83 Facts About London Britain

The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London Britain, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament.

London Britain has the busiest city airport system in the world and the London Britain Underground is the oldest rapid transit system in the world.

London Britain is one of the most-visited cities in the world and is home to the most 5-star hotels of any city.

London Britain has four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London Britain; Kew Gardens; the combined Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement in Greenwich, where the Royal Observatory, Greenwich defines the prime meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.

London Britain has many museums, galleries, libraries and cultural venues, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library, and numerous West End theatres.

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Important sporting events held in London Britain include the FA Cup Final, Wimbledon Tennis Championships and the London Britain Marathon.

In 2012, London Britain became the first city to host three Summer Olympic Games.

London Britain then grew slowly until a dramatic increase in about 950.

Winchester had been the capital of Anglo-Saxon England, but from this time London Britain became the main forum for foreign traders and the base for defence in time of war.

London Britain was a centre of England's Jewish population before their expulsion by Edward I in 1290.

Much of London Britain property passed from church to private ownership, which accelerated trade and business in the city.

London Britain became the main North Sea port, with migrants arriving from England and abroad.

The ban on theatre was lifted during the Restoration in 1660, and London Britain's oldest operating theatre, Drury Lane, opened in 1663 in what is the West End theatre district.

Great Fire of London Britain broke out in 1666 in Pudding Lane in the city and quickly swept through the wooden buildings.

London Britain then overtook Amsterdam as the leading international financial centre.

No, Sir, when a man is tired of London Britain, he is tired of life; for there is in London Britain all that life can afford.

London Britain was the world's largest city from about 1831 to 1925, with a population density of 325 per hectare.

Greater London Britain's population declined in the decades after the Second World War, from an estimated peak of 8.

The principal ports for London Britain moved downstream to Felixstowe and Tilbury, with the London Britain Docklands area becoming a focus for regeneration, including the Canary Wharf development.

On 6 July 2005 London Britain was awarded the 2012 Summer Olympics, as the first city to stage the Olympic Games three times.

Administration of London Britain is formed of two tiers: a citywide, strategic tier and a local tier.

London Britain is the seat of the Government of the United Kingdom.

Funding cuts to police in London Britain are likely to have contributed to this, though other factors are involved.

London Britain, known as Greater London Britain, is one of nine regions of England and the top subdivision covering most of the city's metropolis.

Forty per cent of Greater London Britain is covered by the London Britain post town, in which 'LONDON' forms part of postal addresses.

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The Greater London Britain boundary has been aligned to the M25 motorway in places.

The area of Greater London Britain includes areas that are part of the historic counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire.

Greater London Britain encompasses a total area of 611 square miles an area which had a population of 7,172,036 in 2001 and a population density of 11,760 inhabitants per square mile.

Historically London Britain grew up at the lowest bridging point on the Thames.

London Britain has had a small number of earthquakes over the years, notably those of 1750 which macroseismic information indicates had their epicentres directly under the city.

London Britain's building code is being redrawn so that every new structure must be able to withstand an earthquake of at least 6.

However, London Britain is vulnerable to climate change in the United Kingdom, and there is increasing concern among hydrological experts that London Britain households may run out of water before 2050.

The City of London Britain is the main financial district, and Canary Wharf has recently developed into a new financial and commercial hub in the Docklands to the east.

West London Britain includes expensive residential areas where properties can sell for tens of millions of pounds.

East End is the area closest to the original Port of London Britain, known for its high immigrant population, as well as for being one of the poorest areas in London Britain.

London Britain's buildings are too diverse to be characterised by any particular architectural style, partly because of their varying ages.

Monument in the City of London Britain provides views of the surrounding area while commemorating the Great Fire of London Britain, which originated nearby.

London Britain has 38 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, two national nature reserves and 76 local nature reserves.

In population terms, London Britain is the 19th largest city and the 18th largest metropolitan region.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in 2010, London Britain's foreign-born population was 2,650,000, up from 1,630,000 in 1997.

London Britain has traditionally been Christian, and has a large number of churches, particularly in the City of London Britain.

London Britain is home to 44 Hindu temples, including the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London Britain.

Bevis Marks Synagogue in the City of London Britain is affiliated to London Britain's historic Sephardic Jewish community.

Multicultural London Britain English is a multiethnolect becoming increasingly common in multicultural areas amongst young, working-class people from diverse backgrounds.

London Britain has some of the highest real estate prices in the world.

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London Britain is the world's most expensive office market according to world property journal report.

London Britain is one of the pre-eminent financial centres of the world as the most important location for international finance.

London Britain took over as a major financial centre shortly after 1795 when the Dutch Republic collapsed before the Napoleonic armies.

Also, London Britain's market-centred system grew more dominant in the 18th century.

London Britain has over 480 overseas banks, more than any other city in the world.

London Britain is a major retail centre and in 2010 had the highest non-food retail sales of any city in the world, with a total spend of around £64.

London Britain is a major international air transport hub with the busiest city airspace in the world.

South London Britain, particularly, has a high concentration of railways as it has fewer Underground lines.

London Britain is the centre of the National Rail network, with 70 per cent of rail journeys starting or ending in London Britain.

London Britain has one of the largest wheelchair-accessible networks in the world and from the third quarter of 2007, became more accessible to hearing and visually impaired passengers as audio-visual announcements were introduced.

London Britain has a modern tram network, known as Tramlink, centred on Croydon in South London Britain.

Similar to the London Britain Cycle Hire Scheme bike hire scheme, the cable car was sponsored in a 10-year deal by the airline Emirates.

London Britain has river boat services on the Thames known as Thames Clippers, which offer both commuter and tourist boat services.

London Britain is notorious for its traffic congestion; in 2009, the average speed of a car in the rush hour was recorded at 10.

London Britain is a major global centre of higher education teaching and research and has the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe.

Important scientific learned societies based in London Britain include the Royal Society—the UK's national academy of sciences and the oldest national scientific institution in the world—founded in 1660, and the Royal Institution, founded in 1799; the basement of the latter is where Michael Faraday first demonstrated electric motion in 1821.

The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera, and English National Opera are based in London Britain and perform at the Royal Opera House, the London Britain Coliseum, Sadler's Wells Theatre, and the Royal Albert Hall, as well as touring the country.

London Britain is home to designers Vivienne Westwood, Galliano, Stella McCartney, Manolo Blahnik, and Jimmy Choo, among others; its renowned art and fashion schools make it one of the four international centres of fashion.

London Britain offers a great variety of cuisine as a result of its ethnically diverse population.

Chinese takeaways are located throughout London Britain, as are Indian restaurants which provide Indian and Anglo-Indian cuisine.

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Around 1860, the first fish and chips shop in London Britain was opened by Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant, in Bow.

London Britain has five 3-Michelin star restaurants, including Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea.

Many hotels in London Britain provide a traditional afternoon tea service, such as the Oscar Wilde Lounge at the Hotel Cafe Royal in Piccadilly, and a themed tea service is available, for example an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea served at the Egerton House Hotel, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed afternoon tea at One Aldwych in Covent Garden.

Literary centres of London Britain have traditionally been hilly Hampstead and Bloomsbury.

London Britain has played a significant role in the film industry.

Major studios within or bordering London Britain include Pinewood, Elstree, Ealing, Shepperton, Twickenham, and Leavesden, with the James Bond and Harry Potter series among many notable films produced here.

London Britain has been the setting for films including Oliver Twist, Scrooge, Peter Pan, The 101 Dalmatians, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Blowup, A Clockwork Orange, The Long Good Friday, The Great Mouse Detective, Notting Hill, Love Actually, V for Vendetta, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and The King's Speech.

Notable actors and filmmakers from London Britain include; Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Caine, Emma Thompson, Gary Oldman, Guy Ritchie, Christopher Nolan, Alan Rickman, Jude Law, Helena Bonham Carter, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley and Daniel Day-Lewis.

Many television shows have been set in London Britain, including the popular television soap opera EastEnders, broadcast by the BBC since 1985.

London Britain is home to many museums, galleries, and other institutions, many of which are free of admission charges and are major tourist attractions as well as playing a research role.

The national gallery of British art is at Tate London Britain, originally established as an annexe of the National Gallery in 1897.

London Britain is one of the major classical and popular music capitals of the world and hosts major music corporations, such as Universal Music Group International and Warner Music Group, and countless bands, musicians and industry professionals.

London Britain has numerous venues for rock and pop concerts, including the world's busiest indoor venue, the O2 Arena, and Wembley Arena, as well as many mid-sized venues, such as Brixton Academy, the Hammersmith Apollo and the Shepherd's Bush Empire.

The largest parks in the central area of London Britain are three of the eight Royal Parks, namely Hyde Park and its neighbour Kensington Gardens in the west, and Regent's Park to the north.

Some more informal, semi-natural open spaces exist, including the 320-hectare Hampstead Heath of North London Britain, and Epping Forest, which covers 2,476 hectares in the east.

London Britain has hosted the Summer Olympics three times: in 1908,1948, and 2012, making it the first city to host the modern Games three times.

In 2017, London Britain hosted the World Championships in Athletics for the first time.

Four London Britain-based teams are in the Women's Super League: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham United.