and_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Literature, film and television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature,_film_and_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Museums,_art_galleries_and_libraries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums,_art_galleries_and_libraries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Museums, art galleries and libraries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums,_art_galleries_and_libraries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recreation" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Walking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Walking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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Available in 275 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-275" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">275 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbd mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londen" title="Londen – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Londen" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%88%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%B0%E1%8A%95" title="ለንደን – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ለንደን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lontoo" title="Lontoo – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Lontoo" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8" title="लंदन – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="लंदन" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunden" title="Lunden – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Lunden" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A0%DC%98%DC%A2%DC%95%DC%98%DC%A2" title="ܠܘܢܕܘܢ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܠܘܢܕܘܢ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Լոնտոն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Լոնտոն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londro" title="Londro – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Londro" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%A8" title="লণ্ডন – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="লণ্ডন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8" title="लण्डन – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="लण्डन" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B3ndyre" title="Lóndyre – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Lóndyre" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%A8" title="লন্ডন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লন্ডন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BBn-tun" title="Lûn-tun – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lûn-tun" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Лондан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лондан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Лёндан – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Лёндан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8" title="लंदन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="लंदन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%8A%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="ལོན་ཊོན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ལོན་ཊོན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londrez" title="Londrez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Londrez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lond%C3%BDn" title="Londýn – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Londýn" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llundain" title="Llundain – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llundain" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8D%DE%A6%DE%82%DE%B0%DE%91%DE%A6%DE%82%DE%B0" title="ލަންޑަން – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ލަންޑަން" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooh_Dine%CA%BC%C3%A9_Bikin_Haal%CA%BC%C3%A1" title="Tooh Dineʼé Bikin Haalʼá – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tooh Dineʼé Bikin Haalʼá" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8" title="लण्डन – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="लण्डन" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF" title="Λονδίνο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λονδίνο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B2ndra" title="Lòndra – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Lòndra" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Лондон ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Лондон ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londono" title="Londono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Londono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londri" title="Londri – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Londri" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londen" title="Londen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Londen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londre" title="Londre – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Londre" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londain" title="Londain – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Londain" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunnin" title="Lunnin – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Lunnin" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunnainn" title="Lunnainn – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Lunnainn" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6" title="倫敦 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="倫敦" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%A8" title="લંડન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="લંડન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8C%BD" title="𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B9n-t%C3%BBn" title="Lùn-tûn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Lùn-tûn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9F%B0%EB%8D%98" title="런던 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="런던" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landan" title="Landan – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Landan" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%81kana" title="Lākana – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Lākana" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Լոնդոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լոնդոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8" title="लंदन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लंदन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILondon" title="ILondon – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="ILondon" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F" title="לונדון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לונדון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C9%94ndr%C9%A9" title="Lɔndrɩ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Lɔndrɩ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kl mw-list-item"><a href="https://kl.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Kalaallisut" lang="kl" hreflang="kl" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Kalaallisut" data-language-local-name="Kalaallisut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kalaallisut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಲಂಡನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಲಂಡನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ლონდონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლონდონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8E%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8E%D9%86" title="لَندَن – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="لَندَن" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londin" title="Londin – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Londin" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loundres" title="Loundres – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Loundres" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonn" title="Lonn – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lonn" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonn" title="Lonn – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Lonn" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%99" title="ລອນດອນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ລອນດອນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Londinium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londona" title="Londona – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Londona" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonas" title="Londonas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Londonas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londe" title="Londe – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Londe" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B3nd%C9%9Bl%C9%9B" title="Lóndɛlɛ – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Lóndɛlɛ" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/london" title="london – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="london" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundra" title="Lundra – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Lundra" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8" title="लन्डन – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="लन्डन" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B4nd%C3%B4na" title="Lôndôna – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Lôndôna" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BB" title="ലണ്ടൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലണ്ടൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%81nana" title="Rānana – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Rānana" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8" title="लंडन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लंडन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ლონდონი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლონდონი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B9ng-d%C5%ADng" title="Lùng-dŭng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Lùng-dŭng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%92%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="လန်ဒန်မြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="လန်ဒန်မြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodoni" title="Lodoni – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Lodoni" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londen" title="Londen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Londen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londen" title="Londen – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Londen" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8" title="लन्डन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="लन्डन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8" title="लन्दन – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="लन्दन" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3" title="ロンドン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロンドン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/London/mo" title="London/mo – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="London/mo" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres_(Anglat%C3%A8rra)" title="Londres (Anglatèrra) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Londres (Anglatèrra)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%A3%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%A8" title="ଲଣ୍ଡନ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଲଣ୍ଡନ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landan" title="Landan – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Landan" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%A8" title="ਲੰਡਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲੰਡਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landan" title="Landan – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Landan" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi mw-list-item"><a href="https://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Перем коми" data-language-local-name="Komi-Permyak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Перем коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%8D" title="ឡុងដ៍ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ឡុងដ៍" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londe" title="Londe – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Londe" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pwn mw-list-item"><a href="https://pwn.wikipedia.org/wiki/lizuk_a_lundun" title="lizuk a lundun – Paiwan" lang="pwn" hreflang="pwn" data-title="lizuk a lundun" data-language-autonym="Pinayuanan" data-language-local-name="Paiwan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pinayuanan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landen" title="Landen – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Landen" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londyn" title="Londyn – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Londyn" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF" title="Λονδίνο – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Λονδίνο" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunrun" title="Lunrun – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Lunrun" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon-tun" title="Lon-tun – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Lon-tun" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonetona" title="Lonetona – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Lonetona" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D" title="लन्डन् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="लन्डन्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1" title="ᱞᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱞᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunnon" title="Lunnon – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Lunnon" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A9%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A" title="ලන්ඩන් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ලන්ඩන්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%DA%8A%D9%86" title="لنڊن – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="لنڊن" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lond%C3%BDn" title="Londýn – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Londýn" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8A" title="Лондонъ – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Лондонъ" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dnd%C5%8Dn" title="Lōndōn – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Lōndōn" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%95%D9%86" title="لەندەن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لەندەن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lontoo" title="Lontoo – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Lontoo" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="இலண்டன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இலண்டன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shi mw-list-item"><a href="https://shi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun%E1%B8%8Dun" title="Lunḍun – Tachelhit" lang="shi" hreflang="shi" data-title="Lunḍun" data-language-autonym="Taclḥit" data-language-local-name="Tachelhit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taclḥit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londre" title="Londre – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Londre" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%80%90%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87" title="လၼ်ႇတၼ်ႇ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="လၼ်ႇတၼ်ႇ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="లండన్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="లండన్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londres" title="Londres – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Londres" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99" title="ลอนดอน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ลอนดอน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonitoni" title="Lonitoni – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Lonitoni" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8E%AB%E1%8E%B4_%E1%8F%97%E1%8F%8D%E1%8E%AA%E1%8F%82%E1%8E%AF%E1%8F%B1" title="ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Лондон – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Лондон" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86" title="لندن – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="لندن" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%87%D9%86" title="لوندۇن – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="لوندۇن" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunzdunh" title="Lunzdunh – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Lunzdunh" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ondra" title="Łondra – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Łondra" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%A2n_%C4%90%C3%B4n" title="Luân Đôn – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Luân Đôn" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londe" title="Londe – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Londe" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6" title="倫敦 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="倫敦" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londn" title="Londn – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Londn" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londar" title="Londar – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Londar" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%A6%E6%95%A6" title="伦敦 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="伦敦" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9F" title="לאנדאן – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="לאנדאן" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%E1%BB%8Dnd%E1%BB%8Dnu" title="Lọndọnu – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Lọndọnu" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6" title="倫敦 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="倫敦" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londra" title="Londra – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Londra" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londen" title="Londen – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Londen" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londons" title="Londons – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Londons" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%A6%E6%95%A6" title="伦敦 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="伦敦" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bew mw-list-item"><a href="https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londen" title="Londen – Betawi" lang="bew" hreflang="bew" data-title="Londen" data-language-autonym="Betawi" data-language-local-name="Betawi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Betawi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dtp mw-list-item"><a href="https://dtp.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Central Dusun" lang="dtp" hreflang="dtp" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Kadazandusun" data-language-local-name="Central Dusun" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kadazandusun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iba mw-list-item"><a href="https://iba.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Iban" lang="iba" hreflang="iba" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Jaku Iban" data-language-local-name="Iban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jaku Iban</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kge mw-list-item"><a href="https://kge.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Komering" lang="kge" hreflang="kge" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Kumoring" data-language-local-name="Komering" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kumoring</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tly mw-list-item"><a href="https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London – Talysh" lang="tly" hreflang="tly" data-title="London" data-language-autonym="Tolışi" data-language-local-name="Talysh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tolışi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zgh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%93%E2%B5%8F%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%93%E2%B5%8F" title="ⵍⵓⵏⴷⵓⵏ – Standard Moroccan Tamazight" lang="zgh" hreflang="zgh" data-title="ⵍⵓⵏⴷⵓⵏ" 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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=London&params=51_30_N_0_08_W_region:GB_type:city(8866180)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.500°N 0.133°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.500; -0.133</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">London</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial<span class="nowrap"> </span>counties</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled by <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a></th><td class="infobox-data">AD 47<span class="noprint">; 1977 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">47</span>)</span>, <i>as <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_London_(Newham)" title="City Hall, London (Newham)">City Hall, Newham</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Local government</a></th><td class="infobox-data">32 <a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London boroughs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected mayors in England and Wales">Executive mayoralty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deliberative_assembly" title="Deliberative assembly">deliberative assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="London Assembly constituencies">14 constituencies</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in London">74 constituencies</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-ONS_mid-year_pop_est_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_mid-year_pop_est-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">607 sq mi (1,572 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">671 sq mi (1,738 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,236 sq mi (8,382 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_mid-year_pop_est_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_mid-year_pop_est-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,866,180</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of cities in the United Kingdom">1st</a> in the UK</li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits" title="List of European cities by population within city limits">3rd</a> in Europe</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">14,600/sq mi (5,640/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-urbanpopulation_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urbanpopulation-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,787,428</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024)<sup id="cite_ref-CityPopulation.de_show_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CityPopulation.de_show-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,900,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonyms</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Londoner</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 53.8% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 20.7% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 13.5% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 6.3% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.7% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 40.7% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 27.1% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 15.0% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.1% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.7% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.6% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.9% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.0% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 7.0% not stated </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode areas</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div>22 areas</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/E_postcode_area" title="E postcode area">E</a>, <a href="/wiki/EC_postcode_area" title="EC postcode area">EC</a>, <a href="/wiki/N_postcode_area" title="N postcode area">N</a>, <a href="/wiki/NW_postcode_area" title="NW postcode area">NW</a>, <a href="/wiki/SE_postcode_area" title="SE postcode area">SE</a>, <a href="/wiki/SW_postcode_area" title="SW postcode area">SW</a>, <a href="/wiki/W_postcode_area" title="W postcode area">W</a>, <a href="/wiki/WC_postcode_area" title="WC postcode area">WC</a>, <a href="/wiki/BR_postcode_area" title="BR postcode area">BR</a>, <a href="/wiki/CM_postcode_area" title="CM postcode area">CM</a>, <a href="/wiki/CR_postcode_area" title="CR postcode area">CR</a>, <a href="/wiki/DA_postcode_area" title="DA postcode area">DA</a>, <a href="/wiki/EN_postcode_area" title="EN postcode area">EN</a>, <a href="/wiki/HA_postcode_area" title="HA postcode area">HA</a>, <a href="/wiki/IG_postcode_area" title="IG postcode area">IG</a>, <a href="/wiki/KT_postcode_area" title="KT postcode area">KT</a>, <a href="/wiki/RM_postcode_area" title="RM postcode area">RM</a>, <a href="/wiki/SM_postcode_area" title="SM postcode area">SM</a>,<a href="/wiki/UB_postcode_area" title="UB postcode area">UB</a>, <a href="/wiki/WD_postcode_area" title="WD postcode area">WD</a>, <a href="/wiki/TN_postcode_area" title="TN postcode area">TN</a>, <a href="/wiki/TW_postcode_area" title="TW postcode area">TW</a> </li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r979066050">.mw-parser-output ul.cslist,.mw-parser-output ul.sslist{margin:0;padding:0;display:inline-block;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output ul.cslist-embedded{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .cslist li,.mw-parser-output .sslist li{margin:0;padding:0 0.25em 0 0;display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:after{content:", "}.mw-parser-output .sslist li:after{content:"; "}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:last-child:after,.mw-parser-output .sslist li:last-child:after{content:none}</style><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/020" title="020">020</a></li><li>01689</li><li>01708</li><li>01895</li></ul></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>E12000007 (region)</li><li>E61000001 (GLA)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GeoTLD" class="mw-redirect" title="GeoTLD">GeoTLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.london" title=".london">.london</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://london.gov.uk">london<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>London</b><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of urban areas in the United Kingdom">largest city</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of both <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, with a population of 8,866,180 in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_mid-year_pop_est_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_mid-year_pop_est-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_metropolitan_area" title="London metropolitan area">wider metropolitan area</a> is the largest in <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a>, with a population of 14.9 million.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London stands on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> down to the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years.<sup id="cite_ref-london_001_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its ancient core and <a href="/wiki/Financial_centre" title="Financial centre">financial centre</a>, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, was founded by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a> as <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a> and has retained its medieval boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">the national government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">parliament</a>. London grew rapidly <a href="/wiki/19th-century_London" title="19th-century London">in the 19th century</a>, becoming the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history" title="List of largest cities throughout history">largest city at the time</a>. Since the 19th century,<sup id="cite_ref-Mills2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mills2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chambers_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chambers-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the name "London" has referred to the <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">metropolis</a> around the City of London, historically split between the <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_England" title="Counties of England">counties</a> of <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-baffling_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baffling-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which since 1965 has largely comprised the administrative area of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, governed by <a href="#Local_government">33 local authorities</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politics_uk2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politics_uk2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As one of the world's major <a href="/wiki/Global_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Global cities">global cities</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London exerts a strong influence on world <a href="/wiki/Art_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Art of London">art</a>, entertainment, <a href="/wiki/Fashion_capital" title="Fashion capital">fashion</a>, commerce, finance, <a href="/wiki/Education_in_London" title="Education in London">education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_London" title="Healthcare in London">healthcare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_in_London" title="Media in London">media</a>, science, technology, <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_London" title="Tourism in London">tourism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_London" title="Transport in London">transport</a>, and communications.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite a post-<a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> exodus of stock listings from the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LSEExodusToNewYork_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSEExodusToNewYork-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSEExodus_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSEExodus-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London remains a European economic powerhouse,<sup id="cite_ref-London.gov.uk_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London.gov.uk-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Global_Financial_Centres_Index" title="Global Financial Centres Index">one of the world's major financial centres</a>. It hosts Europe's largest concentration of <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_higher_education_colleges_in_London" title="List of universities and higher education colleges in London">higher education institutions</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-london2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some of which are the highest-ranked academic institutions in the world: <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a> in <a href="/wiki/Natural_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural sciences">natural</a> and <a href="/wiki/Applied_science" title="Applied science">applied sciences</a>, the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Social_science" title="Social science">social sciences</a>, and the comprehensive <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_by_international_visitors" title="List of cities by international visitors">most visited city</a> in Europe and has the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_busiest_city_airport_systems_by_passenger_traffic" title="List of busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic">busiest city airport system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Busiest_skies_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Busiest_skies-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> is the world's oldest <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">rapid transit</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London's diverse cultures encompass over 300 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-london_006_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_006-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2023 population of Greater London of just under 10 million<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> made it Europe's <a href="/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits" title="List of European cities by population within city limits">third-most populous city</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-largest_city_eu_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-largest_city_eu-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accounting for 13.4% of the United Kingdom's population<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and over 16% of England's population. The <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Built-up_Area" title="Greater London Built-up Area">Greater London Built-up Area</a> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_Europe" title="List of urban areas in Europe">fourth-most populous</a> in Europe, with about 9.8 million inhabitants as of 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Demographia_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Demographia-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urbanpopulation_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urbanpopulation-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The London metropolitan area is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Europe" title="List of metropolitan areas in Europe">third-most populous</a> in Europe, with about 14 million inhabitants as of 2016, making London a <a href="/wiki/Megacity" title="Megacity">megacity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu_show_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu_show-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gla-plan-2015_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gla-plan-2015-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a> are located in London: <a href="/wiki/Kew_Gardens" title="Kew Gardens">Kew Gardens</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>; the site featuring the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Margaret%27s,_Westminster" title="St Margaret's, Westminster">Church of St. Margaret</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>; and the historic settlement in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a> defines the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">prime meridian</a> (0° <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_005_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_005-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other landmarks include <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>, the <a href="/wiki/London_Eye" title="London Eye">London Eye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus" title="Piccadilly Circus">Piccadilly Circus</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tower_Bridge" title="Tower Bridge">Tower Bridge</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>. The city has the most <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_London" title="List of museums in London">museums</a>, art galleries, libraries, and cultural venues in the UK, including the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tate_Modern" title="Tate Modern">Tate Modern</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>, and numerous <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> theatres.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Important <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_London" title="Sport in London">sporting events held in London</a> include the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_Final" title="FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a>, the <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon Tennis Championships</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/London_Marathon" title="London Marathon">London Marathon</a>. It became the first city to host three <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympic Games</a> upon hosting the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IOC_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Etymology_of_London" title="Etymology of London">Etymology of London</a></div> <p><i>London</i> is an ancient name, attested in the first century AD, usually in the <a href="/wiki/Latinisation_of_names" title="Latinisation of names">Latinised</a> form <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern scientific analyses of the name must account for the origins of the different forms found in early sources: <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> (usually <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Londinium</i></span>), <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> (usually <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Lunden</i></span>), and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> (usually <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Llundein</i></span>), with reference to the known developments over time of sounds in those different languages. It is agreed that the name came into these languages from <a href="/wiki/Common_Brittonic" title="Common Brittonic">Common Brythonic</a>; recent work tends to reconstruct the lost Celtic form of the name as <span title="Proto-Celtic-language text">*<i lang="cel">Londonjon</i></span> or something similar. This was then adapted into Latin as <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Londinium</i></span> and borrowed into Old English.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1889, the name "London" applied officially only to the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, but since then it has also referred to the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_London" title="History of London">History of London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a chronological guide, see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London" title="Timeline of London">Timeline of London</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3></div> <p>In 1993, remains of a <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> bridge were found on the south River Thames foreshore, upstream from <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge" title="Vauxhall Bridge">Vauxhall Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Denison_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Denison-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the timbers were <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">radiocarbon dated</a> to 1750–1285 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Denison_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Denison-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, foundations of a large timber structure, dated to 4800–4500 BC,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were found on the Thames' south foreshore downstream from Vauxhall Bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-Milne_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milne-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both structures are on the south bank of the Thames, where the now-underground <a href="/wiki/River_Effra" title="River Effra">River Effra</a> flows into the Thames.<sup id="cite_ref-Milne_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milne-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_London">Roman London</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:219px;max-width:219px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD,_Museum_of_London_(34881481351).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD%2C_Museum_of_London_%2834881481351%29.jpg/215px-Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD%2C_Museum_of_London_%2834881481351%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD%2C_Museum_of_London_%2834881481351%29.jpg/323px-Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD%2C_Museum_of_London_%2834881481351%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD%2C_Museum_of_London_%2834881481351%29.jpg/430px-Reconstruction_drawing_of_Londinium_in_120_AD%2C_Museum_of_London_%2834881481351%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3130" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Reconstruction drawing of <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a> in 120 AD</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Wall_fragment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/London_Wall_fragment.jpg/215px-London_Wall_fragment.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/London_Wall_fragment.jpg/323px-London_Wall_fragment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/London_Wall_fragment.jpg/430px-London_Wall_fragment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="563" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A surviving section of the 3rd-century <a href="/wiki/London_Wall" title="London Wall">London Wall</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Tower_Hill" title="Tower Hill">Tower Hill</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Despite the evidence of scattered Brythonic settlements in the area, the first major settlement was founded by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a> around 47 AD,<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about four years after their invasion of 43 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-roman_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roman-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This only lasted until about 61 AD, when the <a href="/wiki/Iceni" title="Iceni">Iceni</a> tribe led by <a href="/wiki/Boudica" title="Boudica">Queen Boudica</a> stormed it and burnt it to the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-london_010_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_010-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next planned incarnation of <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a> prospered, superseding <a href="/wiki/Colchester" title="Colchester">Colchester</a> as the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Britannia" title="Britannia">Britannia</a> in 100. At its height in the 2nd century, Roman London had a population of about 60,000.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anglo-Saxon_and_Viking-period_London">Anglo-Saxon and Viking-period London</h3></div> <p>With the early 5th-century collapse of Roman rule, the walled city of Londinium was effectively abandoned, although <a href="/wiki/Roman_civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman civilisation">Roman civilisation</a> continued around <a href="/wiki/St_Martin-in-the-Fields" title="St Martin-in-the-Fields">St Martin-in-the-Fields</a> until about 450.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From about 500, an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> settlement known as <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_London" title="Anglo-Saxon London">Lundenwic</a> developed slightly west of the old Roman city.<sup id="cite_ref-london_011_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_011-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By about 680 the city had become a major port again, but there is little evidence of large-scale production. From the 820s repeated <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Viking</a> assaults brought decline. Three are recorded; those in 851 and 886 succeeded, while the last, in 994, was rebuffed.<sup id="cite_ref-Viking_Attacks_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viking_Attacks-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Vikings applied <a href="/wiki/Danelaw" title="Danelaw">Danelaw</a> over much of eastern and northern England, its boundary running roughly from London to <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> as an area of political and geographical control imposed by the Viking incursions formally agreed by the <a href="/wiki/Danes" title="Danes">Danish</a> <a href="/wiki/Warlord" title="Warlord">warlord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guthrum" title="Guthrum">Guthrum</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_West_Saxons" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of the West Saxons">West Saxon</a> king <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a> in 886. The <i><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a></i> records that Alfred "refounded" London in 886. Archaeological research shows this involved abandonment of Lundenwic and a revival of life and trade within the old <a href="/wiki/London_Wall" title="London Wall">Roman walls</a>. London then grew slowly until a dramatic increase in about 950.<sup id="cite_ref-blackwell_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackwell-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 11th century, London was clearly the largest town in England. <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, rebuilt in <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> style by King <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a>, was one of the grandest churches in Europe. <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a> had been the capital of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England" title="History of Anglo-Saxon England">Anglo-Saxon England</a>, but from this time London became the main forum for foreign traders and the base for defence in time of war. In the view of <a href="/wiki/Frank_Stenton" title="Frank Stenton">Frank Stenton</a>: "It had the resources, and it was rapidly developing the dignity and the political self-consciousness appropriate to a <a href="/wiki/National_capital" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital">national capital</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto,_1749.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto%2C_1749.jpg/220px-Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto%2C_1749.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto%2C_1749.jpg/330px-Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto%2C_1749.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto%2C_1749.jpg/440px-Westminster_Abbey_by_Canaletto%2C_1749.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="984" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, as seen in this painting (<a href="/wiki/Canaletto" title="Canaletto">Canaletto</a>, 1749), is a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> and one of London's oldest and most important buildings.</figcaption></figure> <p>After winning the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings" title="Battle of Hastings">Battle of Hastings</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_the_Conqueror" title="William the Conqueror">William, Duke of Normandy</a> was crowned <a href="/wiki/King_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="King of England">King of England</a> in newly completed <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> on Christmas Day 1066.<sup id="cite_ref-london_015_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_015-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> William built the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>, the first of many such in England rebuilt in stone in the south-eastern corner of the city, to intimidate the inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-london_016_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_016-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1097, <a href="/wiki/William_II_of_England" title="William II of England">William II</a> began building <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Hall" title="Westminster Hall">Westminster Hall</a>, near the abbey. It became the basis of a new <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_017_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_017-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 12th century, the institutions of central government, which had hitherto followed the royal English court around the country, grew in size and sophistication and became increasingly fixed, for most purposes at <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a>, although the royal treasury came to rest in the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower</a>. While the <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">City of Westminster</a> developed into a true governmental capital, its distinct neighbour, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, remained England's largest city and principal commercial centre and flourished under its own unique administration, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">Corporation of London</a>. In 1100, its population was some 18,000; by 1300 it had grown to nearly 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-london_019_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_019-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the <a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a> in the mid-14th century, London lost nearly a third of its population.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London was the focus of the <a href="/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt" title="Peasants' Revolt">Peasants' Revolt</a> in 1381.<sup id="cite_ref-london_020_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_020-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London was a centre of England's <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England_(1066%E2%80%931290)" title="History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)">Jewish population</a> before their <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Expulsion" title="Edict of Expulsion">expulsion</a> by <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a> in 1290. Violence against Jews occurred in 1190, when it was rumoured that the new king had ordered their massacre after they had presented themselves at his coronation.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacobs_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacobs-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1264 during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Barons%27_War" title="Second Barons' War">Second Barons' War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester" title="Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester">Simon de Montfort</a>'s rebels killed 500 Jews while attempting to seize records of debts.<sup id="cite_ref-Mundill2010_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mundill2010-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_modern">Early modern</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siege_of_London_(MS_1168).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Siege_of_London_%28MS_1168%29.jpg/170px-Siege_of_London_%28MS_1168%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Siege_of_London_%28MS_1168%29.jpg/255px-Siege_of_London_%28MS_1168%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Siege_of_London_%28MS_1168%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="488" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lancaster" title="House of Lancaster">Lancastrian</a> siege of London in 1471 is attacked by a <a href="/wiki/House_of_York" title="House of York">Yorkist</a> sally.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor period</a>, the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Reformation</a> produced a gradual shift to <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>. Much of London property passed from church to private ownership, which accelerated trade and business in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1475, the <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a> set up a main trading base (<i><a href="/wiki/Kontor" title="Kontor">kontor</a></i>) of England in London, called the <i>Stalhof</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Steelyard" title="Steelyard">Steelyard</a></i>. It remained until 1853, when the Hanseatic cities of <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> sold the property to <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway,_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Railway, UK">South Eastern Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Woollen" class="mw-redirect" title="Woollen">Woollen</a> cloth was shipped undyed and undressed from 14th/15th century London to the nearby shores of the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yet English maritime enterprise hardly reached beyond the seas of <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Europe" title="Northwestern Europe">north-west Europe</a>. The commercial route to Italy and the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> was normally through <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> and over the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>; any ships passing through the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a> to or from England were likely to be Italian or <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ragusa" title="Republic of Ragusa">Ragusan</a>. The reopening of the Netherlands to English shipping in January 1565 spurred a burst of commercial activity.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London" title="Royal Exchange, London">Royal Exchange</a> was founded.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mercantilism" title="Mercantilism">Mercantilism</a> grew and monopoly traders such as the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> were founded as trade expanded to the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a>. London became the main <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> port, with migrants arriving from England and abroad. The population rose from about 50,000 in 1530 to about 225,000 in 1605.<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg/220px-London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg/330px-London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg/440px-London_-_John_Norden%27s_map_of_1593.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3760" /></a><figcaption>Map of London in 1593. There is only one bridge across the Thames, but parts of Southwark on the south bank of the river have been developed.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 16th century, <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> and his contemporaries lived in London during <a href="/wiki/English_Renaissance_theatre" title="English Renaissance theatre">English Renaissance theatre</a>. Shakespeare's <a href="/wiki/Globe_Theatre" title="Globe Theatre">Globe Theatre</a> was constructed in 1599 in <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Southwark" title="London Borough of Southwark">Southwark</a>. Stage performances came to a halt in London when <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> authorities <a href="/wiki/London_theatre_closure_1642" title="London theatre closure 1642">shut down the theatres</a> in the 1640s.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ban on theatre was lifted during <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Restoration" title="Stuart Restoration">the Restoration</a> in 1660, and London's oldest operating theatre, <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane" title="Theatre Royal, Drury Lane">Drury Lane</a>, opened in 1663 in what is now the <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> theatre district.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the Tudor period in 1603, London was still compact. There was an assassination attempt on <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">James I</a> in Westminster, in the <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" title="Gunpowder Plot">Gunpowder Plot</a> of 5 November 1605.<sup id="cite_ref-london_023_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_023-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1637, the government of <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> attempted to reform administration in the London area. This called for the Corporation of the city to extend its jurisdiction and administration over expanding areas around the city. Fearing an attempt by the Crown to diminish the <a href="/wiki/Liberties_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberties of London">Liberties of London</a>, coupled with a lack of interest in administering these additional areas or concern by city guilds of having to share power, caused the Corporation's "The Great Refusal", a decision which largely continues to account for the unique governmental status of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Fire_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Great_Fire_London.jpg/260px-Great_Fire_London.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Great_Fire_London.jpg/390px-Great_Fire_London.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Great_Fire_London.jpg/520px-Great_Fire_London.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5477" data-file-height="3189" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire of London</a> destroyed many parts of the city in 1666.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, the majority of Londoners supported the <a href="/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Parliamentary</a> cause. After an initial advance by the <a href="/wiki/Cavaliers" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavaliers">Royalists</a> in 1642, culminating in the battles of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brentford_(1642)" title="Battle of Brentford (1642)">Brentford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Turnham_Green" title="Battle of Turnham Green">Turnham Green</a>, London was surrounded by a defensive perimeter wall known as the <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_Communication_(London)" title="Lines of Communication (London)">Lines of Communication</a>. The lines were built by up to 20,000 people, and were completed in under two months.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fortifications failed their only test when the <a href="/wiki/New_Model_Army" title="New Model Army">New Model Army</a> entered London in 1647,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they were levelled by Parliament the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London was <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">plagued</a> by disease in the early 17th century,<sup id="cite_ref-london_024_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_024-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> culminating in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London" title="Great Plague of London">Great Plague</a> of 1665–1666, which killed up to 100,000 people, or a fifth of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-london_024_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_024-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire of London</a> broke out in 1666 in Pudding Lane in the city and quickly swept through the wooden buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-Samuel_Pepys'_Diary_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samuel_Pepys'_Diary-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rebuilding took over ten years and was supervised by polymath <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hooke" title="Robert Hooke">Robert Hooke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_026_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_026-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg/170px-Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg/255px-Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg/340px-Edward_Angelo_Goodall04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> (painted by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Angelo_Goodall" title="Edward Angelo Goodall">Edward Goodall</a> in 1850) was completed in 1710</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1710, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a>'s masterpiece, <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a>, was completed, replacing its medieval predecessor that burned in the Great Fire of 1666. The dome of St Paul's dominated the London skyline for centuries, inspiring the artworks and writing of <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a>, with his 1789 poem "<a href="/wiki/Holy_Thursday_(Songs_of_Innocence)" title="Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)">Holy Thursday</a>" referring to 'the high dome of Pauls'.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian era</a>, new districts such as <a href="/wiki/Mayfair" title="Mayfair">Mayfair</a> were formed in the west; new bridges over the Thames encouraged development in <a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">South London</a>. In the east, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_London" title="Port of London">Port of London</a> expanded downstream. London's development as an international <a href="/wiki/Financial_centre" title="Financial centre">financial centre</a> matured for much of the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Finance_Hub_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finance_Hub-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1762, <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of Great Britain">George III</a> acquired <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham House</a>, which was enlarged over the next 75 years. During the 18th century, London was said to be dogged by crime,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners" title="Bow Street Runners">Bow Street Runners</a> were established in 1750 as a professional police force.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Epidemics during the 1720s and 30s saw most children born in the city die before reaching their fifth birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">Coffee-houses</a> became a popular place to debate ideas, as growing <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literacy</a> and development of the <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a> made news widely available, with <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Street" title="Fleet Street">Fleet Street</a> becoming the centre of the British press. The invasion of Amsterdam by Napoleonic armies led many financiers to relocate to London and the first London international issue was arranged in 1817. Around the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> became the world's leading war fleet, acting as a major deterrent to potential economic adversaries. Following a fire in 1838, the Royal Exchange was redesigned by <a href="/wiki/William_Tite" title="William Tite">William Tite</a> and rebuilt in 1844. The repeal of the <a href="/wiki/Corn_Laws" title="Corn Laws">Corn Laws</a> in 1846 was specifically aimed at weakening Dutch economic power. London then overtook Amsterdam as the leading international financial centre.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_modern_and_contemporary">Late modern and contemporary</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London,_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London%2C_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London%2C_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London%2C_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London%2C_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London%2C_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Fotografi_av_Royal_Exchange._London%2C_England_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_105857.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4135" data-file-height="3418" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London" title="Royal Exchange, London">Royal Exchange</a> in 1886. It was founded in 1571 (with the present building rebuilt in 1844) as a centre of commerce for the City of London.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> in Britain, an unprecedented growth in <a href="/wiki/Urbanisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbanisation">urbanisation</a> took place, and the number of <a href="/wiki/High_Street" title="High Street">High Streets</a> (the primary street for retail in Britain) rapidly grew.<sup id="cite_ref-Sales_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sales-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London was the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history" title="List of largest cities throughout history">largest city from about 1831 to 1925</a>, with a population density of 802 per acre (325 per hectare).<sup id="cite_ref-london_030_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_030-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the growing number of stores selling goods, such as <a href="/wiki/Harding,_Howell_%26_Co." title="Harding, Howell & Co.">Harding, Howell & Co.</a>—one of the first <a href="/wiki/Department_store" title="Department store">department stores</a>—located on <a href="/wiki/Pall_Mall,_London" title="Pall Mall, London">Pall Mall</a>, the streets had scores of <a href="/wiki/Hawker_(trade)" title="Hawker (trade)">street sellers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sales_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sales-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London's overcrowded conditions led to <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> epidemics, claiming 14,000 lives in 1848, and 6,000 in 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rising <a href="/wiki/Traffic_congestion" title="Traffic congestion">traffic congestion</a> led to the creation of the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>, the world's first <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">urban rail network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Board_of_Works" title="Metropolitan Board of Works">Metropolitan Board of Works</a> oversaw infrastructure expansion in the capital and some surrounding counties; it was abolished in 1889 when the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a> was created out of county areas surrounding the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the early years of the 20th century onwards, <a href="/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom#Tea_rooms" title="Tea in the United Kingdom">teashops</a> were found on High Streets across London and the rest of Britain, with <a href="/wiki/J._Lyons_and_Co." title="J. Lyons and Co.">Lyons</a>, who opened the first of their <a href="/wiki/Chain_store" title="Chain store">chain</a> of teashops in <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a> in 1894, leading the way.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tearooms, such as the <a href="/wiki/Criterion_Restaurant" title="Criterion Restaurant">Criterion</a> in Piccadilly, became a popular meeting place for women from the suffrage movement.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was the target of many attacks during the <a href="/wiki/Suffragette_bombing_and_arson_campaign" title="Suffragette bombing and arson campaign">suffragette bombing and arson campaign</a>, between 1912 and 1914, which saw historic landmarks such as <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> bombed.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg/220px-British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg/330px-British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg/440px-British_recruits_August_1914_Q53234.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3442" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">British volunteer recruits in London, August 1914, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg/220px-LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg/330px-LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg/440px-LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1968" data-file-height="1406" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A bombed-out London street during <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="German_air_attacks"></span>London was <a href="/wiki/German_strategic_bombing_during_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="German strategic bombing during World War I">bombed by the Germans</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, and during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a> and other bombings by the German <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> killed over 30,000 Londoners, destroying large tracts of housing and other buildings across the city.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tomb of <a href="/wiki/The_Unknown_Warrior" title="The Unknown Warrior">the Unknown Warrior</a>, an unidentified member of the British armed forces killed during the First World War, was buried in Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Cenotaph" title="The Cenotaph">The Cenotaph</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>, was unveiled on the same day, and is the focal point for the <a href="/wiki/National_Service_of_Remembrance" title="National Service of Remembrance">National Service of Remembrance</a> held annually on <a href="/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday" title="Remembrance Sunday">Remembrance Sunday</a>, the closest Sunday to 11 November.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948 Summer Olympics</a> were held at the original <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a>, while London was still recovering from the war.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 1940s, London became home to many immigrants, primarily from <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> countries such as Jamaica, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan,<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making London one of the most diverse cities in the world. In 1951, the <a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Britain" title="Festival of Britain">Festival of Britain</a> was held on the <a href="/wiki/South_Bank" title="South Bank">South Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Great_Smog" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Smog">Great Smog</a> of 1952 led to the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956" title="Clean Air Act 1956">Clean Air Act 1956</a>, which ended the "<a href="/wiki/Pea_soup_fog" title="Pea soup fog">pea soup fogs</a>" for which London had been notorious, and had earned it the nickname the "Big Smoke".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting mainly in the mid-1960s, London became a centre for worldwide <a href="/wiki/Youth_culture" title="Youth culture">youth culture</a>, exemplified by the <a href="/wiki/Swinging_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinging London">Swinging London</a> sub-culture associated with the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road" title="King's Road">King's Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carnaby_Street" title="Carnaby Street">Carnaby Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role of trendsetter revived in the <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk</a> era.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965 London's political boundaries were expanded in response to the growth of the urban area and a new <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a> was created.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a> in Northern Ireland, London was hit from 1973 by bomb attacks by the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bombings_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bombings-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These attacks lasted for two decades, starting with the <a href="/wiki/Old_Bailey_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Bailey bombing">Old Bailey bombing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bombings_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bombings-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Racial inequality was highlighted by the <a href="/wiki/1981_Brixton_riot" title="1981 Brixton riot">1981 Brixton riot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greater London's population declined in the decades after the Second World War, from an estimated peak of 8.6 million in 1939 to around 6.8 million in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The principal ports for London moved downstream to <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Felixstowe" title="Port of Felixstowe">Felixstowe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Tilbury" title="Port of Tilbury">Tilbury</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/London_Docklands" title="London Docklands">London Docklands</a> area becoming a focus for regeneration, including the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a> development. This was born out of London's increasing role as an international financial centre in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located about 2 miles (3 km) east of central London, the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Barrier" title="Thames Barrier">Thames Barrier</a> was completed in the 1980s to protect London against tidal surges from the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986, leaving London with no central administration until 2000 and the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To mark the 21st century, the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Dome" title="Millennium Dome">Millennium Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Eye" title="London Eye">London Eye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Bridge_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Millennium Bridge (London)">Millennium Bridge</a> were constructed.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 July 2005 London was awarded the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>, as the first city to stage the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> three times.<sup id="cite_ref-IOC_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 July 2005, three London Underground trains and a double-decker bus were bombed in a <a href="/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings" title="7 July 2005 London bombings">series of terrorist attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bombings_105-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bombings-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> named London alongside New York City and Hong Kong as <a href="/wiki/Nylonkong" title="Nylonkong">Nylonkong</a>, hailing them as the world's three most influential <a href="/wiki/Global_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Global cities">global cities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2015, Greater London's population was estimated to be 8.63 million, its highest since 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-gla-pop-2015_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gla-pop-2015-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">Brexit referendum</a> in 2016, the UK as a whole decided to leave the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, but most London constituencies voted for remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Britain's <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">exit from the EU</a> in early 2020 only marginally weakened London's position as an international financial centre.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_London" title="Local government in London">Local government in London</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_London" title="History of local government in London">History of local government in London</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_London_government" title="List of heads of London government">List of heads of London government</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:City_coat_of_arms,_Holborn_Viaduct_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/City_coat_of_arms%2C_Holborn_Viaduct_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-City_coat_of_arms%2C_Holborn_Viaduct_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/City_coat_of_arms%2C_Holborn_Viaduct_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-City_coat_of_arms%2C_Holborn_Viaduct_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/City_coat_of_arms%2C_Holborn_Viaduct_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-City_coat_of_arms%2C_Holborn_Viaduct_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="1021" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_London" title="Coat of arms of the City of London">Arms of the Corporation of the City of London</a><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The administration of London is formed of two tiers: a citywide, strategic tier and a local tier. Citywide administration is coordinated by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a> (GLA), while local administration is carried out by 33 smaller authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-london_032_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_032-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GLA consists of two elected components: the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">mayor of London</a>, who has <a href="/wiki/Executive_powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive powers">executive powers</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a>, which scrutinises the mayor's decisions and can accept or reject the mayor's budget proposals each year. The GLA has responsibility for the majority of London's transport system through its functional arm <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a> (TfL), it is responsible for overseeing the city's police and fire services, and also for setting a strategic vision for London on a range of issues.<sup id="cite_ref-london_goverance_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_goverance-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters of the GLA is <a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_Newham" class="mw-redirect" title="City Hall, Newham">City Hall</a>, Newham. The mayor since 2016 has been <a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> mayor of a major Western capital.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor's <a href="/wiki/Statutory_planning" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory planning">statutory planning</a> strategy is published as the <a href="/wiki/London_Plan" title="London Plan">London Plan</a>, which was most recently revised in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-london_plan_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_plan-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local authorities are the councils of the 32 <a href="/wiki/London_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="London borough">London boroughs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_035_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_035-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are responsible for most local services, such as local planning, schools, libraries, leisure and recreation, <a href="/wiki/Social_work" title="Social work">social services</a>, local roads and refuse collection.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Certain functions, such as <a href="/wiki/Waste_disposal_authorities_in_London" title="Waste disposal authorities in London">waste management</a>, are provided through joint arrangements. In 2009–2010 the combined revenue expenditure by London councils and the GLA amounted to just over £22 billion (£14.7 billion for the boroughs and £7.4 billion for the GLA).<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London Fire Brigade</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Statute" title="Statute">statutory</a> <a href="/wiki/Fire_service_in_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire service in the UK">fire and rescue service</a> for Greater London, run by the <a href="/wiki/London_Fire_and_Emergency_Planning_Authority" title="London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority">London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority</a>. It is the third largest fire service in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-LFB_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LFB-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> <a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services" title="Emergency medical services">ambulance services</a> are provided by the <a href="/wiki/London_Ambulance_Service" title="London Ambulance Service">London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust</a>, the largest free-at-the-point-of-use emergency ambulance service in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-LAS_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAS-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_Air_Ambulance" class="mw-redirect" title="London Air Ambulance">London Air Ambulance</a> charity operates in conjunction with the LAS where required. <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Coastguard">Her Majesty's Coastguard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution" title="Royal National Lifeboat Institution">Royal National Lifeboat Institution</a> operate on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a>, which is under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_London_Authority" title="Port of London Authority">Port of London Authority</a> from <a href="/wiki/Teddington_Lock" title="Teddington Lock">Teddington Lock</a> to the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_government">National government</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_%28cropped%29.jpg/190px-10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_%28cropped%29.jpg/285px-10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_%28cropped%29.jpg/380px-10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="1738" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a>, official residence of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></figcaption></figure> <p>London is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>. Many government departments, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister's</a> residence at <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a>, are based close to the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, particularly along <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_036_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_036-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are 75 members of <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">Parliament</a> (MPs) from London; As of <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">June 2024</a>, 59 are from the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>, 9 are <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a>, 6 are <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> and one constituency is held by an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministerial post of <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_London" title="Minister for London">minister for London</a> was created in 1994, however as of 2024, the post has been vacant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policing_and_crime">Policing and crime</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_London" title="Crime in London">Crime in London</a></div> <p>Policing in Greater London, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> ("The Met"), overseen by the mayor through the <a href="/wiki/Mayor%27s_Office_for_Policing_and_Crime" title="Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime">Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime</a> (MOPAC).<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Met is also referred to as <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a> after the location of its original headquarters in a road called <a href="/wiki/Great_Scotland_Yard" title="Great Scotland Yard">Great Scotland Yard</a> in Whitehall. The City of London has its own police force – the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Policing_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Policing-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First worn by Met police officers in 1863, the <a href="/wiki/Custodian_helmet" title="Custodian helmet">custodian helmet</a> has been called a "cultural icon" and a "symbol of British law enforcement".<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Introduced by the Met in 1929, the blue <a href="/wiki/Police_box" title="Police box">police telephone box</a> (basis for the <a href="/wiki/TARDIS" title="TARDIS">TARDIS</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>) was once a common sight throughout London and regional cities in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SIS_building_(26327425611).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SIS_building_%2826327425611%29.jpg/240px-SIS_building_%2826327425611%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SIS_building_%2826327425611%29.jpg/360px-SIS_building_%2826327425611%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SIS_building_%2826327425611%29.jpg/480px-SIS_building_%2826327425611%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2715" data-file-height="1810" /></a><figcaption>Headquarters of <a href="/wiki/MI6" title="MI6">MI6</a>, the UK's foreign intelligence service, at the <a href="/wiki/SIS_Building" title="SIS Building">SIS Building</a>. Scenes featuring <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> (the fictional MI6 agent) have been filmed here.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Police" title="British Transport Police">British Transport Police</a> are responsible for police services on <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>, <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tramlink" title="Tramlink">Tramlink</a> services.<sup id="cite_ref-BTP_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BTP-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Police" title="Ministry of Defence Police">Ministry of Defence Police</a> is a special police force in London, which does not generally become involved with policing the general public.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK's domestic counter-intelligence service (<a href="/wiki/MI5" title="MI5">MI5</a>) is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Thames_House" title="Thames House">Thames House</a> on the north bank of the River Thames and the foreign intelligence service (<a href="/wiki/MI6" title="MI6">MI6</a>) is headquartered in the <a href="/wiki/SIS_Building" title="SIS Building">SIS Building</a> on the south bank.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crime rates vary widely across different areas of London. Crime figures are made available nationally at <a href="/wiki/Local_authority#England" class="mw-redirect" title="Local authority">Local Authority</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ward_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (England)">Ward</a> level.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, there were 118 homicides, a 25.5% increase over 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recorded crime has been rising in London, notably violent crime and murder by stabbing and other means have risen. There were 50 murders from the start of 2018 to mid April 2018. Funding cuts to police in London are likely to have contributed to this, though other factors are involved.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, homicide figures fell in 2022 with 109 recorded for the year, and the murder rate in London is much lower than <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rate" title="List of cities by homicide rate">other major cities</a> around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_London" title="Geography of London">Geography of London</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scope">Scope</h3></div> <p>London, also known as <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, is one of nine <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">regions of England</a> and the top subdivision covering most of the city's metropolis. The <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> at its core once comprised the whole settlement, but as its urban area grew, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">Corporation of London</a> resisted attempts to amalgamate the city with its <a href="/wiki/Suburbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburbs">suburbs</a>, causing "London" to be defined several ways.<sup id="cite_ref-chancery_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chancery-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/220px-London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/330px-London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/440px-London_by_Sentinel-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7368" data-file-height="5576" /></a><figcaption>Satellite view of London in June 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>Forty per cent of Greater London is covered by the <a href="/wiki/London_postal_district" title="London postal district">London post town</a>, in which 'London' forms part of postal addresses.<sup id="cite_ref-london_042_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_042-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The London telephone <a href="/wiki/Area_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code">area code</a> (020) covers a larger area, similar in size to Greater London, although some outer districts are excluded and some just outside included. The Greater London boundary has been <a href="/wiki/List_of_Greater_London_boundary_changes" title="List of Greater London boundary changes">aligned to the M25 motorway</a> in places.<sup id="cite_ref-london_044_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_044-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further urban expansion is now prevented by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Green_Belt" title="Metropolitan Green Belt">Metropolitan Green Belt</a>, although the built-up area extends beyond the boundary in places, producing a separately defined <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater London Urban Area">Greater London Urban Area</a>. Beyond this is the vast <a href="/wiki/London_commuter_belt" class="mw-redirect" title="London commuter belt">London commuter belt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_041_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_041-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greater London is split for some purposes into <a href="/wiki/Inner_London" title="Inner London">Inner London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Outer_London" title="Outer London">Outer London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-london_045_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_045-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by the River Thames into <a href="/wiki/North_London" title="North London">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">South</a>, with an informal <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">central London</a> area. The coordinates of the nominal centre of London, traditionally the original <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Cross">Eleanor Cross</a> at <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a> near the junction of <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>, are about <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=London&params=51_30_26_N_00_07_39_W_type:city(7,000,000)_region:GB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°30′26″N</span> <span class="longitude">00°07′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.50722°N 0.12750°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.50722; -0.12750</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_039_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_039-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Status">Status</h3></div> <p>Within London, both the City of London and the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> have <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a>. The City of London and the remainder of Greater London are both <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">counties for the purposes of lieutenancies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_049_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_049-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area of <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England#Greater_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Greater London</a> includes areas that are part of the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">historic counties</a> of <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_050_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_050-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, Greater London has been defined as a <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">region of England</a> and in this context is known as <i>London</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England by <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_convention_(political_custom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional convention (political custom)">convention</a> rather than statute. The capital of England was moved to London from <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a> developed in the 12th and 13th centuries to become the permanent location of the <a href="/wiki/Noble_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Noble court">royal court</a>, and thus the political capital of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-london_060_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_060-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg/220px-London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg/330px-London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg/440px-London_from_Primrose_Hill_May_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4388" data-file-height="3021" /></a><figcaption>London from <a href="/wiki/Primrose_Hill" title="Primrose Hill">Primrose Hill</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Greater London encompasses a total area of 611 square miles (1,583 km<sup>2</sup>) an area which had a population of 7,172,036 in 2001 and a population density of 11,760 inhabitants per square mile (4,542/km<sup>2</sup>). The extended area known as the London Metropolitan Region or the London Metropolitan Agglomeration, comprises a total area of 3,236 square miles (8,382 km<sup>2</sup>) has a population of 13,709,000 and a population density of 3,900 inhabitants per square mile (1,510/km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-Metrop_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metrop-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern London stands on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">Thames</a>, its primary geographical feature, a <a href="/wiki/Navigability" title="Navigability">navigable</a> river which crosses the city from the south-west to the east. The <a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley" title="Thames Valley">Thames Valley</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">flood plain</a> surrounded by gently rolling hills including <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Hill,_London" title="Parliament Hill, London">Parliament Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Addington_Hills" title="Addington Hills">Addington Hills</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Primrose_Hill" title="Primrose Hill">Primrose Hill</a>. Historically London grew up at the <a href="/wiki/Lowest_bridging_point" title="Lowest bridging point">lowest bridging point</a> on the Thames. The Thames was once a much broader, shallower river with extensive <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshlands</a>; at high tide, its shores reached five times their present width.<sup id="cite_ref-london_065_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_065-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> the Thames has been extensively <a href="/wiki/Thames_Embankment" title="Thames Embankment">embanked</a>, and many of its London <a href="/wiki/Tributaries_of_the_River_Thames" title="Tributaries of the River Thames">tributaries</a> now flow <a href="/wiki/Subterranean_rivers_of_London" title="Subterranean rivers of London">underground</a>. The Thames is a tidal river, and London is vulnerable to flooding.<sup id="cite_ref-london_066_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_066-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The threat has increased over time because of a slow but continuous rise in <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">high water</a> level caused by <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> and by the slow 'tilting' of the British Isles as a result of <a href="/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound" title="Post-glacial rebound">post-glacial rebound</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_067_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_067-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_London" title="Climate of London">Climate of London</a></div> <p>London has a temperate <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfb</i>). Rainfall records have been kept in the city since at least 1697, when records began at <a href="/wiki/Kew" title="Kew">Kew</a>. At Kew, the most rainfall in one month is 7.4 inches (189 mm) in November 1755 and the least is 0 inches (0 mm) in both December 1788 and July 1800. Mile End also had 0 inches (0 mm) in April 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wettest year on record is 1903, with a total fall of 38.1 inches (969 mm) and the driest is 1921, with a total fall of 12.1 inches (308 mm).<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average annual precipitation amounts to about 600mm, which is half the annual rainfall of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite relatively low annual precipitation, London receives 109.6 rainy days on the 1.0mm threshold annually. London is vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Climate change in the United Kingdom">climate change</a>, and there is concern among <a href="/wiki/Hydrology" title="Hydrology">hydrological</a> experts that households may run out of water before 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Temperature extremes in London range from 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) at Heathrow on 19 July 2022 down to −17.4 °C (0.7 °F) at Northolt on 13 December 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Records for <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure" title="Atmospheric pressure">atmospheric pressure</a> have been kept at London since 1692. The highest pressure ever reported is 1,049.8 millibars (31.00 inHg) on 20 January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Summers are generally warm, sometimes hot. London's average July high is 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). On average each year, London experiences 31 days above 25 °C (77.0 °F) and 4.2 days above 30.0 °C (86.0 °F). During the <a href="/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 European heat wave">2003 European heat wave</a>, prolonged heat led to hundreds of heat-related deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A previous spell of 15 consecutive days above 32.2 °C (90.0 °F) in England in 1976 also caused many heat related deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A previous temperature of 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) in August 1911 at the Greenwich station was later disregarded as non-standard.<sup id="cite_ref-metoffice.gov.uk_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metoffice.gov.uk-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Droughts can also, occasionally, be a problem, especially in summer, most recently in summer 2018, and with much drier than average conditions prevailing from May to December.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the most consecutive days without rain was 73 days in the spring of 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Winters are generally cool with little temperature variation. Heavy snow is rare but snow usually falls at least once each winter. Spring and autumn can be pleasant. As a large city, London has a considerable <a href="/wiki/Urban_heat_island" title="Urban heat island">urban heat island</a> effect,<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making the centre of London at times 5 °C (9 °F) warmer than the suburbs and outskirts.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-collapse navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:London_weatherbox" title="Template:London weatherbox"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:London_weatherbox" title="Template talk:London weatherbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:London_weatherbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:London weatherbox"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div class="navbar-ct-mini">Climate data for London (<a href="/wiki/LHR" class="mw-redirect" title="LHR">LHR</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> elevation: 25 m (82 ft), 1991–2020 normals</div> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.2<br />(104.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.1<br />(100.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">40.2<br />(104.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.1<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.9<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.9<br />(16.0) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.1<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.1<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.4<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17.4<br />(0.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.8<br />(2.31) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(1.77) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.8<br />(1.53) </td> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.3<br />(1.67) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(1.81) </td> <td style="background: #B6FFB6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.3<br />(1.86) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.8<br />(1.80) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.8<br />(2.08) </td> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.6<br />(1.95) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(2.56) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.6<br />(2.62) </td> <td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(2.25) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">615.0<br />(24.21) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">111.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">73 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #6F6F6F; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.1 </td> <td style="background: #9E9E9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.8 </td> <td style="background: #B8B853; color:#000000;" class="notheme">124.5 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">176.7 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">207.5 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208.4 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">202.1 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">157.1 </td> <td style="background: #B4B46D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115.2 </td> <td style="background: #858585; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.7 </td> <td style="background: #646464; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55.0 </td> <td style="background: #C0C023; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,674.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27 </td> <td style="background: #C6C600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Meteorological_Institute" title="Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute">Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute</a><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Weather Atlas (percent sunshine and UV Index)<sup id="cite_ref-Weather_Atlas_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weather_Atlas-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CEDA Archive<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/TORRO" title="TORRO">TORRO</a><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Time and Date<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_London" title="Climate of London">Climate of London</a> for additional climate information. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London boroughs</a></div> <p>Places within London's vast urban area are identified using area names, such as <a href="/wiki/Mayfair" title="Mayfair">Mayfair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wembley" title="Wembley">Wembley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Whitechapel" title="Whitechapel">Whitechapel</a>. These are either informal designations, reflect the names of villages that have been absorbed by sprawl, or are superseded administrative units such as parishes or <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_boroughs_of_the_County_of_London" title="Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London">former boroughs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_(44761485915).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/London_%2844761485915%29.jpg/290px-London_%2844761485915%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/London_%2844761485915%29.jpg/435px-London_%2844761485915%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/London_%2844761485915%29.jpg/580px-London_%2844761485915%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4475" data-file-height="2652" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End theatre</a> district in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Such names have remained in use through tradition, each referring to a local area with its own distinctive character, but without official boundaries. Since 1965, Greater London has been divided into 32 <a href="/wiki/London_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="London borough">London boroughs</a> in addition to the ancient City of London.<sup id="cite_ref-london_071_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_071-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The City of London is the main financial district,<sup id="cite_ref-london_073_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_073-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a> has recently developed into a new financial and commercial hub in the <a href="/wiki/London_Docklands" title="London Docklands">Docklands</a> to the east. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a> is London's main entertainment and shopping district, attracting tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/West_(London_sub_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="West (London sub region)">West London</a> includes expensive residential areas where properties can sell for tens of millions of pounds.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average price for properties in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Kensington and Chelsea</a> is over £2 million with a similarly high outlay in most of central London.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End</a> is the area closest to the original <a href="/wiki/Port_of_London" title="Port of London">Port of London</a>, known for its high immigrant population, as well as for being one of the poorest areas in London.<sup id="cite_ref-East_End_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_End-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surrounding <a href="/wiki/North_East_(London_sub_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="North East (London sub region)">East London</a> area saw much of London's early industrial development; now, <a href="/wiki/Brownfield_land" title="Brownfield land">brownfield</a> sites throughout the area are being redeveloped as part of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway" title="Thames Gateway">Thames Gateway</a> including the <a href="/wiki/London_Riverside" title="London Riverside">London Riverside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower_Lea_Valley" title="Lower Lea Valley">Lower Lea Valley</a>, which was developed into the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Park, London">Olympic Park</a> for the <a href="/wiki/London_2012_Olympic_bid" class="mw-redirect" title="London 2012 Olympic bid">2012 Olympics and Paralympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-East_End_185-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_End-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_London" title="Architecture of London">Architecture of London</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_London" title="List of tallest buildings and structures in London">List of tallest buildings and structures in London</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_demolished_buildings_and_structures_in_London" title="List of demolished buildings and structures in London">List of demolished buildings and structures in London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg/220px-Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg/330px-Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg/440px-Aerial_Tower_of_London.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4687" data-file-height="2636" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>, a medieval castle, dating in part to 1078</figcaption></figure> <p>London's buildings are too diverse to be characterised by any particular architectural style, partly because of their varying ages. Many grand houses and public buildings, such as the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a>, are constructed from <a href="/wiki/Portland_stone" title="Portland stone">Portland stone</a>. Some areas of the city, particularly those just west of the centre, are characterised by white <a href="/wiki/Stucco" title="Stucco">stucco</a> or whitewashed buildings. Few structures in central London pre-date the <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire</a> of 1666, these being a few trace <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> remains, the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a> and a few scattered <a href="/wiki/Tudor_architecture" title="Tudor architecture">Tudor</a> survivors in the city. Further out is, for example, the Tudor-period <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_Palace" title="Hampton Court Palace">Hampton Court Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Part of the varied architectural heritage are the 17th-century churches by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a>, neoclassical financial institutions such as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London" title="Royal Exchange, London">Royal Exchange</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>, to the early 20th century <a href="/wiki/Old_Bailey" title="Old Bailey">Old Bailey</a> courthouse and the 1960s <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Estate" title="Barbican Estate">Barbican Estate</a>. The 1939 <a href="/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station" title="Battersea Power Station">Battersea Power Station</a> by the river in the south-west is a local landmark, while some railway termini are excellent examples of <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian architecture</a>, most notably <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St. Pancras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paddington_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddington railway station">Paddington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_078_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_078-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The density of London varies, with high employment density in the <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">central area</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a>, high residential densities in <a href="/wiki/Inner_London" title="Inner London">inner London</a>, and lower densities in <a href="/wiki/Outer_London" title="Outer London">Outer London</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buckingham_Palace_from_side,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Buckingham_Palace_from_side%2C_London%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/220px-Buckingham_Palace_from_side%2C_London%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Buckingham_Palace_from_side%2C_London%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/330px-Buckingham_Palace_from_side%2C_London%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Buckingham_Palace_from_side%2C_London%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/440px-Buckingham_Palace_from_side%2C_London%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9000" data-file-height="5426" /></a><figcaption>The east wing public façade of <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> was built between 1847 and 1850; it was remodelled to its present form in 1913.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg/220px-Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg/330px-Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg/440px-Trafalgar_Square_by_Christian_Reimer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> and its fountains, with <a href="/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column" title="Nelson's Column">Nelson's Column</a> on the right</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Monument" class="mw-redirect" title="The Monument">The Monument</a> in the City of London provides views of the surrounding area while commemorating the <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire of London</a>, which originated nearby. <a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch" title="Marble Arch">Marble Arch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Arch" title="Wellington Arch">Wellington Arch</a>, at the north and south ends of <a href="/wiki/Park_Lane_(road)" class="mw-redirect" title="Park Lane (road)">Park Lane</a>, respectively, have royal connections, as do the <a href="/wiki/Albert_Memorial" title="Albert Memorial">Albert Memorial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column" title="Nelson's Column">Nelson's Column</a> (built to commemorate <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Admiral Horatio Nelson</a>) is a nationally recognised monument in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>, one of the focal points of central London. Older buildings are mainly brick, commonly the yellow <a href="/wiki/London_stock_brick" title="London stock brick">London stock brick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_077_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_077-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the dense areas, most of the concentration is via medium- and high-rise buildings. London's skyscrapers, such as <a href="/wiki/30_St_Mary_Axe" class="mw-redirect" title="30 St Mary Axe">30 St Mary Axe</a> (dubbed "The Gherkin"), <a href="/wiki/Tower_42" title="Tower 42">Tower 42</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Broadgate_Tower" title="Broadgate Tower">Broadgate Tower</a> and <a href="/wiki/One_Canada_Square" title="One Canada Square">One Canada Square</a>, are mostly in the two financial districts, the City of London and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a>. High-rise development is restricted at certain sites if it would obstruct <a href="/wiki/Protected_view" title="Protected view">protected views</a> of <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> and other historic buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-Protected_189-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protected-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This protective policy, known as 'St Paul's Heights', has been in operation by the City of London since 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-Protected_189-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protected-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, there are <a href="/wiki/Tall_buildings_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Tall buildings in London">a number of tall skyscrapers</a> in central London, including the 95-storey <a href="/wiki/Shard_London_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Shard London Bridge">Shard London Bridge</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom">tallest building in the United Kingdom</a> and Western Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other notable modern buildings include <a href="/wiki/The_Scalpel" title="The Scalpel">The Scalpel</a>, <a href="/wiki/20_Fenchurch_Street" title="20 Fenchurch Street">20 Fenchurch Street</a> (dubbed 'The Walkie-Talkie'), the former <a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_London_(Southwark)" title="City Hall, London (Southwark)">City Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> <a href="/wiki/BBC_Broadcasting_House" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Broadcasting House">BBC Broadcasting House</a> plus the <a href="/wiki/Postmodernism" title="Postmodernism">Postmodernist</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somers_Town,_London" title="Somers Town, London">Somers Town</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kings_Cross,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings Cross, London">Kings Cross</a> and <a href="/wiki/No_1_Poultry" title="No 1 Poultry">No 1 Poultry</a> by <a href="/wiki/James_Stirling_(architect)" title="James Stirling (architect)">James Stirling</a>. The <a href="/wiki/BT_Tower" title="BT Tower">BT Tower</a> stands at 620 feet (189 m) and has a 360 degree coloured LED screen near the top. What was formerly the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Dome" title="Millennium Dome">Millennium Dome</a>, by the Thames to the east of Canary Wharf, is now an entertainment venue called <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">the O<sub>2</sub> Arena</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:908px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) on the right foreground, the London Eye on the left foreground and The Shard with Canary Wharf in the background; seen in September 2014"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg/900px-Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="900" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg/1350px-Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg/1800px-Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7888" data-file-height="2926" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Palace_of_Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall_(cropped).jpg" title="File:Palace of Westminster from the dome on Methodist Central Hall (cropped).jpg"> </a></div>The <a href="/wiki/Houses_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Houses of Parliament">Houses of Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Elizabeth Tower</a> (Big Ben) on the right foreground, the <a href="/wiki/London_Eye" title="London Eye">London Eye</a> on the left foreground and <a href="/wiki/The_Shard" title="The Shard">The Shard</a> with <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a> in the background; seen in September 2014</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_history">Natural history</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/London_Natural_History_Society" title="London Natural History Society">London Natural History Society</a> suggests that London is "one of the World's Greenest Cities" with more than 40 per cent green space or open water. They indicate that 2000 species of flowering plant have been found growing there and that the <a href="/wiki/Tideway" title="Tideway">tidal Thames</a> supports 120 species of fish.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They state that over 60 species of bird nest in <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">central London</a> and that their members have recorded 47 species of butterfly, 1173 moths and more than 270 kinds of spider around London. London's <a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetland</a> areas support nationally important populations of many water birds. London has 38 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Greater_London" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London">Sites of Special Scientific Interest</a> (SSSIs), two <a href="/wiki/National_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="National nature reserve (United Kingdom)">national nature reserves</a> and 76 <a href="/wiki/List_of_local_nature_reserves_in_Greater_London" title="List of local nature reserves in Greater London">local nature reserves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Amphibians" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibians">Amphibians</a> are common in the capital, including <a href="/wiki/Smooth_newt" title="Smooth newt">smooth newts</a> living by the <a href="/wiki/Tate_Modern" title="Tate Modern">Tate Modern</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Common_frog" title="Common frog">common frogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_toad" title="Common toad">common toads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmate_newt" title="Palmate newt">palmate newts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_crested_newt" class="mw-redirect" title="Great crested newt">great crested newts</a>. On the other hand, native reptiles such as <a href="/wiki/Slowworm" class="mw-redirect" title="Slowworm">slowworms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Common lizard">common lizards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barred_grass_snake" title="Barred grass snake">barred grass snakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vipera_berus" class="mw-redirect" title="Vipera berus">adders</a>, are mostly only seen in <a href="/wiki/Outer_London" title="Outer London">Outer London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_Duncan~_-_Fox_Trot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="1086" /></a><figcaption>A fox on Ayres Street, <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">South London</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Among other inhabitants of London are 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Red_fox" title="Red fox">red foxes</a>, so that there are now 16 foxes for every square mile (6 per square km) of London. Other mammals found in <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a> are <a href="/wiki/European_hedgehog" title="European hedgehog">hedgehog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_rat" title="Brown rat">brown rat</a>, mice, <a href="/wiki/European_rabbit" title="European rabbit">rabbit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shrew" title="Shrew">shrew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vole" title="Vole">vole</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grey_squirrel" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey squirrel">grey squirrel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In wilder areas of Outer London, such as <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Epping Forest</a>, a wide variety of mammals are found, including <a href="/wiki/European_hare" title="European hare">European hare</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_badger" title="European badger">badger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Field_vole" class="mw-redirect" title="Field vole">field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bank_vole" title="Bank vole">bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_water_vole" title="European water vole">water vole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood_mouse" title="Wood mouse">wood mouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yellow-necked_mouse" title="Yellow-necked mouse">yellow-necked mouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_mole" title="European mole">mole</a>, shrew, and <a href="/wiki/Least_weasel" title="Least weasel">weasel</a>, in addition to red fox, grey squirrel and hedgehog. A dead <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_otter" title="Eurasian otter">otter</a> was found at The Highway, in <a href="/wiki/Wapping" title="Wapping">Wapping</a>, about a mile (1.6 km) from the <a href="/wiki/Tower_Bridge" title="Tower Bridge">Tower Bridge</a>, which would suggest that they have begun to move back after being absent a hundred years from the city.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten of England's eighteen species of bats have been recorded in Epping Forest: <a href="/wiki/Soprano_pipistrelle" title="Soprano pipistrelle">soprano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nathusius%27_pipistrelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathusius' pipistrelle">Nathusius'</a> and <a href="/wiki/Common_pipistrelle" title="Common pipistrelle">common pipistrelles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_noctule" title="Common noctule">common noctule</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serotine" class="mw-redirect" title="Serotine">serotine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbastelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbastelle">barbastelle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daubenton%27s_bat" title="Daubenton's bat">Daubenton's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_long-eared_bat" title="Brown long-eared bat">brown long-eared</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natterer%27s_bat" title="Natterer's bat">Natterer's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leisler%27s_bat" class="mw-redirect" title="Leisler's bat">Leisler's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Herds of <a href="/wiki/Red_deer" title="Red deer">red</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fallow_deer" title="Fallow deer">fallow deer</a> roam freely within much of <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Park" title="Richmond Park">Richmond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bushy_Park" title="Bushy Park">Bushy Park</a>. A cull takes place each November and February to ensure numbers can be sustained.<sup id="cite_ref-Deer_cull_begins_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deer_cull_begins-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Epping Forest is also known for its fallow deer, which can frequently be seen in herds to the north of the Forest. A rare population of <a href="/wiki/Melanistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Melanistic">melanistic</a>, black fallow deer is also maintained at the Deer Sanctuary near <a href="/wiki/Theydon_Bois" title="Theydon Bois">Theydon Bois</a>. <a href="/wiki/Reeve%27s_muntjac" class="mw-redirect" title="Reeve's muntjac">Muntjac deer</a> are also found in the forest. While Londoners are accustomed to wildlife such as birds and foxes sharing the city, more recently urban deer have started becoming a regular feature, and whole herds of fallow deer come into residential areas at night to take advantage of London's green spaces.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_London" title="Demographics of London">Demographics of London</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; text-align:right;"> <caption>2021 census - population of London by country of birth<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Country of birth</th> <th>Population</th> <th>Percent </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></th> <th>5,223,986</th> <th>59.4 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Non-United Kingdom</th> <th>3,575,739</th> <th>40.6 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11"></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td> <td>322,644</td> <td>3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>175,991</td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>149,397</td> <td>1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></td> <td>138,895</td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td> <td>129,774</td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td> <td>126,059</td> <td>1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td> <td>117,145</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></td> <td>96,566</td> <td>1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>80,379</td> <td>0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>77,715</td> <td>0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Others</td> <td>2,161,174</td> <td>24.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>8,799,725</th> <th>100.0 </th></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_London_population_density_map,_2011_census.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Greater_London_population_density_map%2C_2011_census.png/290px-Greater_London_population_density_map%2C_2011_census.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Greater_London_population_density_map%2C_2011_census.png/435px-Greater_London_population_density_map%2C_2011_census.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Greater_London_population_density_map%2C_2011_census.png/580px-Greater_London_population_density_map%2C_2011_census.png 2x" data-file-width="3896" data-file-height="3178" /></a><figcaption>Population density map</figcaption></figure> <p>London's continuous urban area extends beyond Greater London and numbered 9,787,426 people in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-urbanpopulation_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urbanpopulation-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while its wider <a href="/wiki/London_metropolitan_area" title="London metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> had a population of 12–14 million, depending on the definition used.<sup id="cite_ref-metro_area_1_201-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metro_area_1-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Eurostat" title="Eurostat">Eurostat</a>, London is the second <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Europe" title="List of metropolitan areas in Europe">most populous</a> metropolitan area in Europe. A net 726,000 immigrants arrived there in the period 1991–2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Immigration_202-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Immigration-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region covers 610 square miles (1,579 km<sup>2</sup>), giving a population density of 13,410 inhabitants per square mile (5,177/km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-Metrop_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metrop-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more than ten times that of any other <a href="/wiki/ITL_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="ITL (UK)">British region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_087_203-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_087-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In population terms, London is the 19th <a href="/wiki/World%27s_largest_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="World's largest cities">largest city</a> and the 18th <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan areas by population">largest metropolitan region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Billionaires_204-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billionaires-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In tenure, 23.1% socially rent within London, 46.8% either own their house outright or with a mortgage or loan and 30% privately rent at the 2021 census.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Londoner's work from home, 42.9% did so at the 2021 census while 20.6% drive a car to work. The biggest decrease in method of transportation was seen within those who take the train and underground, declining from 22.6% in 2011 to 9.6% in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In qualifications, 46.7% of London had census classified Level 4 qualifications or higher, which is predominately university degrees. 16.2% had no qualifications at all.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age_structure_and_median_age">Age structure and median age</h3></div> <p>London's median age is one of the youngest regions in the UK. It was recorded in 2018 that London's residents were 36.5 years old, which was younger than the UK median of 40.3.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_208-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Children younger than 14 constituted 20.6% of the population in Outer London in 2018, and 18% in Inner London. The 15–24 age group was 11.1% in Outer and 10.2% in Inner London, those aged 25–44 years 30.6% in Outer London and 39.7% in Inner London, those aged 45–64 years 24% and 20.7% in Outer and Inner London respectively. Those aged 65 and over are 13.6% in Outer London, but only 9.3% in Inner London.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_208-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Country_of_birth">Country of birth</h3></div> <p>The 2021 census recorded that 3,575,739 people or 40.6% of London's population were <a href="/wiki/Foreign-born_population_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Foreign-born population of the United Kingdom">foreign-born</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_209-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it among the cities with the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_born#Cities_with_largest_foreign_born_populations" title="Foreign born">largest immigrant population</a> in terms of absolute numbers and a growth of roughly 3 million since 1971 when the foreign born population was 668,373.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 13% of the total population were Asian born (32.1% of the total foreign born population), 7.1% are African born (17.5%), 15.5% are Other European born (38.2%) and 4.2% were born in the Americas and Caribbean (10.3%).<sup id="cite_ref-:3_211-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 5 largest single countries of origin were respectively India, Romania, Poland, Bangladesh and Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_211-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 56.8% of children born in London in 2021 were born to a mother who was born abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_212-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This trend has been increasing in the past two decades when foreign born mothers made up 43.3% of births in 2001 in London, becoming the majority in the middle of the 2000s by 2006 comprising 52.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_212-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A large degree of the foreign born population who were present at the 2021 census had arrived relatively recently. Of the total population, those that arrived between the years of 2011 and 2021 account for 16.6% of London.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_213-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those who arrived between 2001 and 2010 are 10.4%, between 1991 and 2001, 5.7%, and prior to 1990, 7.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_213-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_London" title="Ethnic groups in London">Ethnic groups in London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader" style="text-align:center">Maps of Greater London showing percentage distribution of selected ethnic groups according to the 2021 Census</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:White_London_2021.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/White_London_2021.png/200px-White_London_2021.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/White_London_2021.png/300px-White_London_2021.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/White_London_2021.png/400px-White_London_2021.png 2x" data-file-width="4167" data-file-height="3205" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> (53.8%)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asian_London_2021.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Asian" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Asian_London_2021.png/200px-Asian_London_2021.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Asian_London_2021.png/300px-Asian_London_2021.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Asian_London_2021.png/400px-Asian_London_2021.png 2x" data-file-width="4134" data-file-height="3212" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian</a> (20.8%)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_London_2021.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Black" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Black_London_2021.png/200px-Black_London_2021.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Black_London_2021.png/300px-Black_London_2021.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Black_London_2021.png/400px-Black_London_2021.png 2x" data-file-width="4803" data-file-height="3597" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> (13.5%)</div></div></div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a>, based on the 2021 census, 53.8% of the 8,173,941 inhabitants of London were <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White</a>, with 36.8% <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">White British</a>, 1.8% <a href="/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish migration to Great Britain">White Irish</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gypsy (term)">Gypsy</a>/<a href="/wiki/Irish_traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish traveller">Irish Traveller</a>, 0.4 Roma and 14.7% classified as <a href="/wiki/Other_White" title="Other White">Other White</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_214-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, 22.2% of Londoners were of <a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian</a> or mixed-Asian descent, with 20.8% being of full Asian descents and 1.4% being of mixed-Asian heritage. <a href="/wiki/British_Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Indian">Indians</a> accounted for 7.5% of the population, followed by <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshi" class="mw-redirect" title="British Bangladeshi">Bangladeshis</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistanis</a> at 3.7% and 3.3% respectively. <a href="/wiki/British_Chinese" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a> people accounted for 1.7%, and <a href="/wiki/British_Arabs" title="British Arabs">Arabs</a> for 1.6%. A further 4.6% were classified as "Other Asian".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_214-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 15.9% of London's population were of <a href="/wiki/Black_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black</a> or mixed-Black descent. 13.5% were of full Black descent, with persons of mixed-Black heritage comprising 2.4%. <a href="/wiki/Black_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black Africans</a> accounted for 7.9% of London's population; 3.9% identified as <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_community" class="mw-redirect" title="British African-Caribbean community">Black Caribbean</a>, and 1.7% as "Other Black". 5.7% were of <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">mixed race</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_214-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This ethnic structure has changed considerably since the 1960s. Estimates for 1961 put the total non-White ethnic minority population at 179,109 comprising 2.3% of the population at the time,<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having risen since then to 1,346,119 and 20.2% in 1991<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 4,068,553 and 46.2% in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_218-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of those of a White British background, estimates for 1971 put the population at 6,500,000 and 87% of the total population,<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of since fell to 3,239,281 and 36.8% in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_218-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2021, the majority of London's school pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds. 23.9% were White British, 14% Other White, 23.2% Asian, 17.9% Black, 11.3% Mixed, 6.3% Other and 2.3% unclassified.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altogether at the 2021 census, of London's 1,695,741 population aged 0 to 15, 42% were White in total, splitting it down into 30.9% who were White British, 0.5% Irish, 10.6% Other White, 23% Asian, 16.4% Black, 12% Mixed and 6.6% another ethnic group.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3></div> <p>In January 2005, a survey of London's ethnic and religious diversity claimed that more than 300 languages were spoken in London and more than 50 non-indigenous communities had populations of more than 10,000.<sup id="cite_ref-london_090_222-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_090-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2021 census, 78.4% of Londoners spoke English as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_223-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 5 biggest languages outside of English were Romanian, Spanish, Polish, Bengali, and Portuguese.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_223-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_London" title="Religion in London">Religion in London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_London" title="List of churches in London">List of churches in London</a></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:lightgrey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 212.85786658353px; border-left-color:deeppink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:deeppink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:deeppink"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 185.47192171711px; border-left-color:goldenrod"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:goldenrod"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:goldenrod"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 160.68172176248px; border-left-color:yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:yellow"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 128.91922317851px; border-left-color:turquoise"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:turquoise"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:turquoise"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 104.49786809623px; border-left-color:darkorange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:darkorange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:darkorange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 52.545710044679px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:89.691905297828px 44.219476750019px 0 0; border-top-color:honeydew"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:honeydew"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 150.37540563794px 100px 0; border-right-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in London (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census2021_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2021-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (40.66%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:honeydew; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">No Religion</a> (27.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (14.99%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkorange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (5.15%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:turquoise; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> (1.65%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:yellow; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (1.64%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:goldenrod; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (0.99%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:deeppink; color:black;"> </span> Other Religions (0.88%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightgrey; color:black;"> </span> Religion not Stated (7.00%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 Census</a>, the largest religious groupings were <a href="/wiki/British_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="British Christianity">Christians</a> (40.66%), followed by those of no religion (20.7%), <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_London" title="Islam in London">Muslims</a> (15%), no response (8.5%), <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hinduism in the United Kingdom">Hindus</a> (5.15%), Jews (1.65%), <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sikhism in the United Kingdom">Sikhs</a> (1.64%), <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Buddhism in the United Kingdom">Buddhists</a> (1.0%) and other (0.8%).<sup id="cite_ref-census2021_224-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2021-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London has traditionally been <a href="/wiki/Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian">Christian</a>, and has a <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_London" title="List of churches in London">large number of churches</a>, particularly in the City of London. The well-known <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> in the City and <a href="/wiki/Southwark_Cathedral" title="Southwark Cathedral">Southwark Cathedral</a> south of the river are <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> administrative centres,<sup id="cite_ref-london_096_226-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_096-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>, principal bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> and worldwide <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, has his main residence at <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Palace" title="Lambeth Palace">Lambeth Palace</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lambeth" title="London Borough of Lambeth">London Borough of Lambeth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_097_227-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_097-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Important national and royal ceremonies are shared between <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_098_228-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_098-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Abbey is not to be confused with nearby <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral" title="Westminster Cathedral">Westminster Cathedral</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> cathedral in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_099_229-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_099-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the prevalence of Anglican churches, observance is low within the denomination. Anglican Church attendance continues a long, steady decline, according to Church of England statistics.<sup id="cite_ref-london_100_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_100-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable mosques include the <a href="/wiki/East_London_Mosque" title="East London Mosque">East London Mosque</a> in Tower Hamlets, which is allowed to give the Islamic call to prayer through loudspeakers, the <a href="/wiki/London_Central_Mosque" title="London Central Mosque">London Central Mosque</a> on the edge of <a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park" title="Regent's Park">Regent's Park</a><sup id="cite_ref-london_101_231-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_101-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Baitul_Futuh" class="mw-redirect" title="Baitul Futuh">Baitul Futuh</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmadiyya Muslim Community">Ahmadiyya Muslim Community</a>. After the oil boom, increasing numbers of wealthy <a href="/wiki/Middle-East" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle-East">Middle-Eastern</a> Arab Muslims based themselves around <a href="/wiki/Mayfair" title="Mayfair">Mayfair</a>, Kensington and <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a> in West London.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-london_102_234-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_102-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are large <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Muslim">Bengali Muslim</a> communities in the eastern boroughs of <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets" title="London Borough of Tower Hamlets">Tower Hamlets</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">Newham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Large Hindu communities are found in the north-western boroughs of <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Harrow" title="London Borough of Harrow">Harrow</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Brent" title="London Borough of Brent">Brent</a>, the latter hosting what was until 2006<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Europe's largest <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neasden_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Neasden Temple">Neasden Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_103_237-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_103-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London is home to 44 Hindu temples, including the <a href="/wiki/BAPS_Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir_London" title="BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London">BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London</a>. There are Sikh communities in East and West London, particularly in Southall, home to one of the largest Sikh populations and the largest Sikh temple outside India.<sup id="cite_ref-london_104_238-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_104-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of <a href="/wiki/British_Jews" title="British Jews">British Jews</a> live in London, with notable Jewish communities in <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Hill" title="Stamford Hill">Stamford Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanmore" title="Stanmore">Stanmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golders_Green" title="Golders Green">Golders Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finchley" title="Finchley">Finchley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hendon" title="Hendon">Hendon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edgware" title="Edgware">Edgware</a>, all in <a href="/wiki/North_London" title="North London">North London</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bevis_Marks_Synagogue" title="Bevis Marks Synagogue">Bevis Marks Synagogue</a> in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> is affiliated to London's historic <a href="/wiki/Sephardic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic">Sephardic</a> Jewish community. It is the only synagogue in Europe to have held regular services continually for over 300 years. <a href="/wiki/Stanmore_and_Canons_Park_Synagogue" title="Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue">Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue</a> has the largest membership of any Orthodox synagogue in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-london_106_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_106-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_Jewish_Forum" title="London Jewish Forum">London Jewish Forum</a> was set up in 2006 in response to the growing significance of devolved London Government.<sup id="cite_ref-london_107_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_107-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accents">Accents</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg/170px-St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg/255px-St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg/340px-St_Mary-le-Bow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3756403.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1165" data-file-height="2055" /></a><figcaption>Traditionally, anyone born within earshot of the bells of <a href="/wiki/St_Mary-le-Bow" title="St Mary-le-Bow">St Mary-le-Bow</a> church was considered to be a true <a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">Cockney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">Cockney</a> is an accent heard across London, mainly spoken by <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower_middle_class" title="Lower middle class">lower-middle class</a> Londoners. It is mainly attributed to the East End and wider East London, having originated there in the 18th century, although it has been suggested that the Cockney style of speech is much older.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some features of Cockney include, <a href="/wiki/Th-fronting" title="Th-fronting"><i>Th</i>-fronting</a> (pronouncing "th" as "f"), "th" inside a word is pronounced with a "v", <a href="/wiki/H-dropping" title="H-dropping"><i>H</i>-dropping</a>, and, like most English accents, a Cockney accent <a href="/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English" title="Rhoticity in English">drops the "r"</a> after a vowel.<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Camden Hotten, in his <i>Slang Dictionary</i> of 1859, makes reference to Cockney "use of a peculiar slang language" (<a href="/wiki/Rhyming_slang" title="Rhyming slang">Cockney rhyming slang</a>) when describing the <a href="/wiki/Costermonger" title="Costermonger">costermongers</a> of the East End. Since the start of the 21st century the extreme form of the Cockney dialect is less common in parts of the East End itself, with modern strongholds including other parts of London and suburbs in the <a href="/wiki/Home_counties" title="Home counties">home counties</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is particularly pronounced in areas like Romford (in the London Borough of Havering) and Southend (in Essex) which have received significant inflows of older East End residents in recent decades.<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Estuary_English" title="Estuary English">Estuary English</a> is an intermediate accent between Cockney and <a href="/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" title="Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is widely spoken by people of all classes.<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Multicultural_London_English" title="Multicultural London English">Multicultural London English</a> (MLE) is a <a href="/wiki/Multiethnolect" title="Multiethnolect">multiethnolect</a> becoming increasingly common in multicultural areas amongst young, working-class people from diverse backgrounds. It is a fusion of an array of ethnic accents, in particular Afro-Caribbean and South Asian, with a significant Cockney influence.<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" title="Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a> (RP) is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard for <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">British English</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has no specific geographical correlate,<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it is also traditionally defined as the standard speech used in London and south-eastern England.<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is mainly spoken by <a href="/wiki/Upper_class" title="Upper class">upper-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Upper_middle_class" title="Upper middle class">upper-middle class</a> Londoners.<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_London" title="Economy of London">Economy of London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg/220px-City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg/330px-City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg/440px-City_of_London_skyscrapers_HDR_-_2023-03-18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4438" data-file-height="2959" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Financial_centre" title="Financial centre">financial centres</a> in the world</figcaption></figure> <p>London's <a href="/wiki/Gross_regional_product" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross regional product">gross regional product</a> in 2019 was £503 billion, around a quarter of <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economy of the United Kingdom">UK GDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London has five major business districts: the city, Westminster, Canary Wharf, Camden & Islington, and Lambeth & Southwark. One way to get an idea of their relative importance is to look at relative amounts of office space: Greater London had 27 million m<sup>2</sup> of office space in 2001, and the City contains the most space, with 8 million m<sup>2</sup> of office space. London has some of the highest real estate prices in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_of_London">City of London</h3></div> <p>London's finance industry is based in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a>, the two major <a href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">business districts</a>. London took over as a major financial centre shortly after 1795 when the Dutch Republic collapsed before the Napoleonic armies. This caused many bankers established in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> (e.g. Hope, Baring I'm), to move to London. Also, London's market-centred system (as opposed to the bank-centred one in Amsterdam) grew more dominant in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Finance_Hub_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finance_Hub-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The London financial elite was strengthened by a strong Jewish community from all over Europe capable of mastering the most sophisticated financial tools of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This economic strength of the city was attributed to its diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paternoster_Square.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Paternoster_Square.jpg/220px-Paternoster_Square.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Paternoster_Square.jpg/330px-Paternoster_Square.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Paternoster_Square.jpg/440px-Paternoster_Square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a> at <a href="/wiki/Paternoster_Square" title="Paternoster Square">Paternoster Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Temple_Bar,_London" title="Temple Bar, London">Temple Bar</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London.bankofengland.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/London.bankofengland.arp.jpg/220px-London.bankofengland.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/London.bankofengland.arp.jpg/330px-London.bankofengland.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/London.bankofengland.arp.jpg/440px-London.bankofengland.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2047" data-file-height="1669" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>, established in 1694, is the model on which most modern central banks are based.<sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>By the mid-19th century, London was the leading financial centre, and at the end of the century over half the world's trade was financed in British currency.<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=London&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, London ranks second in the world rankings on the <a href="/wiki/Global_Financial_Centres_Index" title="Global Financial Centres Index">Global Financial Centres Index</a> (GFCI),<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it ranked second in A.T. Kearney's 2018 Global Cities Index.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London's largest industry is finance, and its <a href="/wiki/Financial_export" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial export">financial exports</a> make it a large contributor to the UK's <a href="/wiki/Balance_of_payments" title="Balance of payments">balance of payments</a>. Notwithstanding a post-<a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> exodus of stock listings from the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LSEExodusToNewYork_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSEExodusToNewYork-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSEExodus_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSEExodus-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London is still one of Europe's most economically powerful cities,<sup id="cite_ref-London.gov.uk_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London.gov.uk-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it remains one of the major financial centres of the world. It is the world's biggest currency trading centre, accounting for some 37 per cent of the $5.1 trillion average daily volume, according to the BIS.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 85 per cent (3.2 million) of the employed population of greater London works in the services industries. Because of its prominent global role, London's economy had been affected by the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">financial crisis of 2007–2008</a>. However, by 2010 the city had recovered, put in place new regulatory powers, proceeded to regain lost ground and re-established London's economic dominance.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <a href="/wiki/Professional_services" title="Professional services">professional services</a> headquarters, the City of London is home to the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>, London Stock Exchange, and <a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London" title="Lloyd's of London">Lloyd's of London</a> insurance market.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founded in 1690, <a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Bank,_Enfield" title="Barclays Bank, Enfield">branch in Enfield</a>, north London installed the first <a href="/wiki/Automated_teller_machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Automated teller machine">cash machine</a> (ATM) in 1967, is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_banks_in_continuous_operation" title="List of oldest banks in continuous operation">oldest banks in continuous operation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over half the UK's top 100 listed companies (the <a href="/wiki/FTSE_100" class="mw-redirect" title="FTSE 100">FTSE 100</a>) and over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies have their headquarters in central London. Over 70 per cent of the FTSE 100 are within London's metropolitan area, and 75 per cent of <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> companies have offices in London.<sup id="cite_ref-london_113_265-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_113-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1992 report commissioned by the London Stock Exchange, Sir <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Cadbury" title="Adrian Cadbury">Adrian Cadbury</a>, chairman of his family's confectionery company <a href="/wiki/Cadbury" title="Cadbury">Cadbury</a>, produced the <a href="/wiki/Cadbury_Report" title="Cadbury Report">Cadbury Report</a>, a code of best practice which served as a basis for reform of <a href="/wiki/Corporate_governance" title="Corporate governance">corporate governance</a> around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_and_technology">Media and technology</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_London" title="Media in London">Media in London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg/170px-Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg/255px-Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg/340px-Broadcasting_House_20160816.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a>, headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Media companies are concentrated in London, and the media distribution industry is London's second most competitive sector.<sup id="cite_ref-london_114_267-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_114-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, the world's oldest national broadcaster, is a significant employer, while other broadcasters, including <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky</a>, also have headquarters around the city. Many <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of newspapers in the United Kingdom">national newspapers</a>, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>, founded in 1785, are edited in London; the term <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Street" title="Fleet Street">Fleet Street</a> (where most national newspapers operated) remains a <a href="/wiki/Metonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Metonym">metonym</a> for the British national press.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The communications company <a href="/wiki/WPP_plc" title="WPP plc">WPP</a> is the world's largest advertising agency.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A large number of technology companies are based in London, notably in <a href="/wiki/East_London_Tech_City" title="East London Tech City">East London Tech City</a>, also known as Silicon Roundabout. In 2014 the city was among the first to receive a <a href="/wiki/GeoTLD" class="mw-redirect" title="GeoTLD">geoTLD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2014 London was ranked as the European City of the Future in the 2014/15 list by <i><a href="/wiki/FDi_Intelligence" title="FDi Intelligence">fDi Intelligence</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A museum in <a href="/wiki/Bletchley_Park" title="Bletchley Park">Bletchley Park</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a> was based during World War II, is in <a href="/wiki/Bletchley" title="Bletchley">Bletchley</a>, 40 miles (64 km) north of central London, as is <a href="/wiki/The_National_Museum_of_Computing" title="The National Museum of Computing">The National Museum of Computing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The gas and electricity distribution networks that manage and operate the towers, cables and pressure systems that deliver energy to consumers across the city are managed by <a href="/wiki/National_Grid_plc" title="National Grid plc">National Grid plc</a>, <a href="/wiki/SGN_(company)" title="SGN (company)">SGN</a><sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/UK_Power_Networks" title="UK Power Networks">UK Power Networks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_London" title="Tourism in London">Tourism in London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Museum_from_NE_2_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/British_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG/200px-British_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/British_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG/300px-British_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/British_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG/400px-British_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1593" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional,_Londres,_Inglaterra,_2014-08-07,_DD_036.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-07%2C_DD_036.JPG/200px-Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-07%2C_DD_036.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-07%2C_DD_036.JPG/300px-Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-07%2C_DD_036.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-07%2C_DD_036.JPG/400px-Galer%C3%ADa_Nacional%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-07%2C_DD_036.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5023" data-file-height="2662" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>London is one of the leading tourist destinations in the world. It is also the top city in the world by visitor cross-border spending, estimated at US$20.23 billion in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tourism is one of London's prime industries, employing 700,000 full-time workers in 2016, and contributes £36 billion a year to the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city accounts for 54% of all inbound visitor spending in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the top ten most-visited attractions in the UK were all in London (shown with visits per venue):<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>: 6,820,686</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a>: 5,908,254</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a> (South Kensington): 5,284,023</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbank_Centre" title="Southbank Centre">Southbank Centre</a>: 5,102,883</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_Modern" title="Tate Modern">Tate Modern</a>: 4,712,581</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a> (South Kensington): 3,432,325</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London">Science Museum</a>: 3,356,212</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_House" title="Somerset House">Somerset House</a>: 3,235,104</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>: 2,785,249</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery</a>: 2,145,486</li></ol> <p>The number of hotel rooms in London in 2023 stood at 155,700 and is expected to grow to 183,600 rooms, the most of any city outside China.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luxury hotels in London include <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Hotel" title="Savoy Hotel">the Savoy</a> (opened in 1889), <a href="/wiki/Claridge%27s" title="Claridge's">Claridge's</a> (opened in 1812 and rebuilt in 1898), <a href="/wiki/The_Ritz_Hotel,_London" title="The Ritz Hotel, London">the Ritz</a> (opened in 1906) and <a href="/wiki/The_Dorchester" title="The Dorchester">the Dorchester</a> (opened in 1931), while budget hotel chains include <a href="/wiki/Premier_Inn" title="Premier Inn">Premier Inn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Travelodge" title="Travelodge">Travelodge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_London" title="Transport in London">Transport in London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure_in_London" title="Infrastructure in London">Infrastructure in London</a></div> <p>Transport is one of the four main areas of policy administered by the Mayor of London,<sup id="cite_ref-london_121_281-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_121-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the mayor's financial control does not extend to the longer-distance rail network that enters London. In 2007, the Mayor of London assumed responsibility for some local lines, which now form the <a href="/wiki/London_Overground" title="London Overground">London Overground</a> network, adding to the existing responsibility for the London Underground, trams and buses. The public transport network is administered by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a> (TfL).<sup id="cite_ref-london_goverance_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_goverance-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lines that formed the London Underground, as well as trams and buses, became part of an integrated transport system in 1933 when the <a href="/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" title="London Passenger Transport Board">London Passenger Transport Board</a> or <i><a href="/wiki/London_Transport_(brand)" title="London Transport (brand)">London Transport</a></i> was created. Transport for London is now the statutory corporation responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London, and is run by a board and a commissioner appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat_tfl_282-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat_tfl-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aviation">Aviation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Airports_of_London" title="Airports of London">Airports of London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg/220px-Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg/330px-Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg/440px-Heathrow_Terminal_5C_Iwelumo-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="797" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a> is the busiest airport in Europe as well as the second busiest in the world for international passenger traffic (<a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Terminal_5" title="Heathrow Terminal 5">Terminal 5</a>C is pictured).</figcaption></figure> <p>London is a major international air transport hub with the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_busiest_city_airport_systems_by_passenger_traffic" class="mw-redirect" title="World's busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic">busiest city airspace</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Busiest_skies_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Busiest_skies-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight airports use the word <i>London</i> in their name, but most traffic passes through six of these. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Airports_of_London" title="Airports of London">various other airports</a> also serve London, catering primarily to <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> flights. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a>, in <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hillingdon" title="London Borough of Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a>, West London, was for many years the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airport" class="mw-redirect" title="World's busiest airport">busiest airport</a> in the world for international traffic, and is the major hub of the nation's flag carrier, <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_135_283-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_135-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2008 its fifth terminal was opened.<sup id="cite_ref-london_137_284-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_137-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Airport" title="Gatwick Airport">Gatwick Airport</a>, south of London in <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a>, handles flights to more destinations than any other UK airport and is the main base of <a href="/wiki/EasyJet" title="EasyJet">easyJet</a>, the UK's largest airline by number of passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">London Stansted Airport</a>, north-east of London in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, has flights that serve the greatest number of European destinations of any UK airport and is the main base of <a href="/wiki/Ryanair" title="Ryanair">Ryanair</a>, the world's largest international airline by number of international passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton Airport</a>, to the north of London in <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>, is used by several budget airlines (especially easyJet and <a href="/wiki/Wizz_Air" title="Wizz Air">Wizz Air</a>) for short-haul flights.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">London City Airport</a>, the most central airport and the one with the shortest runway, in <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">Newham</a>, East London, is focused on business travellers, with a mixture of full-service short-haul scheduled flights and considerable <a href="/wiki/Business_jet" title="Business jet">business jet</a> traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-288" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Southend_Airport" title="London Southend Airport">London Southend Airport</a>, east of London in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, is a smaller, regional airport that caters for short-haul flights on a limited, though growing, number of airlines.<sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, international passengers made up over 95% of the total at Southend, the highest proportion of any London airport.<sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Underground_and_DLR">Underground and DLR</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:220px;max-width:220px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:218px;max-width:218px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg/216px-Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg" decoding="async" width="216" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg/324px-Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg/432px-Baker_Street_tube_station_MMB_19_S_Stock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4452" data-file-height="3102" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>, opened in January 1863, is the world's oldest and third-longest <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">rapid transit</a> system</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:218px;max-width:218px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg/216px-Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg" decoding="async" width="216" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg/324px-Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg/432px-Monument_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5468795.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="425" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/London_Underground#Roundel" title="London Underground">roundel symbol</a> designed by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Johnston" title="Edward Johnston">Edward Johnston</a> and trademarked in 1917</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Opened in 1863, the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>, commonly referred to as the Tube or just the Underground, is the oldest and third longest <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">metro</a> system in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system serves <a href="/wiki/List_of_London_Underground_stations" title="List of London Underground stations">272 stations</a>, and was formed from several private companies, including the world's first underground electric line, the <a href="/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway" title="City and South London Railway">City and South London Railway</a>, which opened in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over four million journeys are made every day on the Underground network, over 1 billion each year.<sup id="cite_ref-london_124_294-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_124-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An investment programme is attempting to reduce congestion and improve reliability, including £6.5 billion (€7.7 billion) spent before the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway (DLR)</a>, which opened in 1987, is a second, more <a href="/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_transport_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium-capacity rail transport system">local metro system</a> using smaller and lighter tram-type vehicles that serve the <a href="/wiki/London_Docklands" title="London Docklands">Docklands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suburban">Suburban</h4></div> <p>There are <a href="/wiki/List_of_London_railway_stations" title="List of London railway stations">368 railway stations</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_fare_zones" title="London fare zones">London Travelcard Zones</a> on an extensive above-ground suburban railway network. South London, particularly, has a high concentration of railways as it has fewer Underground lines. Most rail lines terminate around the centre of London, running into <a href="/wiki/London_station_group" title="London station group">eighteen terminal stations</a>, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Thameslink_(route)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thameslink (route)">Thameslink</a> trains connecting <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a> in the north and <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> in the south via <a href="/wiki/London_Luton_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Luton Airport">Luton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Airport" title="Gatwick Airport">Gatwick</a> airports.<sup id="cite_ref-london_127_297-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_127-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London has Britain's busiest station by number of passengers—<a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">Waterloo</a>, with over 184 million people using the interchange station complex (which includes <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_East_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Waterloo East railway station">Waterloo East</a> station) each year.<sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a> is one of Europe's busiest rail interchanges.<sup id="cite_ref-299" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the need for more rail capacity, the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_line" title="Elizabeth line">Elizabeth Line</a> (also known as Crossrail) opened in May 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a new railway line running east to west through London and into the <a href="/wiki/Home_Counties" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Counties">Home Counties</a> with a branch to <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was Europe's biggest construction project, with a £15 billion projected cost.<sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inter-city_and_international">Inter-city and international</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg/220px-St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg/330px-St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg/440px-St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8466" data-file-height="7140" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras International</a> is the main terminal for high-speed <a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_Speed_1" title="High Speed 1">High Speed 1</a> services, as well as commuter suburban Thameslink and inter-city <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a> services.</figcaption></figure> <p>London is the centre of the <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> network, with 70 per cent of rail journeys starting or ending in London.<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">Euston station</a>, both in London, are the starting points of the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> – the two main railway lines in Britain. Like suburban rail services, regional and inter-city trains depart from several termini around the city centre, directly linking London with most of Great Britain's major cities and towns.<sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Flying_Scotsman_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying Scotsman (train)">The Flying Scotsman</a></i> is an express passenger train service that has operated between London and Edinburgh since 1862; the world famous steam locomotive named after this service, <a href="/wiki/LNER_Class_A3_4472_Flying_Scotsman" title="LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman"><i>Flying Scotsman</i></a>, was the first locomotive to reach the officially authenticated speed of 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) in 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some international railway services to <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">Continental Europe</a> were operated during the 20th century as <a href="/wiki/Boat_train" title="Boat train">boat trains</a>. The opening of the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a> in 1994 connected London directly to the continental rail network, allowing <a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a> services to begin. Since 2007, high-speed trains link <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St. Pancras International</a> with <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calais" title="Calais">Calais</a>, Paris, <a href="/wiki/Disneyland_Paris" title="Disneyland Paris">Disneyland Paris</a>, Brussels, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> and other European tourist destinations via the <a href="/wiki/High_Speed_1" title="High Speed 1">High Speed 1</a> rail link and the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company)" title="Southeastern (train operating company)">high-speed domestic</a> trains started in June 2009, linking <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> to London.<sup id="cite_ref-Southeastern_Highspeed_307-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Southeastern_Highspeed-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are plans for a <a href="/wiki/High_Speed_2" title="High Speed 2">second high speed line</a> linking London to the Midlands, North West England, and Yorkshire.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses,_coaches_and_trams"><span id="Buses.2C_coaches_and_trams"></span>Buses, coaches and trams</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:346px;max-width:346px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:220px;max-width:220px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg/218px-LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg" decoding="async" width="218" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg/327px-LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg/436px-LTZ1423-15-20240430-193650.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3448" data-file-height="2299" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_(ALM_50B)_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_%28ALM_50B%29_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg/120px-East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_%28ALM_50B%29_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_%28ALM_50B%29_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg/180px-East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_%28ALM_50B%29_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_%28ALM_50B%29_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg/240px-East_London_Routemaster_bus_RM2050_%28ALM_50B%29_heritage_route_15_St_Pauls_5_December_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="787" data-file-height="950" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/New_Routemaster" title="New Routemaster">New Routemaster</a> (left) replaced the <a href="/wiki/AEC_Routemaster" title="AEC Routemaster">AEC Routemaster</a> (right) in 2012. First appearing in 1947, the red double-decker bus is an emblematic symbol of London.</div></div></div></div> <p>London's <a href="/wiki/London_Buses" title="London Buses">bus network</a> runs 24 hours a day with about 9,300 vehicles, over 675 bus routes and about 19,000 bus stops.<sup id="cite_ref-Buses_309-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buses-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019 the network had over 2 billion commuter trips per year.<sup id="cite_ref-310" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2010 an average of £1.2 billion is taken in revenue each year.<sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London has one of the largest wheelchair-accessible networks in the world<sup id="cite_ref-london_131_312-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_131-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from the third quarter of 2007, became more accessible to hearing and visually impaired passengers as audio-visual announcements were introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An emblem of London, the red <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_bus" title="Double-decker bus">double-decker bus</a> first appeared in the city in 1947 with the <a href="/wiki/AEC_Regent_III_RT" title="AEC Regent III RT">AEC Regent III RT</a> (predecessor to the <a href="/wiki/AEC_Routemaster" title="AEC Routemaster">AEC Routemaster</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London's coach hub is <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station" title="Victoria Coach Station">Victoria Coach Station</a>, opened in 1932. Nationalised in 1970 and then purchased by London Transport (now <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a>), Victoria Coach Station has over 14 million passengers a year and provides services across the UK and continental Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1,_East_Croydon_(9756077682).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1%2C_East_Croydon_%289756077682%29.jpg/220px-Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1%2C_East_Croydon_%289756077682%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1%2C_East_Croydon_%289756077682%29.jpg/330px-Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1%2C_East_Croydon_%289756077682%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1%2C_East_Croydon_%289756077682%29.jpg/440px-Au_Morandarte_Flickr_Tramlink_2558_on_Route_1%2C_East_Croydon_%289756077682%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tramlink" title="Tramlink">Tramlink</a> tram at <a href="/wiki/East_Croydon_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="East Croydon tram stop">East Croydon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There is a modern tram network serving South London, known as <a href="/wiki/Tramlink" title="Tramlink">Tramlink</a>. It has 39 stops and four routes, and carried 28 million people in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since June 2008, Transport for London has completely owned and operated Tramlink.<sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cable_car">Cable car</h3></div> <p>London's first and to date only cable car is the <a href="/wiki/London_Cable_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="London Cable Car">London Cable Car</a>, which opened in June 2012. The cable car crosses the Thames and links <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Docks" title="Royal Docks">Royal Docks</a> in the east of the city. It is able to carry up to 2,500 passengers per hour in each direction at peak times.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycling">Cycling</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_London" title="Cycling in London">Cycling in London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgrave_Road,_Victoria,_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Belgrave_Road%2C_Victoria%2C_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg/220px-Belgrave_Road%2C_Victoria%2C_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Belgrave_Road%2C_Victoria%2C_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg/330px-Belgrave_Road%2C_Victoria%2C_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Belgrave_Road%2C_Victoria%2C_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg/440px-Belgrave_Road%2C_Victoria%2C_London_-_Boris_Bikes_-_Santander_Cycles_by_Elliott_Brown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a><figcaption>Santander Cycle Hire, near <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_London" title="Victoria, London">Victoria</a> in Central London</figcaption></figure> <p>In the Greater London Area, around 670,000 people use a bike every day,<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meaning around 7% of the total population of around 8.8 million use a bike on an average day.<sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cycling has become an increasingly popular way to get around London. The launch of a <a href="/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system" title="Bicycle-sharing system">bicycle hire scheme</a> in July 2010 was successful and generally well received.<sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port_and_river_boats">Port and river boats</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_London" title="Port of London">Port of London</a>, once the largest in the world, is now only the second-largest in the United Kingdom, handling 45 million tonnes of cargo each year as of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-handling_322-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handling-322"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of this cargo passes through the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Tilbury" title="Port of Tilbury">Port of Tilbury</a>, outside the boundary of Greater London.<sup id="cite_ref-handling_322-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handling-322"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London has river boat services on the Thames known as <a href="/wiki/Thames_Clippers" title="Thames Clippers">Thames Clippers</a>, which offer both commuter and tourist boat services.<sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At major piers including <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf_Pier" title="Canary Wharf Pier">Canary Wharf</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_City_Pier" title="London Bridge City Pier">London Bridge City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station" title="Battersea Power Station">Battersea Power Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Eye_Pier" title="London Eye Pier">London Eye</a> (Waterloo), services depart at least every 20 minutes during commuter times.<sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Ferry" title="Woolwich Ferry">Woolwich Ferry</a>, with 2.5 million passengers every year, is a frequent service linking the <a href="/wiki/North_Circular_Road,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="North Circular Road, London">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Circular_Road,_London" title="South Circular Road, London">South Circular</a> Roads.<sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3></div> <p>Although the majority of journeys in central London are made by public transport, car travel is common in the suburbs. The <a href="/wiki/London_Inner_Ring_Road" title="London Inner Ring Road">inner ring road</a> (around the city centre), the <a href="/wiki/A406_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A406 road">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/A205_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A205 road">South Circular</a> roads (just within the suburbs), and the outer orbital motorway (the <a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25</a>, just outside the built-up area in most places) encircle the city and are intersected by a number of busy radial routes—but very few motorways penetrate into <a href="/wiki/Inner_London" title="Inner London">inner London</a>. The M25 is the second-longest ring-road motorway in Europe at 117 miles (188 km) long.<sup id="cite_ref-326" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a> and <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> connect London to <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-327" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-327"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-16-11-16-Glasgow_street_scene-RR2_7280_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3040" data-file-height="2092" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Hackney_carriage" title="Hackney carriage">hackney carriage</a> (black cab) is a common sight on London streets. Black has been its standard colour since the <a href="/wiki/Austin_FX3" title="Austin FX3">Austin FX3</a> model in 1948.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Austin_Motor_Company" title="Austin Motor Company">Austin Motor Company</a> began making <a href="/wiki/Hackney_carriage" title="Hackney carriage">hackney carriages</a> (London taxis) in 1929, and models include <a href="/wiki/Austin_FX3" title="Austin FX3">Austin FX3</a> from 1948, <a href="/wiki/Austin_FX4" title="Austin FX4">Austin FX4</a> from 1958, with more recent models <a href="/wiki/TXII" title="TXII">TXII</a> and <a href="/wiki/TX4" title="TX4">TX4</a> manufactured by <a href="/wiki/London_Taxis_International" class="mw-redirect" title="London Taxis International">London Taxis International</a>. The BBC states, "ubiquitous black cabs and red double-decker buses all have long and tangled stories that are deeply embedded in London's traditions".<sup id="cite_ref-London_traditions_328-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_traditions-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although traditionally black, some are painted in other colours or bear advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London is notorious for its traffic congestion; in 2009, the average speed of a car in the rush hour was recorded at 10.6 mph (17.1 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, a <a href="/wiki/London_congestion_charge" title="London congestion charge">congestion charge</a> was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in the city centre. With a few exceptions, motorists are required to pay to drive within a defined zone encompassing much of central London.<sup id="cite_ref-331" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-331"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Motorists who are residents of the defined zone can buy a greatly reduced season pass.<sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the course of several years, the average number of cars entering the centre of London on a weekday was reduced from 195,000 to 125,000.<sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Low_Traffic_Neighbourhood" title="Low Traffic Neighbourhood">Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN)</a> were widely introduced in London, but in 2023 the Department for Transport stopped funding them, even though the benefits outweighed the costs by approximately 100 times in the first 20 years and the difference is growing over time.<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_London" title="Education in London">Education in London</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary_education">Tertiary education</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_higher_education_colleges_in_London" title="List of universities and higher education colleges in London">List of universities and higher education colleges in London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_%281%29.jpg/220px-University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_%281%29.jpg/330px-University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_%281%29.jpg/440px-University_College_London_-quadrant-11Sept2006_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3132" data-file-height="2447" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> (UCL), established by Royal Charter in 1836, is one of the founding colleges of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg/220px-Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg/330px-Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg/440px-Imperial_College_London_down_Exhibition_Road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2998" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a>, a technical research university focusing on science, engineering, medicine and business, in <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington">South Kensington</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Centre_Building,_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Centre_Building%2C_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg/220px-Centre_Building%2C_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Centre_Building%2C_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg/330px-Centre_Building%2C_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Centre_Building%2C_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg/440px-Centre_Building%2C_LSE_from_LSE_Square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> (Centre Building pictured) was established in 1895</figcaption></figure> <p>London is a major global centre of higher education teaching and research and has the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-london2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the QS World University Rankings 2015/16, London has the greatest concentration of top class universities in the world<sup id="cite_ref-335" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-335"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its international student population of around 110,000 is larger than any other city in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2014 <a href="/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers" class="mw-redirect" title="PricewaterhouseCoopers">PricewaterhouseCoopers</a> report termed London the global capital of higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-337" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-337"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of world-leading education institutions are based in London. In the 2022 <i><a href="/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS World University Rankings</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a> is ranked No. 6 in the world, <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> (UCL) is ranked 8th, and <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a> (KCL) is ranked 37th.<sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All are regularly ranked highly, with Imperial College being the UK's leading university in the <a href="/wiki/Research_Excellence_Framework" title="Research Excellence Framework">Research Excellence Framework</a> ranking 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-339" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-339"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> (LSE) has been described as the world's leading social science institution for both teaching and research.<sup id="cite_ref-london_156_340-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_156-340"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_Business_School" title="London Business School">London Business School</a> is considered one of the world's leading business schools and in 2015 its MBA programme was ranked second-best in the world by the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ft_341-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-341"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is also home to three of the world's top ten performing arts schools (as ranked by the 2020 QS World University Rankings<sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>): the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a> (ranking 2nd in the world), the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music" title="Royal Academy of Music">Royal Academy of Music</a> (ranking 4th) and the <a href="/wiki/Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama" title="Guildhall School of Music and Drama">Guildhall School of Music and Drama</a> (ranking 6th).<sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With students in London and around 48,000 in <a href="/wiki/University_of_London_Worldwide" title="University of London Worldwide">University of London Worldwide</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-External_344-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-External-344"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the federal <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> is the largest contact teaching university in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-345" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-345"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It includes five multi-faculty universities – <a href="/wiki/City,_University_of_London" title="City, University of London">City</a>, King's College London, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary,_University_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Mary, University of London">Queen Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Holloway" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Holloway">Royal Holloway</a> and UCL – and a number of smaller and more specialised institutions including <a href="/wiki/Birkbeck_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Birkbeck College">Birkbeck</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Courtauld_Institute_of_Art" title="Courtauld Institute of Art">Courtauld Institute of Art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goldsmiths,_University_of_London" title="Goldsmiths, University of London">Goldsmiths</a>, the London Business School, the London School of Economics, the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Hygiene_%26_Tropical_Medicine" title="London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine">London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music" title="Royal Academy of Music">Royal Academy of Music</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Central School of Speech and Drama">Central School of Speech and Drama</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Veterinary_College" title="Royal Veterinary College">Royal Veterinary College</a> and the <a href="/wiki/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Oriental and African Studies">School of Oriental and African Studies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Universities in London outside the University of London system include <a href="/wiki/Brunel_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunel University">Brunel University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kingston_University" title="Kingston University">Kingston University</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Metropolitan_University" title="London Metropolitan University">London Metropolitan University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">University of East London</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_West_London" title="University of West London">University of West London</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Westminster" title="University of Westminster">University of Westminster</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_South_Bank_University" title="London South Bank University">London South Bank University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_University" title="Middlesex University">Middlesex University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Arts_London" title="University of the Arts London">University of the Arts London</a> (the largest university of art, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts in Europe).<sup id="cite_ref-348" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-348"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, there are three international universities – <a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Regent's College">Regent's University London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_The_American_International_University_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond, The American International University in London">Richmond, The American International University in London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schiller_International_University" title="Schiller International University">Schiller International University</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg/220px-KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg/330px-KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg/440px-KCL_Guys_Campus1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Guy%27s_Campus" title="Guy's Campus">Guy's Campus</a>, home to the university's <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London_School_of_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="King's College London School of Medicine">Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine</a></figcaption></figure> <p>London is home to <a href="/wiki/United_Hospitals" title="United Hospitals">five major medical schools</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barts_and_The_London_School_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry" title="Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry">Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary,_University_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Mary, University of London">Queen Mary</a>), <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London_School_of_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="King's College London School of Medicine">King's College London School of Medicine</a> (the largest medical school in Europe), <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_School_of_Medicine" title="Imperial College School of Medicine">Imperial College School of Medicine</a>, <a href="/wiki/UCL_Medical_School" title="UCL Medical School">UCL Medical School</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s,_University_of_London" title="St George's, University of London">St George's, University of London</a> – and has many affiliated teaching hospitals. It is also a major centre for biomedical research, and three of the UK's eight <a href="/wiki/Academic_health_science_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Academic health science centre">academic health science centres</a> are based in the city – <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust" title="Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust">Imperial College Healthcare</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Health_Partners" title="King's Health Partners">King's Health Partners</a> and <a href="/wiki/UCL_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="UCL Partners">UCL Partners</a> (the largest such centre in Europe).<sup id="cite_ref-349" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-349"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, many biomedical and biotechnology spin out companies from these research institutions are based around the city, most prominently in <a href="/wiki/White_City,_London" title="White City, London">White City</a>. Founded by pioneering nurse <a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" title="Florence Nightingale">Florence Nightingale</a> at <a href="/wiki/St_Thomas%27_Hospital" title="St Thomas' Hospital">St Thomas' Hospital</a> in 1860, the <a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale_Faculty_of_Nursing_and_Midwifery" title="Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery">first nursing school</a> is now part of King's College London.<sup id="cite_ref-350" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-350"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was at King's in 1952 where a team led by <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin" title="Rosalind Franklin">Rosalind Franklin</a> captured <i><a href="/wiki/Photo_51" title="Photo 51">Photo 51</a></i>, the critical evidence in identifying the structure of <a href="/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-351" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-351"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are a number of business schools in London, including the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Business_and_Finance" title="London School of Business and Finance">London School of Business and Finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cass_Business_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cass Business School">Cass Business School</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/City_University_London" class="mw-redirect" title="City University London">City University London</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hult_International_Business_School" title="Hult International Business School">Hult International Business School</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESCP_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="ESCP Europe">ESCP Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Business_School_London" title="European Business School London">European Business School London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_Business_School" title="Imperial College Business School">Imperial College Business School</a>, the <a href="/wiki/London_Business_School" title="London Business School">London Business School</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UCL_School_of_Management" title="UCL School of Management">UCL School of Management</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg/200px-Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg/300px-Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg/400px-Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2492593.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Opened in 1904, <a href="/wiki/RADA" class="mw-redirect" title="RADA">RADA</a> (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) is a member of the UK's <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Drama_Schools" title="Federation of Drama Schools">Federation of Drama Schools</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>London is also home to many specialist arts education institutions, including esteemed drama schools such as <a href="/wiki/RADA" class="mw-redirect" title="RADA">RADA</a> (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), the <a href="/wiki/London_Academy_of_Music_and_Dramatic_Art" title="London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art">London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art</a> (LAMDA), <a href="/wiki/Drama_Studio_London" title="Drama Studio London">Drama Studio London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Young_Theatre_School" title="Sylvia Young Theatre School">Sylvia Young Theatre School</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama" title="Royal Central School of Speech and Drama">Royal Central School of Speech and Drama</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama" title="Guildhall School of Music and Drama">Guildhall School of Music and Drama</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/London_College_of_Contemporary_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="London College of Contemporary Arts">London College of Contemporary Arts</a> (LCCA), <a href="/wiki/Central_School_of_Ballet" title="Central School of Ballet">Central School of Ballet</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Contemporary_Dance_School" title="London Contemporary Dance School">London Contemporary Dance School</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Circus_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="The Circus Space">National Centre for Circus Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rambert_Dance_Company" title="Rambert Dance Company">Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Art" title="Royal College of Art">Royal College of Art</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Laban_Conservatoire_of_Music_and_Dance" title="Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance">Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance</a>. The <a href="/wiki/BRIT_School" title="BRIT School">BRIT School</a> in the London borough of Croydon provides training for the performing arts and technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-352" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-352"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_School_Design" title="Centre for School Design">Centre for School Design</a></div> <p>The majority of primary and secondary schools and further-education colleges in London are controlled by the <a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London boroughs</a> or otherwise state-funded; leading examples include <a href="/wiki/Ashbourne_College" title="Ashbourne College">Ashbourne College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethnal Green Academy">Bethnal Green Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton_Manor_Academy" title="Brampton Manor Academy">Brampton Manor Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_and_Islington_College" title="City and Islington College">City and Islington College</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster_College" title="City of Westminster College">City of Westminster College</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Game_College" title="David Game College">David Game College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ealing,_Hammersmith_and_West_London_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College">Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyton_Sixth_Form_College" title="Leyton Sixth Form College">Leyton Sixth Form College</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Academy_of_Excellence" title="London Academy of Excellence">London Academy of Excellence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tower_Hamlets_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Tower Hamlets College">Tower Hamlets College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Newham_Collegiate_Sixth_Form_Centre" title="Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre">Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre</a>. There are also a number of private schools and colleges in London, some old and famous, such as <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_School" title="City of London School">City of London School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrow_School" title="Harrow School">Harrow</a> (alumni includes seven former British prime ministers), <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_School,_London" title="St Paul's School, London">St Paul's School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haberdashers%27_Aske%27s_Boys%27_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School">Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_College_School" title="University College School">University College School</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_John_Lyon_School" class="mw-redirect" title="The John Lyon School">The John Lyon School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highgate_School" title="Highgate School">Highgate School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-353" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-353"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich_and_learned_societies"><span id="Royal_Observatory.2C_Greenwich_and_learned_societies"></span>Royal Observatory, Greenwich and learned societies</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument,_Greenwich_Observatory,_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument%2C_Greenwich_Observatory%2C_London.jpg/220px-Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument%2C_Greenwich_Observatory%2C_London.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument%2C_Greenwich_Observatory%2C_London.jpg/330px-Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument%2C_Greenwich_Observatory%2C_London.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument%2C_Greenwich_Observatory%2C_London.jpg/440px-Tourists_taking_pictures_at_Prime_Meridian_monument%2C_Greenwich_Observatory%2C_London.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5928" data-file-height="3894" /></a><figcaption>Tourists queuing to take pictures on the line of the historic <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">prime meridian</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Founded in 1675, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a> was established to address the problem of calculating <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> for navigational purposes. This pioneering work in solving longitude featured in astronomer royal <a href="/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne" title="Nevil Maskelyne">Nevil Maskelyne</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Nautical_Almanac" class="mw-redirect" title="Nautical Almanac">Nautical Almanac</a></i> which made the Greenwich meridian the universal reference point, and helped lead to the international adoption of Greenwich as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">prime meridian</a> (0° longitude) in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-354" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-354"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Important scientific <a href="/wiki/Learned_societies" class="mw-redirect" title="Learned societies">learned societies</a> based in London include the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a>—the UK's national <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_sciences" title="Academy of sciences">academy of sciences</a> and the oldest national scientific institution in the world—founded in 1660,<sup id="cite_ref-355" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-355"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution" title="Royal Institution">Royal Institution</a>, founded in 1799. Since 1825, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures" title="Royal Institution Christmas Lectures">Royal Institution Christmas Lectures</a> have presented scientific subjects to a general audience, and speakers have included physicist and inventor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Faraday" title="Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a>, aerospace engineer <a href="/wiki/Frank_Whittle" title="Frank Whittle">Frank Whittle</a>, naturalist <a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough" title="David Attenborough">David Attenborough</a> and evolutionary biologist <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-356" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-356"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_London" title="Culture of London">Culture of London</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leisure_and_entertainment">Leisure and entertainment</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_annual_events_in_London" title="List of annual events in London">List of annual events in London</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End theatre</a></div> <p>Leisure is a major part of the London economy. A 2003 report attributed a quarter of the entire UK leisure economy to London<sup id="cite_ref-357" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at 25.6 events per 1000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-358" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>349<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is one of the four <a href="/wiki/Fashion_capital" title="Fashion capital">fashion capitals</a> of the world, and, according to official statistics, is the world's third-busiest film production centre, presents more live comedy than any other city,<sup id="cite_ref-359" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-359"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>350<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has the biggest theatre audience of any city in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-360" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-360"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>351<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harrods_at_Night,_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg/170px-Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg/255px-Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg/340px-Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2948" data-file-height="3500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harrods" title="Harrods">Harrods</a> department store in <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>, the entertainment district of the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a> has its focus around <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a>, where London and world film <a href="/wiki/Premiere" title="Premiere">premieres</a> are held, and <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus" title="Piccadilly Circus">Piccadilly Circus</a>, with its giant electronic advertisements.<sup id="cite_ref-london_160_361-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_160-361"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>352<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London's <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">theatre district</a> is here, as are many cinemas, bars, clubs, and restaurants, including the city's <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_London" title="Chinatown, London">Chinatown</a> district (in <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>), and just to the east is <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera House">Covent Garden</a>, an area housing speciality shops. In 1881, the West End's <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Theatre" title="Savoy Theatre">Savoy Theatre</a>, which was built to showcase the plays of <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a>, was fitted with the incandescent light bulb developed by Sir <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Swan" title="Joseph Swan">Joseph Swan</a> to become the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-362" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-362"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>353<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is the home of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>, whose musicals have dominated West End theatre since the late 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-363" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-363"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>354<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mousetrap" title="The Mousetrap">The Mousetrap</a></i>, the world's longest-running play, has been performed in the West End since 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-364" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-364"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>355<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Awards" title="Laurence Olivier Awards">Laurence Olivier Awards</a>–named after <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>–are given annually by the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_London_Theatre" title="Society of London Theatre">Society of London Theatre</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ballet" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Ballet">Royal Ballet</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_National_Ballet" title="English National Ballet">English National Ballet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera, London">Royal Opera</a>, and <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a> are based in London and perform at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a>, the <a href="/wiki/London_Coliseum" title="London Coliseum">London Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sadler%27s_Wells_Theatre" title="Sadler's Wells Theatre">Sadler's Wells Theatre</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, as well as touring the country.<sup id="cite_ref-London's_Concerts_365-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London's_Concerts-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Islington" title="Islington">Islington</a>'s 1 mile (1.6 km) long <a href="/wiki/Upper_Street" title="Upper Street">Upper Street</a>, extending northwards from <a href="/wiki/Angel,_London" title="Angel, London">Angel</a>, has more bars and restaurants than any other street in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-london_161_366-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_161-366"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>357<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Europe's busiest shopping area is <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a>, a shopping street nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long, making it the longest shopping street in the UK. It is home to vast numbers of retailers and <a href="/wiki/Department_stores" class="mw-redirect" title="Department stores">department stores</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Selfridges" title="Selfridges">Selfridges</a> <a href="/wiki/Flagship_store#Retailing" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagship store">flagship store</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-367" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-367"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>358<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a>, home to the equally renowned <a href="/wiki/Harrods" title="Harrods">Harrods</a> department store, lies to the south-west. One of the world's largest retail destinations, London frequently ranks at or near the top of retail sales of any city.<sup id="cite_ref-368" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-368"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-369" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-369"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>360<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opened in 1760 with its flagship store on <a href="/wiki/Regent_Street" title="Regent Street">Regent Street</a> since 1881, <a href="/wiki/Hamleys" title="Hamleys">Hamleys</a> is the oldest <a href="/wiki/Toy_store" title="Toy store">toy store</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-370" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-370"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a> wax museum opened in <a href="/wiki/Baker_Street" title="Baker Street">Baker Street</a> in 1835, an era viewed as being when London's tourism industry began.<sup id="cite_ref-371" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-371"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Notting_hill_carnival.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Notting_hill_carnival.jpg/170px-Notting_hill_carnival.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Notting_hill_carnival.jpg/255px-Notting_hill_carnival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Notting_hill_carnival.jpg/340px-Notting_hill_carnival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1474" /></a><figcaption>Scene of the annual <a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill_Carnival" title="Notting Hill Carnival">Notting Hill Carnival</a>, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>London is home to designers <a href="/wiki/John_Galliano" title="John Galliano">John Galliano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stella_McCartney" title="Stella McCartney">Stella McCartney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manolo_Blahnik" title="Manolo Blahnik">Manolo Blahnik</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Choo" title="Jimmy Choo">Jimmy Choo</a>, among others; its renowned art and fashion schools make it one of the four international centres of fashion. <a href="/wiki/Mary_Quant" title="Mary Quant">Mary Quant</a> designed the <a href="/wiki/Miniskirt" title="Miniskirt">miniskirt</a> in her <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road" title="King's Road">King's Road</a> boutique in <a href="/wiki/Swinging_Sixties" title="Swinging Sixties">Swinging Sixties London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-372" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-372"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>363<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, London was ranked the top city for luxury store openings.<sup id="cite_ref-373" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-373"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/London_Fashion_Week" title="London Fashion Week">London Fashion Week</a> takes place twice a year, in February and September; Londoners on the catwalk have included <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Campbell" title="Naomi Campbell">Naomi Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Moss" title="Kate Moss">Kate Moss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cara_Delevingne" title="Cara Delevingne">Cara Delevingne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-374" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-374"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>365<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London offers a great variety of cuisine as a result of its ethnically diverse population. Gastronomic centres include the Bangladeshi restaurants of <a href="/wiki/Brick_Lane" title="Brick Lane">Brick Lane</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese food">Chinese</a> restaurants of <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_London" title="Chinatown, London">Chinatown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-375" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-375"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are <a href="/wiki/Chinese_takeaway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese takeaway">Chinese takeaways</a> throughout London, as are Indian restaurants which provide <a href="/wiki/English_cuisine#Indian_and_Anglo-Indian_cuisine" title="English cuisine">Indian and Anglo-Indian cuisine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-376" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-376"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>367<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1860, the first <a href="/wiki/Fish_and_chips" title="Fish and chips">fish and chips</a> shop in London was opened by Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant, in <a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-London_traditions_328-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_traditions-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Full_English_breakfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Full English breakfast">full English breakfast</a> dates from the Victorian era, and many <a href="/wiki/Cafe_(British)" title="Cafe (British)">cafes</a> in London serve a full English throughout the day.<sup id="cite_ref-377" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-377"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>368<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London has five 3-Michelin star restaurants, including <a href="/wiki/Restaurant_Gordon_Ramsay" title="Restaurant Gordon Ramsay">Restaurant Gordon Ramsay</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-378" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-378"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>369<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many hotels in London provide a traditional <a href="/wiki/Afternoon_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Afternoon tea">afternoon tea</a> service, such as the <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Caf%C3%A9_Royal#Restoration_and_conversion" title="Hotel Café Royal">Oscar Wilde Lounge</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Caf%C3%A9_Royal" title="Hotel Café Royal">Hotel Café Royal</a> in Piccadilly, and a themed tea service is also available, for example an <i><a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" title="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland">Alice in Wonderland</a></i> themed afternoon tea served at the <a href="/wiki/Egerton_House_Hotel" title="Egerton House Hotel">Egerton House Hotel</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory" title="Charlie and the Chocolate Factory">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a></i> themed afternoon tea at <a href="/wiki/One_Aldwych" title="One Aldwych">One Aldwych</a> in Covent Garden.<sup id="cite_ref-379" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-379"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>370<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-380" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-380"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>371<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nation's most popular <a href="/wiki/Biscuit" title="Biscuit">biscuit</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dunking_(biscuit)" title="Dunking (biscuit)">dunk</a> in tea, <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_digestive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chocolate digestive">chocolate digestives</a> have been manufactured by <a href="/wiki/McVitie%27s" title="McVitie's">McVitie's</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Harlesden" title="Harlesden">Harlesden</a> factory in north-west London since 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-381" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-381"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>372<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Restaurante_The_Swan,_Londres,_Inglaterra,_2014-08-11,_DD_113.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Restaurante_The_Swan%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-11%2C_DD_113.jpg/220px-Restaurante_The_Swan%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-11%2C_DD_113.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Restaurante_The_Swan%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-11%2C_DD_113.jpg/330px-Restaurante_The_Swan%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-11%2C_DD_113.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Restaurante_The_Swan%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-11%2C_DD_113.jpg/440px-Restaurante_The_Swan%2C_Londres%2C_Inglaterra%2C_2014-08-11%2C_DD_113.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4073" data-file-height="3212" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Globe" title="Shakespeare's Globe">Shakespeare's Globe</a> is a modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre on the south bank of the Thames.</figcaption></figure> <p>There is a variety of <a href="/wiki/List_of_annual_events_in_London" title="List of annual events in London">annual events</a>, beginning with the relatively new <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="New Year's Day Parade">New Year's Day Parade</a>, a fireworks display at the <a href="/wiki/London_Eye" title="London Eye">London Eye</a>; the world's second largest <a href="/wiki/Street_party" class="mw-redirect" title="Street party">street party</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill_Carnival" title="Notting Hill Carnival">Notting Hill Carnival</a>, is held on the late <a href="/wiki/August_Bank_Holiday" title="August Bank Holiday">August Bank Holiday</a> each year. Traditional parades include November's <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor%27s_Show" title="Lord Mayor's Show">Lord Mayor's Show</a>, a centuries-old event celebrating the annual appointment of a new <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_the_City_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Mayor of the City of London">Lord Mayor of the City of London</a> with a procession along the streets of the city, and June's <a href="/wiki/Trooping_the_Colour" title="Trooping the Colour">Trooping the Colour</a>, a formal military pageant performed by regiments of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British</a> armies to celebrate the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Official_Birthday" title="King's Official Birthday">King's Official Birthday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-382" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-382"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>373<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Boishakhi_Mela" title="Boishakhi Mela">Boishakhi Mela</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Bengali_New_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali New Year">Bengali New Year</a> festival celebrated by the <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshi" class="mw-redirect" title="British Bangladeshi">British Bangladeshi</a> community. It is the largest open-air Asian festival in Europe. After the Notting Hill Carnival, it is the second-largest street festival in the United Kingdom attracting over 80,000 visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-383" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-383"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>374<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First held in 1862, the <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Flower_Show" title="Chelsea Flower Show">RHS Chelsea Flower Show</a> (run by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Horticultural_Society" title="Royal Horticultural Society">Royal Horticultural Society</a>) takes place in May every year.<sup id="cite_ref-384" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-384"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>375<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_scene">LGBT scene</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in London">LGBT culture in London</a></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Gay_bar" title="Gay bar">gay bar</a> in London in the modern sense was <a href="/wiki/The_Cave_of_the_Golden_Calf" title="The Cave of the Golden Calf">The Cave of the Golden Calf</a>, established as a night club in an underground location at 9 Heddon Street, just off <a href="/wiki/Regent_Street" title="Regent Street">Regent Street</a>, in 1912 and "which developed a reputation for sexual freedom and tolerance of same-sex relations."<sup id="cite_ref-385" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-385"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>376<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg/170px-Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg/255px-Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg/340px-Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Comptons_of_Soho" title="Comptons of Soho">Comptons of Soho</a> during <a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">London Pride</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>While London has been an LGBT tourism destination, after <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">homosexuality was decriminalised</a> in England in 1967 gay bar culture became more visible, and from the early 1970s <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a> (and in particular <a href="/wiki/Old_Compton_Street" title="Old Compton Street">Old Compton Street</a>) became the centre of the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in London">London LGBT community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Olson_386-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Olson-386"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/G-A-Y" title="G-A-Y">G-A-Y</a>, previously based at the <a href="/wiki/London_Astoria" title="London Astoria">Astoria</a>, and now <a href="/wiki/Heaven_(nightclub)" title="Heaven (nightclub)">Heaven</a>, is a long-running night club.<sup id="cite_ref-387" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-387"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>378<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wider British cultural movements have influenced LGBT culture: for example, the emergence of <a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">glam rock</a> in the UK in the early 1970s, via <a href="/wiki/Marc_Bolan" title="Marc Bolan">Marc Bolan</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, saw a generation of teenagers begin playing with the idea of androgyny, and the West End musical <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Show">The Rocky Horror Show</a></i>, which debuted in London in 1973, is also widely said to have been an influence on countercultural and sexual liberation movements.<sup id="cite_ref-388" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-388"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>379<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Blitz_Kids" title="Blitz Kids">Blitz Kids</a> (which included <a href="/wiki/Boy_George" title="Boy George">Boy George</a>) frequented the Tuesday club-night at Blitz in <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a>, helping launch the <a href="/wiki/New_Romantic" title="New Romantic">New Romantic</a> subcultural movement in the late 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-389" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-389"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>380<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the annual <a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">London Pride Parade</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Lesbian_and_Gay_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival">London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival</a> are held in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Olson_386-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Olson-386"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature,_film_and_television"><span id="Literature.2C_film_and_television"></span>Literature, film and television</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/London_in_fiction" title="London in fiction">London in fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_in_film" title="London in film">London in film</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_shows_set_in_London" title="List of television shows set in London">List of television shows set in London</a>, and <a href="/wiki/London_Television_Archive" title="London Television Archive">London Television Archive</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg/220px-Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg/330px-Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg/440px-Sherlock_Holmes_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum" title="Sherlock Holmes Museum">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baker_Street" title="Baker Street">Baker Street</a>, bearing the number 221B</figcaption></figure> <p>London has been the setting for many works of literature. The pilgrims in <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer" title="Geoffrey Chaucer">Geoffrey Chaucer</a>'s late 14th-century <i><a href="/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales" title="The Canterbury Tales">Canterbury Tales</a></i> set out for <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a> from London. <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> spent a large part of his life living and working in London; his contemporary <a href="/wiki/Ben_Jonson" title="Ben Jonson">Ben Jonson</a> was also based there, and some of his work, most notably his play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Alchemist_(play)" title="The Alchemist (play)">The Alchemist</a></i>, was set in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-London_in_Literature_390-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_in_Literature-390"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/A_Journal_of_the_Plague_Year" title="A Journal of the Plague Year">A Journal of the Plague Year</a></i> (1722) by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" title="Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a> is a fictionalisation of the events of the 1665 <a href="/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London" title="Great Plague of London">Great Plague</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-London_in_Literature_390-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_in_Literature-390"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The literary centres of London have traditionally been hilly <a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a> and (since the early 20th century) <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury" title="Bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a>. Writers closely associated with the city are the diarist <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pepys" title="Samuel Pepys">Samuel Pepys</a>, noted for his eyewitness account of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire</a>; <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>, whose representation of a foggy, snowy, grimy London of street sweepers and pickpockets has influenced people's vision of early <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> London; and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Woolf" title="Virginia Woolf">Virginia Woolf</a>, regarded as one of the foremost <a href="/wiki/Modernist_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Modernist literature">modernist</a> literary figures of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-London_in_Literature_390-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_in_Literature-390"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later important depictions of London from the 19th and early 20th centuries are <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> stories.<sup id="cite_ref-London_in_Literature_390-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_in_Literature-390"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a> mixed in London literary circles, and in 1886 he wrote the <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde" title="Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde">Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Gothic_fiction" title="Gothic fiction">gothic</a> novella set in Victorian London.<sup id="cite_ref-391" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-391"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>382<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1898, <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a>' sci-fi novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="The War of the Worlds">The War of the Worlds</a></i> sees London (and southern England) invaded by Martians.<sup id="cite_ref-392" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-392"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>383<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" title="Letitia Elizabeth Landon">Letitia Elizabeth Landon</a> wrote <i>Calendar of the London Seasons</i> in 1834. Modern writers influenced by the city include <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ackroyd" title="Peter Ackroyd">Peter Ackroyd</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/London:_The_Biography" title="London: The Biography">London: The Biography</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Iain_Sinclair" title="Iain Sinclair">Iain Sinclair</a>, who writes in the genre of <a href="/wiki/Psychogeography" title="Psychogeography">psychogeography</a>. In the 1940s, <a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">George Orwell</a> wrote essays in the <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard" title="Evening Standard">London Evening Standard</a></i>, including "<a href="/wiki/A_Nice_Cup_of_Tea" title="A Nice Cup of Tea">A Nice Cup of Tea</a>" (method for making tea) and "<a href="/wiki/The_Moon_Under_Water" title="The Moon Under Water">The Moon Under Water</a>" (an ideal <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">pub</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-393" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-393"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>384<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WWII <a href="/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II" title="Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II">evacuation of children from London</a> is depicted in <a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a>' first Narnia book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe" title="The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a></i> (1950). On Christmas Eve 1925, <a href="/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh" title="Winnie-the-Pooh">Winnie-the-Pooh</a> debuted in London's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evening_News_(London_newspaper)" title="The Evening News (London newspaper)">Evening News</a></i>, with the character based on a stuffed toy <a href="/wiki/A._A._Milne" title="A. A. Milne">A. A. Milne</a> bought for his son <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Robin_Milne" title="Christopher Robin Milne">Christopher Robin</a> in Harrods.<sup id="cite_ref-394" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-394"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>385<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, author <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bond" title="Michael Bond">Michael Bond</a> created <a href="/wiki/Paddington_Bear" title="Paddington Bear">Paddington Bear</a>, a refugee found in <a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington station</a>. A screen adaptation, <i><a href="/wiki/Paddington_(film)" title="Paddington (film)">Paddington</a></i> (2014), features the calypso song "<a href="/wiki/London_is_the_Place_for_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="London is the Place for Me">London is the Place for Me</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-395" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-395"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>386<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buckingham Palace features in <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a>'s 1982 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_BFG" title="The BFG">The BFG</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-396" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-396"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>387<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calendar_of_the_London_Seasons/Calendar_of_the_London_Seasons" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Calendar of the London Seasons/Calendar of the London Seasons">'Calendar of the London Seasons', by L. E. L.</a></b></div></div></div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_July_2010_(4818942309).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/London_July_2010_%284818942309%29.jpg/250px-London_July_2010_%284818942309%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/London_July_2010_%284818942309%29.jpg/375px-London_July_2010_%284818942309%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/London_July_2010_%284818942309%29.jpg/500px-London_July_2010_%284818942309%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Opened in 1937, the <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Luxe_Leicester_Square" title="Odeon Luxe Leicester Square">Odeon cinema</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a> hosts numerous European and world film premieres.</figcaption></figure> <p>London has played a significant role in the film industry. Major studios within or bordering London include <a href="/wiki/Pinewood_Studios" title="Pinewood Studios">Pinewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elstree_Studios" title="Elstree Studios">Elstree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ealing_Studios" title="Ealing Studios">Ealing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Studios" title="Shepperton Studios">Shepperton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Twickenham Studios">Twickenham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Studios,_Leavesden" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden">Leavesden</a>, with the <i><a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_(film_series)" title="Harry Potter (film series)">Harry Potter</a></i> series among many notable films produced here.<sup id="cite_ref-397" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-397"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>388<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-filmlondon_398-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmlondon-398"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>389<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Working_Title_Films" title="Working Title Films">Working Title Films</a> has its headquarters in London. A <a href="/wiki/Post-production" title="Post-production">post-production</a> community is centred in <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>, and London houses six of the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Visual_effects" title="Visual effects">visual effects</a> companies, such as <a href="/wiki/Framestore" title="Framestore">Framestore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-399" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-399"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>390<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Imaginarium" title="The Imaginarium">The Imaginarium</a>, a digital performance-capture studio, was founded by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Serkis" title="Andy Serkis">Andy Serkis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-400" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>391<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London has been the setting for films including <i><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Twist_(1948_film)" title="Oliver Twist (1948 film)">Oliver Twist</a></i> (1948), <i><a href="/wiki/Scrooge_(1951_film)" title="Scrooge (1951 film)">Scrooge</a></i> (1951), <i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Pan_(1953_film)" title="Peter Pan (1953 film)">Peter Pan</a></i> (1953), <i><a href="/wiki/One_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians" title="One Hundred and One Dalmatians">One Hundred and One Dalmatians</a></i> (1961), <i><a href="/wiki/My_Fair_Lady_(film)" title="My Fair Lady (film)">My Fair Lady</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)" title="Mary Poppins (film)">Mary Poppins</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="/wiki/Blowup" title="Blowup">Blowup</a></i> (1966), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)" title="A Clockwork Orange (film)">A Clockwork Orange</a></i> (1971), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Good_Friday" title="The Long Good Friday">The Long Good Friday</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Mouse_Detective" title="The Great Mouse Detective">The Great Mouse Detective</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill_(film)" title="Notting Hill (film)">Notting Hill</a></i> (1999), <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Actually" title="Love Actually">Love Actually</a></i> (2003), <i><a href="/wiki/V_for_Vendetta_(film)" title="V for Vendetta (film)">V for Vendetta</a></i> (2005), <i><a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street" title="Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street">Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</a></i> (2008) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">The King's Speech</a></i> (2010). Notable actors and filmmakers from London include <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Andrews" title="Julie Andrews">Julie Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Christie" title="Julie Christie">Julie Christie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Oldman" title="Gary Oldman">Gary Oldman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Thompson" title="Emma Thompson">Emma Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Ritchie" title="Guy Ritchie">Guy Ritchie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nolan" title="Christopher Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rickman" title="Alan Rickman">Alan Rickman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jude_Law" title="Jude Law">Jude Law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helena_Bonham_Carter" title="Helena Bonham Carter">Helena Bonham Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hardy" title="Tom Hardy">Tom Hardy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Radcliffe" title="Daniel Radcliffe">Daniel Radcliffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keira_Knightley" title="Keira Knightley">Keira Knightley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riz_Ahmed" title="Riz Ahmed">Riz Ahmed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dev_Patel" title="Dev Patel">Dev Patel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kaluuya" title="Daniel Kaluuya">Daniel Kaluuya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Holland" title="Tom Holland">Tom Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Day-Lewis" title="Daniel Day-Lewis">Daniel Day-Lewis</a>. Post-war <a href="/wiki/Ealing_comedies" title="Ealing comedies">Ealing comedies</a> featured <a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a>, from the 1950s <a href="/wiki/Hammer_Film_Productions" title="Hammer Film Productions">Hammer Horrors</a> starred <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lee" title="Christopher Lee">Christopher Lee</a>, films directed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Powell" title="Michael Powell">Michael Powell</a> included the London-set early <a href="/wiki/Slasher_film" title="Slasher film">slasher</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(1960_film)" title="Peeping Tom (1960 film)">Peeping Tom</a></i> (1960), the 1970s comedy troupe <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python" title="Monty Python">Monty Python</a> had film editing suites in Covent Garden, while since the 1990s <a href="/wiki/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Richard Curtis</a>'s rom-coms have featured <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Grant" title="Hugh Grant">Hugh Grant</a>. The largest cinema chain in the country, <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Cinemas" title="Odeon Cinemas">Odeon Cinemas</a> was founded in London in 1928 by <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Deutsch" title="Oscar Deutsch">Oscar Deutsch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-401" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-401"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>392<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/BFI_IMAX" title="BFI IMAX">BFI IMAX</a> on the <a href="/wiki/South_Bank" title="South Bank">South Bank</a> is the largest cinema screen in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-402" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-402"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>393<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a> (BAFTAs) have been held in London since 1949, with the <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Fellowship" title="BAFTA Fellowship">BAFTA Fellowship</a> the Academy's highest accolade.<sup id="cite_ref-403" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-403"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founded in 1957, the <a href="/wiki/BFI_London_Film_Festival" title="BFI London Film Festival">BFI London Film Festival</a> takes place over two weeks every October.<sup id="cite_ref-404" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-404"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>395<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London is a major centre for television production, with studios including <a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">Television Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios" title="ITV Studios">ITV Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Campus" title="Sky Campus">Sky Campus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fountain_Studios" title="Fountain Studios">Fountain Studios</a>; the latter hosted the original talent shows, <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Idol" title="Pop Idol">Pop Idol</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)" title="The X Factor (British TV series)">The X Factor</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Britain%27s_Got_Talent" title="Britain's Got Talent">Britain's Got Talent</a></i> (the latter two created by TV personality <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> who starred as a judge in all three shows), before each format was exported around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-405" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-405"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>396<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-406" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-406"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>397<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formerly a franchise of ITV, <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a> featured comedians such as <a href="/wiki/Benny_Hill" title="Benny Hill">Benny Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Atkinson" title="Rowan Atkinson">Rowan Atkinson</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bean" title="Mr. Bean">Mr. Bean</a></i> was first screened by Thames), while <a href="/wiki/Talkback_(production_company)" title="Talkback (production company)">Talkback</a> produced <i><a href="/wiki/Da_Ali_G_Show" title="Da Ali G Show">Da Ali G Show</a></i> which featured <a href="/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen" title="Sacha Baron Cohen">Sacha Baron Cohen</a> as <a href="/wiki/Ali_G" title="Ali G">Ali G</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-407" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-407"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>398<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many television shows have been set in London, including the popular television soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-408" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-408"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>399<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums,_art_galleries_and_libraries"><span id="Museums.2C_art_galleries_and_libraries"></span>Museums, art galleries and libraries</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg/240px-Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg/360px-Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg/480px-Kensington_Museums_aerial_2011_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2513" data-file-height="1749" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of <a href="/wiki/Albertopolis" title="Albertopolis">Albertopolis</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Albert_Memorial" title="Albert Memorial">Albert Memorial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Art" title="Royal College of Art">Royal College of Art</a> are visible near the top; <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a> at the lower end; <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London">Science Museum</a> lying in between.</figcaption></figure> <p>London is <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_London" title="List of museums in London">home to many museums</a>, galleries, and other institutions, many of which are free of admission charges and are major <a href="/wiki/Tourist_attraction" title="Tourist attraction">tourist attractions</a> as well as playing a research role. The first of these to be established was the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury" title="Bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a>, in 1753.<sup id="cite_ref-409" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-409"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>400<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally containing antiquities, natural history specimens, and the national library, the museum now has 7 million artefacts from around the globe. In 1824, the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a> was founded to house the British national collection of Western paintings; this now occupies a prominent position in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-410" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-410"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>401<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_libraries" title="List of largest libraries">second largest library</a> in the world, and the <a href="/wiki/National_library" title="National library">national library</a> of the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-411" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-411"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>402<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are many other research libraries, including the <a href="/wiki/Wellcome_Library" title="Wellcome Library">Wellcome Library</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dana_Library_and_Research_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Library and Research Centre">Dana Centre</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Academic_library" title="Academic library">university libraries</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/British_Library_of_Political_and_Economic_Science" title="British Library of Political and Economic Science">British Library of Political and Economic Science</a> at <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">LSE</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London_Abdus_Salam_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College London Abdus Salam Library">Abdus Salam Library</a> at <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maughan_Library" title="Maughan Library">Maughan Library</a> at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Senate_House_Libraries" title="Senate House Libraries">Senate House Libraries</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-412" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-412"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>403<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the latter half of the 19th century the locale of <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington">South Kensington</a> was developed as "<a href="/wiki/Albertopolis" title="Albertopolis">Albertopolis</a>", a cultural and scientific quarter. Three major national museums are there: the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/London_Science_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="London Science Museum">Science Museum</a>. The <a href="/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery</a> was founded in 1856 to house depictions of figures from British history; its holdings now comprise the world's most extensive collection of portraits.<sup id="cite_ref-413" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-413"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>404<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The national gallery of British art is at <a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Britain</a>, originally established as an annexe of the National Gallery in 1897. The Tate Gallery, as it was formerly known, also became a major centre for modern art. In 2000, this collection moved to <a href="/wiki/Tate_Modern" title="Tate Modern">Tate Modern</a>, a new gallery housed in the former <a href="/wiki/Bankside_Power_Station" title="Bankside Power Station">Bankside Power Station</a> which is accessed by pedestrians north of the Thames via the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London" title="Millennium Bridge, London">Millennium Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-414" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-414"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>405<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG/220px-Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG/330px-Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG/440px-Royal_Albert_Hall.001_-_London.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> hosts concerts and musical events, including the classical music festival <a href="/wiki/BBC_Proms" title="BBC Proms">The Proms</a> which are held every summer, as well as cinema screenings of films accompanied with live orchestral music.</figcaption></figure> <p>London is one of the major classical and <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> capitals of the world and hosts major music corporations, such as <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group International</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a>, and countless bands, musicians and industry professionals. The city is also home to many orchestras and concert halls, such as the <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Arts_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbican Arts Centre">Barbican Arts Centre</a> (principal base of the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Chorus" title="London Symphony Chorus">London Symphony Chorus</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Southbank_Centre" title="Southbank Centre">Southbank Centre</a> (<a href="/wiki/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="London Philharmonic Orchestra">London Philharmonic Orchestra</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philharmonia_Orchestra" title="Philharmonia Orchestra">Philharmonia Orchestra</a>), <a href="/wiki/Cadogan_Hall" title="Cadogan Hall">Cadogan Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Royal Philharmonic Orchestra">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Proms" class="mw-redirect" title="The Proms">The Proms</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-London's_Concerts_365-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London's_Concerts-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Proms, an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music first held in 1895, ends with the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Proms#Last_Night_of_the_Proms" title="BBC Proms">Last Night of the Proms</a>. London's two main opera houses are the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Coliseum" title="London Coliseum">London Coliseum</a> (home to the <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-London's_Concerts_365-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London's_Concerts-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK's largest <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a> is at the Royal Albert Hall. Other significant instruments are in cathedrals and major churches—the church bells of <a href="/wiki/St_Clement_Danes" title="St Clement Danes">St Clement Danes</a> feature in the 1744 <a href="/wiki/Nursery_rhyme" title="Nursery rhyme">nursery rhyme</a> "<a href="/wiki/Oranges_and_Lemons" title="Oranges and Lemons">Oranges and Lemons</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-415" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-415"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>406<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/Conservatoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservatoire">conservatoires</a> are within the city: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music" title="Royal Academy of Music">Royal Academy of Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama" title="Guildhall School of Music and Drama">Guildhall School of Music and Drama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College of Music">Trinity Laban</a>. The record label <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> was formed in the city in 1931, and an early employee for the company, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Blumlein" title="Alan Blumlein">Alan Blumlein</a>, created <a href="/wiki/Stereo_sound" class="mw-redirect" title="Stereo sound">stereo sound</a> that year.<sup id="cite_ref-416" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-416"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>407<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guitar amp engineer <a href="/wiki/Jim_Marshall_(businessman)" title="Jim Marshall (businessman)">Jim Marshall</a> founded <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Amplification" title="Marshall Amplification">Marshall Amplification</a> in London in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-417" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-417"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>408<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg/250px-Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg/375px-Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg/500px-Abbey_Rd_Studios.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios">Abbey Road Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road,_London" title="Abbey Road, London">Abbey Road</a></figcaption></figure> <p>London has numerous venues for rock and pop concerts, including the world's busiest indoor venue, <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">the O<sub>2</sub> Arena</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-418" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-418"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>409<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a>, as well as many mid-sized venues, such as <a href="/wiki/Brixton_Academy" title="Brixton Academy">Brixton Academy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Apollo" title="Hammersmith Apollo">Hammersmith Apollo</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_Empire" title="Shepherd's Bush Empire">Shepherd's Bush Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-London's_Concerts_365-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London's_Concerts-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/Music_festivals" class="mw-redirect" title="Music festivals">music festivals</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Wireless_Festival" title="Wireless Festival">Wireless Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lovebox_Festival" title="Lovebox Festival">Lovebox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a>'s <a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time_(concerts)" title="British Summer Time (concerts)">British Summer Time</a>, are held in London.<sup id="cite_ref-419" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-419"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>410<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is home to the original <a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Cafe" title="Hard Rock Cafe">Hard Rock Cafe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios">Abbey Road Studios</a>, where <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> recorded many of their hits. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, musicians and groups like <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a>, <a href="/wiki/T._Rex_(band)" title="T. Rex (band)">T. Rex</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">the Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Costello" title="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cat_Stevens" title="Cat Stevens">Cat Stevens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Cure" title="The Cure">the Cure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madness_(band)" title="Madness (band)">Madness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culture_Club" title="Culture Club">Culture Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Springfield" title="Dusty Springfield">Dusty Springfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Status_Quo_(band)" title="Status Quo (band)">Status Quo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sade_(band)" title="Sade (band)">Sade</a>, derived their sound from the streets and rhythms of London.<sup id="cite_ref-420" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-420"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>411<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-421" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-421"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>412<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London was instrumental in the development of <a href="/wiki/Punk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Punk music">punk music</a>, with groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Sex_Pistols" title="Sex Pistols">Sex Pistols</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">the Clash</a> and fashion designer <a href="/wiki/Vivienne_Westwood" title="Vivienne Westwood">Vivienne Westwood</a> all based in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-422" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-422"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>413<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other artists to emerge from the London music scene include <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Bush" title="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seal_(musician)" title="Seal (musician)">Seal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" title="Siouxsie and the Banshees">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bush_(British_band)" title="Bush (British band)">Bush</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spice_Girls" title="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamiroquai" title="Jamiroquai">Jamiroquai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Prodigy" title="The Prodigy">the Prodigy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorillaz" title="Gorillaz">Gorillaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumford_%26_Sons" title="Mumford & Sons">Mumford & Sons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dido_(singer)" title="Dido (singer)">Dido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Smith_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Smith (singer)">Sam Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Goulding" title="Ellie Goulding">Ellie Goulding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dua_Lipa" title="Dua Lipa">Dua Lipa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Florence_and_the_Machine" title="Florence and the Machine">Florence and the Machine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Scene_423-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scene-423"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artists from London played a prominent role in the development of <a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">synth-pop</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Gary_Numan" title="Gary Numan">Gary Numan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Depeche_Mode" title="Depeche Mode">Depeche Mode</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurythmics" title="Eurythmics">Eurythmics</a>; the latter's "<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_(Are_Made_of_This)" title="Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)">Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)</a>" was recorded in the attic of their north London home, heralding a trend for home recording methods.<sup id="cite_ref-424" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-424"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>415<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artists from London with a Caribbean influence include <a href="/wiki/Hot_Chocolate" title="Hot Chocolate">Hot Chocolate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ocean" title="Billy Ocean">Billy Ocean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_II_Soul" title="Soul II Soul">Soul II Soul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Grant" title="Eddy Grant">Eddy Grant</a>, with the latter fusing <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a>, soul and samba with rock and pop.<sup id="cite_ref-425" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-425"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>416<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London is also a centre for urban music. In particular the genres <a href="/wiki/UK_garage" title="UK garage">UK garage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dubstep" title="Dubstep">dubstep</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grime_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grime (music)">grime</a> evolved in the city from the foreign genres of <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>, and reggae, alongside local <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a>. Urban acts from London include <a href="/wiki/Stormzy" title="Stormzy">Stormzy</a>, <a href="/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)" title="M.I.A. (rapper)">M.I.A.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Sean" title="Jay Sean">Jay Sean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a>. Music station <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC Radio 1Xtra</a> was set up to support the rise of local <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a> music both in London and in the rest of the United Kingdom. The <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a>'s annual popular music awards, the <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a>, are held in London.<sup id="cite_ref-426" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-426"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>417<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks_and_open_spaces">Parks and open spaces</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Parks_and_open_spaces_in_London" title="Parks and open spaces in London">Parks and open spaces in London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks of London">Royal Parks of London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Greater_London" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London">List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_local_nature_reserves_in_Greater_London" title="List of local nature reserves in Greater London">List of local nature reserves in Greater London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg/240px-Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg/360px-Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg/480px-Hyde_Park_London_from_the_air.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gardens" title="Kensington Gardens">Kensington Gardens</a> in the foreground) has been a popular public space since it opened in 1637.</figcaption></figure> <p>A 2013 report by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a> said that London is the "greenest city" in Europe with 35,000 acres (14,164 hectares) of public parks, woodlands and gardens.<sup id="cite_ref-427" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>418<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest parks in the <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">central area of London</a> are three of the eight <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks of London">Royal Parks</a>, namely <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a> and its neighbour <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gardens" title="Kensington Gardens">Kensington Gardens</a> in the west, and <a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park" title="Regent's Park">Regent's Park</a> to the north.<sup id="cite_ref-428" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-428"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>419<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hyde Park in particular is popular for <a href="#Sport">sports</a> and sometimes hosts open-air concerts. Regent's Park contains <a href="/wiki/London_Zoo" title="London Zoo">London Zoo</a>, the world's oldest scientific zoo, and is near <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a> wax museum.<sup id="cite_ref-Tussauds_429-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tussauds-429"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>420<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Primrose_Hill" title="Primrose Hill">Primrose Hill</a> is a popular spot from which to view the city skyline.<sup id="cite_ref-430" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-430"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>421<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Close to Hyde Park are smaller Royal Parks, <a href="/wiki/Green_Park" title="Green Park">Green Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._James%27s_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="St. James's Park">St. James's Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-431" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-431"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>422<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of large parks lie outside the city centre, including <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath" title="Hampstead Heath">Hampstead Heath</a> and the remaining Royal Parks of <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a> to the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Bushy_Park" title="Bushy Park">Bushy Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Park" title="Richmond Park">Richmond Park</a> (the largest) to the southwest. <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_Park" title="Hampton Court Park">Hampton Court Park</a> is also a royal park, but, because it contains a palace, it is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Historic_Royal_Palaces" title="Historic Royal Palaces">Historic Royal Palaces</a>, unlike the eight <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks of London">Royal Parks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-432" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-432"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>423<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Close to Richmond Park is <a href="/wiki/Kew_Gardens" title="Kew Gardens">Kew Gardens</a>, which has the world's largest collection of living plants. In 2003, the gardens were put on the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Educational,_Scientific_and_Cultural_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization">UNESCO</a> list of <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom">World Heritage Sites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-433" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-433"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>424<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also parks administered by London's borough Councils, including <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_London" title="Victoria Park, London">Victoria Park</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_End" class="mw-redirect" title="East End">East End</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battersea_Park" title="Battersea Park">Battersea Park</a> in the centre. Some more informal, semi-natural open spaces also exist, including <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath" title="Hampstead Heath">Hampstead Heath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Epping Forest</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Epping_434-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epping-434"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>425<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both controlled by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-435" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-435"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>426<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hampstead Heath incorporates <a href="/wiki/Kenwood_House" title="Kenwood House">Kenwood House</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Stately_home" class="mw-redirect" title="Stately home">stately home</a> and a popular location in the summer months when classical musical concerts are held by the lake.<sup id="cite_ref-436" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-436"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>427<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Epping Forest is a popular venue for various outdoor activities, including mountain biking, walking, horse riding, golf, angling, and orienteering.<sup id="cite_ref-Epping_434-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epping-434"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>425<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three of the UK's most-visited theme parks, <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_Park" title="Thorpe Park">Thorpe Park</a> near Staines-upon-Thames, <a href="/wiki/Chessington_World_of_Adventures" title="Chessington World of Adventures">Chessington World of Adventures</a> in Chessington and <a href="/wiki/Legoland_Windsor_Resort" title="Legoland Windsor Resort">Legoland Windsor</a>, are located within 20 miles (32 km) of London.<sup id="cite_ref-437" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-437"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>428<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Walking">Walking</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Horse_Ride,_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Horse_Ride%2C_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg/220px-Horse_Ride%2C_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Horse_Ride%2C_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg/330px-Horse_Ride%2C_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Horse_Ride%2C_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg/440px-Horse_Ride%2C_Wimbledon_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_692221.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Horse Ride is a <a href="/wiki/Tree_tunnel" title="Tree tunnel">tree tunnel</a> (route overhung by trees) on the western side of <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Common" title="Wimbledon Common">Wimbledon Common</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Walking_in_London" title="Walking in London">Walking is a popular recreational activity in London</a>. Areas that provide for walks include <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Common" title="Wimbledon Common">Wimbledon Common</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Epping Forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_Park" title="Hampton Court Park">Hampton Court Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath" title="Hampstead Heath">Hampstead Heath</a>, the eight <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks">Royal Parks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regents_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Regents Canal">Regents Canal</a> Walk, canals and disused railway tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_438-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-438"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access to canals and rivers has improved recently, including the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Path" title="Thames Path">Thames Path</a>, some 28 miles (45 km) of which is within <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, and The <a href="/wiki/Wandle_Trail" title="Wandle Trail">Wandle Trail</a> along the <a href="/wiki/River_Wandle" title="River Wandle">River Wandle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-439" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-439"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>430<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other <a href="/wiki/Long-distance_path" class="mw-redirect" title="Long-distance path">long-distance paths</a>, linking green spaces, have also been created, including the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Ring" title="Capital Ring">Capital Ring</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Green_Chain_Walk" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Chain Walk">Green Chain Walk</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Outer_Orbital_Path" title="London Outer Orbital Path">London Outer Orbital Path</a> ("Loop"), <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Walkway" title="Jubilee Walkway">Jubilee Walkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lea_Valley_Walk" title="Lea Valley Walk">Lea Valley Walk</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_Memorial_Walk" title="Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk">Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_438-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-438"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_London" title="Sport in London">Sport in London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Football_in_London" title="Football in London">Football in London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_London" title="Rugby union in London">Rugby union in London</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:219px;max-width:219px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg/215px-Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg/323px-Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg/430px-Wembley_Stadium_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2926" data-file-height="1885" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, home of the England <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">men</a> and <a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_football_team" title="England women's national football team">women's football team</a> and the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_Final" title="FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a>, has a seating capacity of 90,000. It is the UK's biggest stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-Wembley_440-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wembley-440"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>431<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg/215px-Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg/323px-Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg/430px-Centre_Court_Wimbledon_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Court" title="Centre Court">Centre Court</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a>. Held every June and July, Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and the only major played on grass.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg/215px-Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg/323px-Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg/430px-Twickenham_stadium_-_Cup_finals_day_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2966637.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="577" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stadium" title="Twickenham Stadium">Twickenham</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England national rugby union team</a>, has a capacity of 82,000 seats.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>London has hosted the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympics</a> three times: in <a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908</a>, <a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a>, making it the first city to host the modern Games three times.<sup id="cite_ref-IOC_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was also the host of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">British Empire Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/1934_British_Empire_Games" title="1934 British Empire Games">1934</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_175_441-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_175-441"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>432<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, London hosted the <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2017 World Championships in Athletics">World Championships in Athletics</a> for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-442" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-442"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>433<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London's <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_United_Kingdom#Popularity" title="Sport in the United Kingdom">most popular sport</a> is <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, and it has seven clubs in the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24 season</a>: <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-london_176_443-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_176-443"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>434<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other professional men's teams in London are <a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C." title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a>. Four London-based teams are in the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Super_League" title="Women's Super League">Women's Super League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_W.F.C." title="Arsenal W.F.C.">Arsenal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C._Women" title="Chelsea F.C. Women">Chelsea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._Women" title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women">Tottenham</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C._Women" title="West Ham United F.C. Women">West Ham United</a>. </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/Premiership_Rugby" title="Premiership Rugby">Premiership Rugby</a> union teams are based in Greater London: <a href="/wiki/Harlequin_F.C." title="Harlequin F.C.">Harlequins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saracens_F.C." title="Saracens F.C.">Saracens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-444" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-444"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>435<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ealing_Trailfinders_Rugby_Club" title="Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club">Ealing Trailfinders</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Scottish_F.C." title="London Scottish F.C.">London Scottish</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/RFU_Championship" title="RFU Championship">RFU Championship</a>; other rugby union clubs in the city include <a href="/wiki/Richmond_F.C." title="Richmond F.C.">Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosslyn_Park_F.C." title="Rosslyn Park F.C.">Rosslyn Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westcombe_Park_RFC" title="Westcombe Park RFC">Westcombe Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackheath_F.C." title="Blackheath F.C.">Blackheath</a>. <a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stadium" title="Twickenham Stadium">Twickenham Stadium</a> in south-west London hosts home matches for the <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England national rugby union team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-musiccap_445-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musiccap-445"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>436<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> is more popular in the north of England, the sport has one professional club in London – the <a href="/wiki/London_Broncos" title="London Broncos">London Broncos</a> who play in the <a href="/wiki/Super_League" title="Super League">Super League</a>. </p><p>One of London's best-known annual sports competitions is the <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Championships" title="Wimbledon Championships">Wimbledon Tennis Championships</a>, held at the <a href="/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club" title="All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club">All England Club</a> in the south-western suburb of <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon</a> since 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-446" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>437<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Played in late June to early July, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and widely considered the most prestigious.<sup id="cite_ref-447" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-447"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>438<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-448" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-448"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London has two <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test cricket</a> grounds which host the <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England cricket team</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s" title="Lord's">Lord's</a> (home of <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Middlesex County Cricket Club">Middlesex C.C.C.</a>) and <a href="/wiki/The_Oval" title="The Oval">the Oval</a> (home of <a href="/wiki/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club" title="Surrey County Cricket Club">Surrey C.C.C.</a>). Lord's has hosted four finals of the <a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">Cricket World Cup</a> and is known as the <i>Home of Cricket</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-449" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-449"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>440<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In golf, the <a href="/wiki/Wentworth_Club" title="Wentworth Club">Wentworth Club</a> is located in <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Water" title="Virginia Water">Virginia Water</a>, Surrey on the south-west fringes of London, while the closest venue to London that is used as one of the courses for <a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">the Open Championship</a>, the oldest major and tournament in golf, is <a href="/wiki/Royal_St_George%27s_Golf_Club" title="Royal St George's Golf Club">Royal St George's</a> in Sandwich, Kent.<sup id="cite_ref-450" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-450"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>441<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Palace" title="Alexandra Palace">Alexandra Palace</a> in north London hosts the <a href="/wiki/PDC_World_Darts_Championship" title="PDC World Darts Championship">PDC World Darts Championship</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Masters_(snooker)" title="Masters (snooker)">Masters</a> <a href="/wiki/Snooker" title="Snooker">snooker</a> tournament. Other key annual events are the mass-participation <a href="/wiki/London_Marathon" title="London Marathon">London Marathon</a><sup id="cite_ref-451" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-451"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>442<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/University_Boat_Race" class="mw-redirect" title="University Boat Race">University Boat Race</a> on the Thames contested between <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Boat_Club" title="Oxford University Boat Club">Oxford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Boat_Club" title="Cambridge University Boat Club">Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-452" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-452"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>443<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">London region</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/London_metropolitan_area" title="London metropolitan area">London metropolitan area</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">LUN</span>-dən</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London is socially considered a city due to its physical and cultural signifance. However, it has not been legally granted by the Crown as having <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also: <a href="/wiki/Independent_city#National_capitals" title="Independent city">Independent city § National capitals</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Greater London Authority consists of the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a>. The London Mayor is distinguished from the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_London" title="Lord Mayor of London">Lord Mayor of London</a>, who heads the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a> running the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to the <a href="/wiki/Eurostat" title="Eurostat">European Statistical Agency</a> (Eurostat), London had the largest <a href="/wiki/Larger_Urban_Zones" class="mw-redirect" title="Larger Urban Zones">Larger Urban Zone</a> in the EU. Eurostat uses the sum of the populations of the contiguous urban core and the surrounding commuting zone as its definition.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-347"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-347">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Imperial College London was a constituent college of the University of London between 1908 and 2007. 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="History_of_London" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_London" title="History of London">History of London</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London" title="Timeline of London">Evolution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_London" title="Anglo-Saxon London">Lundenwic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London" title="Timeline of London">Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Roman London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_London" title="Anglo-Saxon London">Anglo-Saxon London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_and_Medieval_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman and Medieval London">Norman and Medieval London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_London" title="Tudor London">Tudor London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_London" title="Stuart London">Stuart London</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/18th-century_London" title="18th-century London">18th-century London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th-century_London" title="19th-century London">19th-century London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_London_(1900%E2%80%931939)" title="History of London (1900–1939)">1900–1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_in_World_War_II" title="London in World War II">World War II</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">The Blitz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_London#1945–2000" title="History of London">1945–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_London#21st_century" title="History of London">21st century</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_British_monarch" title="Coronation of the British monarch">Coronations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt" title="Peasants' Revolt">Peasants' Revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Death_in_England" title="Black Death in England">Black Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London" title="Great Plague of London">Great Plague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak" title="1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak">1854 cholera outbreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Stink" title="Great Stink">Great Stink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Exhibition">Great Exhibition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco-British_Exhibition" title="Franco-British Exhibition">1908 Franco-British Exhibition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street" title="Battle of Cable Street">The Battle of Cable Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Britain" title="Festival of Britain">Festival of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London" title="Great Smog of London">Great Smog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII" title="Abdication of Edward VIII">Abdication of Edward VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinging_Sixties" title="Swinging Sixties">Swinging London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Plan" title="London Plan">London Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1966 FIFA World Cup final">1966 FIFA World Cup final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_and_Regent%27s_Park_bombings" title="Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings">Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests#London" title="15 February 2003 anti-war protests">Anti-war protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings" title="7 July 2005 London bombings">7/7 bombings</a></li> <li>Olympic Games <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire" title="Grenfell Tower fire">Grenfell Tower fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_London" title="COVID-19 pandemic in London">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_London" title="History of local government in London">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Historic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Board_of_Works" title="Metropolitan Board of Works">Metropolitan Board of Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a></li></ul></li> <li>Current 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Party">London Green Party</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_independence" title="London independence">London independence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners" title="Bow Street Runners">Bow Street Runners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="History of the Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Ambulance_Service" title="London Ambulance Service">London Ambulance Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London Fire Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_London_Authority" title="Port of London Authority">Port of London Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_sewer_system" title="London sewer system">London sewer system</a></li> 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London">Buildings and<br />structures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Bridges_in_London" title="Category:Bridges in London">Bridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Bridge,_London" title="Albert Bridge, London">Albert Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_Bridge" title="Battersea Bridge">Battersea Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_Bridge" title="Blackfriars Bridge">Blackfriars Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Bridge" title="Chelsea Bridge">Chelsea Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Bridge" title="Hammersmith Bridge">Hammersmith Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_Bridge_and_Golden_Jubilee_Bridges" title="Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges">Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Bridge" title="Lambeth Bridge">Lambeth Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge" title="London Bridge">London Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London" title="Millennium Bridge, London">Millennium Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_Bridge" title="Putney Bridge">Putney Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Bridge,_London" title="Richmond Bridge, London">Richmond Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_Bridge" title="Southwark Bridge">Southwark Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_Bridge" title="Tower Bridge">Tower Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge" title="Vauxhall Bridge">Vauxhall Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Bridge" title="Waterloo Bridge">Waterloo Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Bridge" title="Westminster Bridge">Westminster Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Entertainment_venues_in_London" title="Category:Entertainment venues in London">Entertainment<br />venues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Cinemas_in_London" title="Category:Cinemas in London">Cinemas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BFI_IMAX" title="BFI IMAX">BFI IMAX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire,_Leicester_Square" title="Empire, Leicester Square">Empire, Leicester Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odeon_Luxe_Leicester_Square" title="Odeon Luxe Leicester Square">Odeon Luxe Leicester Square</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Football stadia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a> (national stadium)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_Community_Stadium" title="Brentford Community Stadium">Brentford Community Stadium</a> (Brentford)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Road" title="Brisbane Road">Brisbane Road</a> (Leyton Orient)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_Cottage" title="Craven Cottage">Craven Cottage</a> (Fulham)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Den" title="The Den">The Den</a> (Millwall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirates_Stadium" title="Emirates Stadium">Emirates Stadium</a> (Arsenal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road">Loftus Road</a> (Queens Park Rangers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Stadium" title="London Stadium">London Stadium</a> (West Ham United)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plough_Lane" title="Plough Lane">Plough Lane</a> (AFC Wimbledon)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selhurst_Park" title="Selhurst Park">Selhurst Park</a> (Crystal Palace)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a> (Chelsea)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Valley_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Valley (London)">The Valley</a> (Charlton Athletic)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_Stadium" title="Tottenham Hotspur Stadium">Tottenham Hotspur Stadium</a> (Tottenham Hotspur)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Sports_venues_in_London" title="Category:Sports venues in London">Other major<br />sports venues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club" title="All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club">All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Championship_Course" title="The Championship Course">The Championship Course</a> (rowing)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_National_Sports_Centre" title="Crystal Palace National Sports Centre">Crystal Palace National Sports Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord%27s" title="Lord's">Lord's</a> (cricket)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Olympic_Park" title="Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park">Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Oval" title="The Oval">The Oval</a> (cricket)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stadium" title="Twickenham Stadium">Twickenham Stadium</a> (rugby)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Theatres_in_London" title="Template:Theatres in London">Theatres</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adelphi_Theatre" title="Adelphi Theatre">Adelphi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Victoria_Theatre" title="Apollo Victoria Theatre">Apollo Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Coliseum" title="London Coliseum">Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criterion_Theatre" title="Criterion Theatre">Criterion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_Theatre" title="Dominion Theatre">Dominion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyceum_Theatre,_London" title="Lyceum Theatre, London">Lyceum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Vic" title="The Old Vic">Old Vic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">Palladium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">Royal National Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Globe" title="Shakespeare's Globe">Shakespeare's Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane" title="Theatre Royal, Drury Lane">Theatre Royal, Drury Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Haymarket" title="Theatre Royal Haymarket">Theatre Royal Haymarket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaudeville_Theatre" title="Vaudeville Theatre">Vaudeville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Palace" title="Alexandra Palace">Alexandra Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_Academy" title="Brixton Academy">Brixton Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ExCeL_London" title="ExCeL London">ExCeL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Apollo" title="Hammersmith Apollo">Hammersmith Apollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">The O2 Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Festival_Hall" title="Royal Festival Hall">Royal Festival Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Arch" title="Admiralty Arch">Admiralty Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_London_(Southwark)" title="City Hall, London (Southwark)">City Hall (Southwark)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_London_(Newham)" title="City Hall, London (Newham)">City Hall (Newham)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_London" title="County Hall, London">County Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guildhall,_London" title="Guildhall, London">Guildhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_Guards_(building)" title="Horse Guards (building)">Horse Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansion_House,_London" title="Mansion House, London">Mansion House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bailey" title="Old Bailey">Old Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Courts_of_Justice" title="Royal Courts of Justice">Royal Courts of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIS_Building" title="SIS Building">SIS Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_House" title="Thames House">Thames House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Museums_in_London" title="Category:Museums in London">Museums</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Category:Art_museums_and_galleries_in_London" title="Category:Art museums and galleries in London">galleries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_War_Rooms" title="Churchill War Rooms">Churchill War Rooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtauld_Gallery" title="Courtauld Gallery">Courtauld Gallery</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cutty_Sark" title="Cutty Sark">Cutty Sark</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Hinde_(1973)" title="Golden Hinde (1973)"><i>Golden Hinde</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guildhall_Art_Gallery" title="Guildhall Art Gallery">Guildhall Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Belfast" title="HMS Belfast">HMS <i>Belfast</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_London" title="Museum of London">Museum of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Arts" title="Royal Academy of Arts">Royal Academy of Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London">Science Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_Modern" title="Tate Modern">Tate Modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Collection" title="Wallace Collection">Wallace Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_V%26A" title="Young V&A">Young V&A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Religious_buildings_and_structures_in_London" title="Category:Religious buildings and structures in London">Places of worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Hallows-by-the-Tower" title="All Hallows-by-the-Tower">All Hallows-by-the-Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAPS_Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir_London" title="BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London">BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bevis_Marks_Synagogue" title="Bevis Marks Synagogue">Bevis Marks Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Central_Hall,_Westminster" title="Methodist Central Hall, Westminster">Methodist Central Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Central_Mosque" title="London Central Mosque">Regent's Park Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Clement_Danes" title="St Clement Danes">St Clement Danes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Margaret%27s,_Westminster" title="St Margaret's, Westminster">St Margaret's, Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Martin-in-the-Fields" title="St Martin-in-the-Fields">St Martin-in-the-Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary-le-Bow" title="St Mary-le-Bow">St Mary-le-Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_Cathedral" title="Southwark Cathedral">Southwark Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral" title="Westminster Cathedral">Westminster Cathedral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Retailing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Shops_in_London" title="Category:Shops in London">Shops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fortnum_%26_Mason" title="Fortnum & Mason">Fortnum & Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamleys" title="Hamleys">Hamleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrods" title="Harrods">Harrods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Nichols" title="Harvey Nichols">Harvey Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatchards" title="Hatchards">Hatchards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_(department_store)" title="Liberty (department store)">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jones_(department_store)" title="Peter Jones (department store)">Peter Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridges,_Oxford_Street" title="Selfridges, Oxford Street">Selfridges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Shopping_centres_in_London" title="Category:Shopping centres in London">Shopping centres</a><br />and markets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borough_Market" title="Borough Market">Borough Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Cross_Shopping_Centre" title="Brent Cross Shopping Centre">Brent Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Arcade" title="Burlington Arcade">Burlington Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_Market" title="Camden Market">Camden Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_Arcade" title="Kensington Arcade">Kensington Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadenhall_Market" title="Leadenhall Market">Leadenhall Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_New_Change" title="One New Change">One New Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petticoat_Lane_Market" title="Petticoat Lane Market">Petticoat Lane Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London" title="Royal Exchange, London">Royal Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_London" title="Westfield London">Westfield London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_Stratford_City" title="Westfield Stratford City">Westfield Stratford City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_buildings_in_London" title="Category:Royal buildings in London">Royal buildings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Partly occupied by<br />the royal family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_House" title="Clarence House">Clarence House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_Palace" title="Kensington Palace">Kensington Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Palace" title="St James's Palace">St James's Palace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Unoccupied</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banqueting_House,_Whitehall" class="mw-redirect" title="Banqueting House, Whitehall">Banqueting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_Palace" title="Hampton Court Palace">Hampton Court Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kew_Palace" title="Kew Palace">Kew Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Gallery">The Queen's Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Mews" title="Royal Mews">Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Skyscrapers_in_London" title="Category:Skyscrapers in London">Skyscrapers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_Canada_Square" title="One Canada Square">One Canada Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Churchill_Place" title="One Churchill Place">One Churchill Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Canada_Square" title="8 Canada Square">8 Canada Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_Fenchurch_Street" title="20 Fenchurch Street">20 Fenchurch Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122_Leadenhall_Street" title="122 Leadenhall Street">122 Leadenhall Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadgate_Tower" title="Broadgate Tower">Broadgate Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citigroup_Centre_(London)" title="Citigroup Centre (London)">Citigroup Centre (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gherkin" title="The Gherkin">The Gherkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heron_Tower" title="Heron Tower">Heron Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Shard" title="The Shard">The Shard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George_Wharf_Tower" title="St George Wharf Tower">St George Wharf Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_42" title="Tower 42">Tower 42</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Memorial" title="Albert Memorial">Albert Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ArcelorMittal_Orbit" title="ArcelorMittal Orbit">ArcelorMittal Orbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Big Ben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cenotaph" title="The Cenotaph">The Cenotaph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle,_London" title="Cleopatra's Needle, London">Cleopatra's Needle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_transmitting_station" title="Crystal Palace transmitting station">Crystal Palace transmitting station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Eye" title="London Eye">London Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Wall" title="London Wall">London Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch" title="Marble Arch">Marble Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monument_to_the_Great_Fire_of_London" title="Monument to the Great Fire of London">Monument to the Great Fire of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column" title="Nelson's Column">Nelson's Column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury_Memorial_Fountain" title="Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain">Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain ("Eros")</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Barrier" title="Thames Barrier">Thames Barrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Arch" title="Wellington Arch">Wellington Arch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">City Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_station" title="Blackfriars station">Blackfriars station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Street_station" title="Cannon Street station">Cannon Street station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_railway_station" title="Charing Cross railway station">Charing Cross station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">Euston station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenchurch_Street_railway_station" title="Fenchurch Street railway station">Fenchurch Street station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Street_station" title="Liverpool Street station">Liverpool Street station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_station" title="London Bridge station">London Bridge station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_station" title="Stratford station">Stratford station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station">Victoria station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">Waterloo station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Cable_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="London Cable Car">London Cable Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station" title="Victoria Coach Station">Victoria Coach Station</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbican_Estate" title="Barbican Estate">Barbican Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station" title="Battersea Power Station">Battersea Power Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_Tower" title="BT Tower">BT Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew">Kew Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Palace" title="Lambeth Palace">Lambeth Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_building" title="Lloyd's building">Lloyd's building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Zoo" title="London Zoo">London Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxo_Tower" title="Oxo Tower">Oxo Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithfield Market">Smithfield Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_House" title="Somerset House">Somerset House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Hospital" title="St Bartholomew's Hospital">St Bartholomew's Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_open_spaces_in_London" title="Parks and open spaces in London">Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks of London">Royal Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bushy_Park" title="Bushy Park">Bushy Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Park" title="Green Park">Green Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_Park" title="Hampton Court Park">Hampton Court Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gardens" title="Kensington Gardens">Kensington Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park" title="Regent's Park">Regent's Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Park" title="Richmond Park">Richmond Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Park" title="St James's Park">St James's Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_Park" title="Battersea Park">Battersea Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Park" title="Burgess Park">Burgess Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Common" title="Clapham Common">Clapham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Green,_London" title="College Green, London">College Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Epping Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Park" title="Finsbury Park">Finsbury Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnersbury_Park" title="Gunnersbury Park">Gunnersbury Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath" title="Hampstead Heath">Hampstead Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Park" title="Holland Park">Holland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kew_Gardens" title="Kew Gardens">Kew Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham_Common" title="Mitcham Common">Mitcham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osterley_Park" title="Osterley Park">Osterley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Park" title="Trent Park">Trent Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_London" title="Victoria Park, London">Victoria Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Common" title="Wandsworth Common">Wandsworth Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Common" title="Wimbledon Common">Wimbledon Common</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Squares_in_London" title="Squares in London">Squares</a> and<br />public spaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_Guards_Parade" title="Horse Guards Parade">Horse Guards Parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_Square" title="Parliament Square">Parliament Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus" title="Piccadilly Circus">Piccadilly Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sloane_Square" title="Sloane Square">Sloane Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Streets_in_London" title="Category:Streets in London">Streets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldwych" title="Aldwych">Aldwych</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street" title="Baker Street">Baker Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate" title="Bishopsgate">Bishopsgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bond_Street" title="Bond Street">Bond Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnaby_Street" title="Carnaby Street">Carnaby Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_Road" title="Charing Cross Road">Charing Cross Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheapside" title="Cheapside">Cheapside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornhill,_London" title="Cornhill, London">Cornhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_Street" title="Denmark Street">Denmark Street</a></li> <li><a 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title="Southwark">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_London" title="Waterloo, London">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Town centre<br />network</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bromley" title="Bromley">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing" title="Ealing">Ealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow,_London" title="Harrow, London">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hounslow" title="Hounslow">Hounslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Kingston upon Thames">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush" title="Shepherd's Bush">Shepherd's Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Green" title="Wood Green">Wood Green</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel,_London" title="Angel, London">Angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayswater" title="Bayswater">Bayswater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton" title="Brixton">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_Town" title="Camden Town">Camden Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catford" title="Catford">Catford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiswick" title="Chiswick">Chiswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalston" title="Dalston">Dalston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham" title="East Ham">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgware" title="Edgware">Edgware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfield Town">Enfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham" title="Fulham">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith" title="Hammersmith">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag%27s_Head,_London" title="Nag's Head, London">Holloway Nags Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_High_Street" title="Kensington High Street">Kensington High Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilburn,_London" title="Kilburn, London">Kilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road" title="King's Road">King's Road East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney" title="Putney">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall" title="Southall">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham" title="Streatham">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting" title="Tooting">Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley" title="Wembley">Wembley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts<br /><span style="font-weight:normal">(principal)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_London" title="Acton, London">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham" title="Beckenham">Beckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgravia" title="Belgravia">Belgravia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford" title="Brentford">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_Water" title="Canada Water">Canada Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton" title="Carshalton">Carshalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath" title="Chadwell Heath">Chadwell Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford" title="Chingford">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace,_London" title="Crystal Palace, London">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon" title="Coulsdon">Coulsdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricklewood" title="Cricklewood">Cricklewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich" title="Dulwich">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_London" title="Edmonton, London">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle" title="Elephant and Castle">Elephant and Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith" title="Erith">Erith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham" title="Feltham">Feltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley" title="Finchley">Finchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Gate" title="Forest Gate">Forest Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London" title="Forest Hill, London">Forest Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golders_Green" title="Golders Green">Golders Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlesden" title="Harlesden">Harlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harringay" title="Harringay">Harringay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon" title="Hayes, Hillingdon">Hayes (Hillingdon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon" title="Hendon">Hendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch" title="Hornchurch">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentish_Town" title="Kentish Town">Kentish Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Hill" title="Mill Hill">Mill Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham" title="Mitcham">Mitcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morden" title="Morden">Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hill" title="Muswell Hill">Muswell Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Malden" title="New Malden">New Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_London" title="Northwood, London">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill" title="Notting Hill">Notting Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penge" title="Penge">Penge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinner" title="Pinner">Pinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purley,_London" title="Purley, London">Purley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip" title="Ruislip">Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidcup" title="Sidcup">Sidcup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southgate,_London" title="Southgate, London">Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Norwood" title="South Norwood">South Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanmore" title="Stanmore">Stanmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Newington" title="Stoke Newington">Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton" title="Surbiton">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydenham,_London" title="Sydenham, London">Sydenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddington" title="Teddington">Teddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamesmead" title="Thamesmead">Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolworth" title="Tolworth">Tolworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulse_Hill" title="Tulse Hill">Tulse Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham" title="Twickenham">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upminster" title="Upminster">Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood" title="Upper Norwood">Upper Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanstead" title="Wanstead">Wanstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealdstone" title="Wealdstone">Wealdstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welling" title="Welling">Welling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hampstead" title="West Hampstead">West Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Norwood" title="West Norwood">West Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel" title="Whitechapel">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willesden" title="Willesden">Willesden Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodford,_London" title="Woodford, London">Woodford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Neighbourhoods<br /><span style="font-weight:normal">(principal)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Wood" title="Abbey Wood">Abbey Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alperton" title="Alperton">Alperton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerley" title="Anerley">Anerley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archway,_London" title="Archway, London">Archway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes,_London" title="Barnes, London">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsbury" title="Barnsbury">Barnsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea" title="Battersea">Battersea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckton" title="Beckton">Beckton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey" title="Bermondsey">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Cross" title="Brent Cross">Brent Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockley" title="Brockley">Brockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonbury" title="Canonbury">Canonbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessington" title="Chessington">Chessington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet" title="Chipping Barnet">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst" title="Chislehurst">Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerkenwell" title="Clerkenwell">Clerkenwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmers_End" title="Elmers End">Elmers End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gidea_Park" title="Gidea Park">Gidea Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenford" title="Greenford">Greenford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnersbury" title="Gunnersbury">Gunnersbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackbridge" title="Hackbridge">Hackbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central" title="Hackney Central">Hackney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham,_London" title="Ham, London">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_London" title="Hampton, London">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanwell" title="Hanwell">Hanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanworth" title="Hanworth">Hanworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wood" title="Harold Wood">Harold Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highams_Park" title="Highams Park">Highams Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highbury" title="Highbury">Highbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highgate" title="Highgate">Highgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillingdon" title="Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hook,_London" title="Hook, London">Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holloway,_London" title="Holloway, London">Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoxton" title="Hoxton">Hoxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ickenham" title="Ickenham">Ickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs" title="Isle of Dogs">Isle of Dogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isleworth" title="Isleworth">Isleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington" title="Islington">Islington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensal_Green" title="Kensal Green">Kensal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kew" title="Kew">Kew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth" title="Lambeth">Lambeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor_Park,_London" title="Manor Park, London">Manor Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortlake" title="Mortlake">Mortlake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neasden" title="Neasden">Neasden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northolt" title="Northolt">Northolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nunhead" title="Nunhead">Nunhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_Newham" title="Plaistow, Newham">Plaistow (Newham)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar,_London" title="Poplar, London">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roehampton" title="Roehampton">Roehampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe" title="Rotherhithe">Rotherhithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Kings" title="Seven Kings">Seven Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Sisters,_London" title="Seven Sisters, London">Seven Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreditch" title="Shoreditch">Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford_Hill" title="Stamford Hill">Stamford Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney" title="Stepney">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helier,_London" title="St Helier, London">St Helier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey_Quays" title="Surrey Quays">Surrey Quays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham" title="Tottenham">Tottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapton,_London" title="Clapton, London">Upper and Lower Clapton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Holloway" title="Upper Holloway">Upper Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walworth" title="Walworth">Walworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapping" title="Wapping">Wapping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Drayton" title="West Drayton">West Drayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Park" title="Worcester Park">Worcester Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yiewsley" title="Yiewsley">Yiewsley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:London_in_fiction" title="Category:London in fiction">Fictional</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bill#"Sun_Hill" title="The Bill">Canley (borough)</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Bill" title="The Bill">The Bill</a></i>: TV soap)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Affairs#History" title="Family Affairs">Charnham (suburb)</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Family_Affairs" title="Family Affairs">Family Affairs</a></i>: TV soap)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neverwhere#Plot" title="Neverwhere">London Below (magical realm)</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Neverwhere" title="Neverwhere">Neverwhere</a></i>: TV series, novel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walford" title="Walford">Walford (borough)</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i>: TV soap)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Other_articles_related_to_London" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Other_articles_related_to_London" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_London" title="Outline of London">Other articles related to London</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bexley" title="London Borough of Bexley">Bexley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Brent" title="London Borough of Brent">Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Camden" title="London Borough of Camden">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Croydon" title="London Borough of Croydon">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Ealing" title="London Borough of Ealing">Ealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Enfield" title="London Borough of Enfield">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hackney" title="London Borough of Hackney">Hackney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hammersmith_and_Fulham" title="London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham">Hammersmith and Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Haringey" title="London Borough of Haringey">Haringey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Harrow" title="London Borough of Harrow">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Havering" title="London Borough of Havering">Havering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hillingdon" title="London Borough of Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hounslow" title="London Borough of Hounslow">Hounslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Islington" title="London Borough of Islington">Islington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Kensington and Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames">Kingston upon Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lambeth" title="London Borough of Lambeth">Lambeth</a></li> <li><a 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title="London Borough of Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corporation_of_the_City_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporation of the City of London">City of London</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_London" title="History of local government in London">Historical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Board_of_Works" title="Metropolitan Board of Works">Metropolitan Board of Works</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(MBW) 1855–1889</span></li> <li><a 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line (London Underground)">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_line_(London_Underground)" title="Circle line (London Underground)">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_line" title="District line">District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_%26_City_line" title="Hammersmith & City line">Hammersmith & City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_line" title="Jubilee line">Jubilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_line" title="Metropolitan line">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_line" title="Northern line">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_line" title="Piccadilly line">Piccadilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_line" title="Victoria line">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_%26_City_line" title="Waterloo & City line">Waterloo & City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_Rail" title="London Rail">London Rail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Dev Transit London</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Sovereign" title="London Sovereign">London Sovereign</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RATP_Dev_Transit_Londo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RATP Dev Transit Londo (page does not exist)">London Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_United_Busways" title="London United Busways">London United</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach London">Stagecoach London</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_London_(bus_company)" title="East London (bus company)">East London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkent" title="Selkent">Selkent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thameside_(bus_company)" title="Thameside (bus company)">Thameside</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_UK_London_Bus" title="Transport UK London Bus">Transport UK London Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uno_(bus_company)" title="Uno (bus company)">Uno</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">River operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Thames_and_Medway_Passenger_Boat_Company" title="Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company">Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Clippers" title="Thames Clippers">Uber Boat by Thames Clippers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_River_Services" title="Thames River Services">Thames River Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Passenger_Services_Association" title="Westminster Passenger Services Association">Westminster Passenger Services Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Train operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Rail_London" title="Arriva Rail London">Arriva Rail London</a></li> 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Railway">Thameslink</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_(train_operating_company)" title="Grand Central (train operating company)">Grand Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_(train_operating_company)" title="Great Western Railway (train operating company)">Great Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Anglia" title="Greater Anglia">Greater Anglia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stansted_Express" title="Stansted Express">Stansted Express</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Express" title="Heathrow Express">Heathrow Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_Trains" title="Hull Trains">Hull Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTR_Corporation#Current_operations" title="MTR Corporation">MTR Elizabeth line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London North Eastern Railway">London North Eastern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">London Northwestern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumo_(train_operating_company)" title="Lumo (train operating company)">Lumo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway" title="South Western Railway">South Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company)" title="Southeastern (train operating company)">Southeastern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Global_Infrastructure_Partners" title="Global Infrastructure Partners">Global Infrastructure Partners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport_Holdings" title="Heathrow Airport Holdings">Heathrow Airport Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_London_Authority" title="Port of London Authority">Port of London Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Airports_of_London" title="Airports of London">Airports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Within London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Heliport" title="London Heliport">London Heliport</a></li> <li><i>Military:</i> <a href="/wiki/RAF_Northolt" title="RAF Northolt">Northolt</a></li> <li><i>Private:</i> <a href="/wiki/London_Biggin_Hill_Airport" title="London Biggin Hill Airport">Biggin Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Outside London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Airport" title="Gatwick Airport">Gatwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Southend_Airport" title="London Southend Airport">Southend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">Stansted</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/London_station_group" title="London station group">Central area</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station">Baker Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_and_Monument_stations" title="Bank and Monument stations">Bank-Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_station" title="Blackfriars station">Blackfriars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bond_Street_station" title="Bond Street station">Bond Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Street_station" title="Cannon Street station">Cannon Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_railway_station" title="Charing Cross railway station">Charing Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Thameslink_railway_station" title="City Thameslink railway station">City Thameslink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl%27s_Court_tube_station" title="Earl's Court tube station">Earl's Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_%26_Castle_railway_station" title="Elephant & Castle railway station">Elephant & Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">Euston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farringdon_station" title="Farringdon station">Farringdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenchurch_Street_railway_station" title="Fenchurch Street railway station">Fenchurch Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station" title="Green Park tube station">Green Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Street_station" title="Liverpool Street station">Liverpool Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_station" title="London Bridge station">London Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_station" title="Marylebone station">Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorgate_station" title="Moorgate station">Moorgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_tube_station" title="Oxford Circus tube station">Oxford Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station">Tottenham Court Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_station" title="Vauxhall station">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_East_railway_station" title="Waterloo East railway station">Waterloo East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_tube_station" title="Westminster tube station">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_station" title="Barking station">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_South_railway_station" title="Bromley South railway station">Bromley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf_tube_station" title="Canary Wharf tube station">Canary Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Broadway_station" title="Ealing Broadway station">Ealing Broadway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Croydon_station" title="East Croydon station">East Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Park_station" title="Finsbury Park station">Finsbury Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport#Public_transport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highbury_%26_Islington_station" title="Highbury & Islington station">Highbury & Islington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_station" title="Lewisham station">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport_DLR_station" title="London City Airport DLR station">London City Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_station_(London)" title="Richmond station (London)">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_station" title="Stratford station">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton_railway_station" title="Surbiton railway station">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_railway_station_(London)" title="Sutton railway station (London)">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upminster_station" title="Upminster station">Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_station" title="West Ham station">West Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stations_in_West_Hampstead" title="Stations in West Hampstead">West Hampstead stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_station" title="Whitechapel station">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willesden_Junction_station" title="Willesden Junction station">Willesden Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_station" title="Wimbledon station">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Roads_in_London" title="Category:Roads in London">Roads</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Motorways_in_London" title="Category:Motorways in London">Motorways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M11_motorway" title="M11 motorway">M11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25 London Orbital</a></li> <li><i>Former:</i> <a href="/wiki/West_Cross_Route" title="West Cross Route">M41 (West Cross Route)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westway_(London)" title="Westway (London)">A40(M) (Westway)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Cross_Route" title="East Cross Route">A102(M) (East Cross Route)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ring_roads_in_London" title="Category:Ring roads in London">Ring roads</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Inner_Ring_Road" title="London Inner Ring Road">London Inner Ring Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Circular_Road" title="North Circular Road">North Circular Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Circular_Road,_London" title="South Circular Road, London">South Circular Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Charging</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_congestion_charge" title="London congestion charge">Congestion charge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_low_emission_zone" title="London low emission zone">Low emission zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultra_Low_Emission_Zone" title="Ultra Low Emission Zone">Ultra Low Emission Zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ticketing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Pass" title="Freedom Pass">Freedom Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyster_card" title="Oyster card">Oyster card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travelcard" 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href="/wiki/High_Wycombe_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="High Wycombe Urban Area">High Wycombe Urban Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton/Dunstable_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Luton/Dunstable Urban Area">Luton/Dunstable Urban Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway" title="Medway"> Medway Towns Urban Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading/Wokingham_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading/Wokingham Urban Area">Reading/Wokingham Urban Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Southend Urban Area">Southend Urban Area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;">Cities and towns<br />(100k+)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawley" title="Crawley">Crawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guildford" title="Guildford">Guildford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Wycombe" title="High Wycombe">High Wycombe</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidstone" title="Maidstone">Maidstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough" title="Slough">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;">Towns<br />(25k–99k)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot" title="Aldershot">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashford,_Surrey" title="Ashford, Surrey">Ashford, Surrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basildon" title="Basildon">Basildon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basingstoke" title="Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billericay" title="Billericay">Billericay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Stortford" title="Bishop's Stortford">Bishop's Stortford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borehamwood" title="Borehamwood">Borehamwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracknell" title="Bracknell">Bracknell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Hill" title="Burgess Hill">Burgess Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberley" title="Camberley">Camberley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canvey_Island" title="Canvey Island">Canvey Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Kent" title="Chatham, Kent">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshunt" title="Cheshunt">Cheshunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartford" title="Dartford">Dartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsom" title="Epsom">Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewell" title="Ewell">Ewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earley" title="Earley">Earley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnborough,_Hampshire" title="Farnborough, Hampshire">Farnborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnham" title="Farnham">Farnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet,_Hampshire" title="Fleet, Hampshire">Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham,_Kent" title="Gillingham, Kent">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravesend" title="Gravesend">Gravesend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grays,_Essex" title="Grays, Essex">Grays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlow" title="Harlow">Harlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpenden" title="Harpenden">Harpenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemel_Hempstead" title="Hemel Hempstead">Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a 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Regis">Houghton Regis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knaphill" title="Knaphill">Knaphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leatherhead" title="Leatherhead">Leatherhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlow,_Buckinghamshire" title="Marlow, Buckinghamshire">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potters_Bar" title="Potters Bar">Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reigate" title="Reigate">Reigate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickmansworth" title="Rickmansworth">Rickmansworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochford" title="Rochford">Rochford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandhurst,_Berkshire" title="Sandhurst, Berkshire">Sandhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks" title="Sevenoaks">Sevenoaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snodland" title="Snodland">Snodland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepperton" title="Shepperton">Shepperton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Benfleet" title="South Benfleet">South Benfleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southborough,_Kent" title="Southborough, Kent">Southborough, 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University <br /> of London</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birkbeck,_University_of_London" title="Birkbeck, University of London">Birkbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_University_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunel University London">Brunel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City,_University_of_London" title="City, University of London">City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtauld_Institute_of_Art" title="Courtauld Institute of Art">Courtauld Institute of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsmiths,_University_of_London" title="Goldsmiths, University of London">Goldsmiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Cancer_Research" title="Institute of Cancer Research">Institute of Cancer Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Business_School" title="London Business School">London Business School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Hygiene_%26_Tropical_Medicine" title="London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine">London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary_University_of_London" title="Queen Mary University of London">Queen Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music" title="Royal Academy of Music">Royal Academy of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama" title="Royal Central School of Speech and Drama">Royal Central School of Speech and Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Holloway,_University_of_London" title="Royal Holloway, University of London">Royal Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Veterinary_College" title="Royal Veterinary College">Royal Veterinary College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_of_Advanced_Study" title="School of Advanced Study">School of Advanced Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George%27s,_University_of_London" title="St George's, University of London">St George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SOAS_University_of_London" title="SOAS University of London">SOAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Arts_London" title="University of the Arts London">University of the Arts London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BPP_University" title="BPP University">BPP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">East London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Greenwich" title="University of Greenwich">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_University" title="Kingston University">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">University of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Interdisciplinary_School" title="London Interdisciplinary School">London Interdisciplinary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Metropolitan_University" title="London Metropolitan University">London Met</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_South_Bank_University" title="London South Bank University">London South Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_University" title="Middlesex University">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University_%E2%80%93_London" title="Northeastern University – London">Northeastern University – London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensbourne_University_London" title="Ravensbourne University London">Ravensbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_University_London" title="Regent's University London">Regent's University London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_The_American_International_University_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond, The American International University in London">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Roehampton" title="University of Roehampton">Roehampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Art" title="Royal College of Art">Royal College of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_University,_Twickenham" title="St Mary's University, Twickenham">St Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Westminster" title="University of Westminster">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_West_London" title="University of West London">West London</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Higher education colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architectural_Association_School_of_Architecture" title="Architectural Association School of Architecture">Architectural Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Churchill_College" title="London Churchill College">London Churchill College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Journalism" title="London School of Journalism">London School of Journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_College" title="Muslim College">Muslim College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearson_College_London" title="Pearson College London">Pearson College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Further education colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ada,_the_National_College_for_Digital_Skills" title="Ada, the National College for Digital Skills">Ada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barking_and_Dagenham_College" title="Barking and Dagenham College">Barking and Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnet_and_Southgate_College" title="Barnet and Southgate College">Barnet and Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capel_Manor_College" title="Capel Manor College">Capel Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_and_Islington_College" title="City and Islington College">City and Islington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Literary_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="City Literary Institute">City Lit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster_College" title="City of Westminster College">City of Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_College" title="Croydon College">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fashion_Retail_Academy" title="Fashion Retail Academy">Fashion Retail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_College_of_Haringey,_Enfield_and_North_East_London" title="The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London">Haringey, Enfield and North East London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_College" title="Harrow College">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havering_College_of_Further_and_Higher_Education" title="Havering College of Further and Higher Education">Havering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Lambeth College">Lambeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_College" title="Lewisham College">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_South_East_Colleges" title="London South East Colleges">London South East Colleges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Marine_Society_College_of_the_Sea" title="The Marine Society College of the Sea">Marine Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ward_Centre" title="Mary Ward Centre">Mary Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morley_College" title="Morley College">Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_City_College" title="New City College">New City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_College_of_Further_Education" title="Newham College of Further Education">Newham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_North_West_London" title="College of North West London">North West London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_and_Hillcroft_Adult_Community_College" title="Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College">Richmond and Hillcroft Adult</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_upon_Thames_College" title="Richmond upon Thames College">Richmond upon Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_College" title="Southwark College">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_College" title="Sutton College">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Thames_Colleges_Group" title="South Thames Colleges Group">South Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanmore_College" title="Stanmore College">Stanmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_College" title="Uxbridge College">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham_Forest_College" title="Waltham Forest College">Waltham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_London_College" title="West London College">West London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Thames_College" title="West Thames College">West Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Kingsway_College" title="Westminster Kingsway College">Westminster Kingsway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Educational_Association" title="Workers' Educational Association">Workers' Educational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_Men%27s_College" title="Working Men's College">Working Men's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sixth form colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Creative_Academy" title="Big Creative Academy">Big Creative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSix_Sixth_Form_College" title="BSix Sixth Form College">BSix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_the_King_Sixth_Form_College" title="Christ the King Sixth Form College">Christ the King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon_Sixth_Form_College" title="Coulsdon Sixth Form College">Coulsdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_London_Arts_%26_Music" title="East London Arts & Music">ELAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haringey_Sixth_Form_College" title="Haringey Sixth Form College">Haringey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_Westminster_Sixth_Form" title="Harris Westminster Sixth Form">Harris Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havering_Sixth_Form_College" title="Havering Sixth Form College">Havering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruskin_College" title="John Ruskin College">John Ruskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London_Mathematics_School" title="King's College London Mathematics School">King's London Maths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Sixth_Form_College" title="Leyton Sixth Form College">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Academy_of_Excellence" title="London Academy of Excellence">London Academy of Excellence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Academy_of_Excellence_Tottenham" title="London Academy of Excellence Tottenham">London Academy of Excellence Tottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_Sixth_Form_College" title="Newham Sixth Form College">Newham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newham_Collegiate_Sixth_Form_Centre" title="Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre">Newham Collegiate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Charles_Catholic_Sixth_Form_College" title="St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College">St Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Dominic%27s_Sixth_Form_College" title="St Dominic's Sixth Form College">St Dominic's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_Xavier_College,_Clapham" title="Saint Francis Xavier College, Clapham">St Francis Xavier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Monoux_College" title="Sir George Monoux College">Sir George Monoux</a></li> <li><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">London</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1916_Summer_Olympics" title="1916 Summer Olympics">1916</a>:</b> <i>None</i><sup>[c1]</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1924_Summer_Olympics" title="1924 Summer Olympics">1924</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Paris</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics" title="1932 Summer Olympics">1932</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics" title="1940 Summer Olympics">1940</a>:</b> <i>None</i><sup>[c2]</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1944_Summer_Olympics" title="1944 Summer Olympics">1944</a>:</b> <i>None</i><sup>[c2]</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> London</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> Los Angeles</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> Athens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> London</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Tokyo<sup>[c3]</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Paris</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics" title="2028 Summer Olympics">2028</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> Los Angeles</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2032_Summer_Olympics" title="2032 Summer Olympics">2032</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>[c1]</sup> Cancelled due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>; <sup>[c2]</sup> Cancelled due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>; <sup>[c3]</sup> Postponed to 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236088147">.mw-parser-output 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