London is on the River Thames about 40 miles from the sea. It is a financial and cultural centre but is probably most famous for being the home of the British monarchy. You can travel on the bus, train, the underground or taxi to get to different places.
London is on the River Thames about 40 miles from the sea. It is a financial and cultural centre but is probably most famous for being the home of the British monarchy. You can travel on the bus, train, the underground or taxi to get to different places.
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London is on the River Thames about 40 miles from the sea. It is a financial and cultural centre but is probably most famous for being the home of the British monarchy. You can travel on the bus, train, the underground or taxi to get to different places.
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It has great museums with priceless exhib- its , old markets , clean green parks and LONDON the best shops and night clubs in Europe. There is something for everyone. London is on the River Thames about 40 miles from the sea. Now London has around 7 million people living in and around it. It is a financial and cultural centre but is probably most famous for being the home of the British monarchy. You can see the Changing of the Guard everyday outside Buckingham Palace. You can travel on the bus , train , the underground or taxi to get to different places in the centre and around the town. London has 3 main air- ports: Heathrow which is the biggest , Gatwick and Stansted.
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The modern Enviro400 double-decker bus Gabriela Merghes - student in the IXth D grade at CNME IX th D grade at CNME highscho ol London is one of the world's most important business, financial and cultural centers and its influence in poli- the world by international passenger traffic and the City Hall tics, education, entertainment, media, fashion and the air space is the busiest of any city in the world. arts contributes to its status as a major global city.Central London is the headquarters of more than The largest parks in the central area of London are half of the UK's top 100 listed companies (the FTSE the Royal Parks of Hyde Park and its neighbor Ken- 100) and over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies. sington Gardens at the western edge of central Lon- The city is a major tourist destination for both domes- don and Regent's Park on the northern edge.[133] This London is the capital of both England and the tic and overseas visitors, with annual expenditure by park contains London Zoo, the world's oldest scien- United Kingdom, and the most populous munici- tourists of around £15 billion. London hosted the 1908 tific zoo, and is located near the tourist attraction of pality in the European Union. while the 1st big- and 1948 Summer Olympic Games and will host the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Closer to central 2012 Summer Olympic Games. London are the smaller Royal Parks of Green Park gest urban area before Paris (see Largest urban and St. James's Park.[136] Hyde Park in particular is areas of the European Union). An important set- popular for sports and sometimes hosts open-air Greater London contains four World Heritage Sites: tlement for two millennia, London's history goes concerts. the Tower of London; the historic settlement of back to its founding by the Romans.Since its Greenwich; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and the foundation, London has been part of many move- site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westmin- A number of large parks lie outside the city centre, ments and phenomena throughout history, in- ster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church. including the remaining Royal Parks of Greenwich Park to the south-east[137] and Bushy Park and Rich- cluding the English Renaissance, the Industrial London currently has a wide range of peoples, cultures, mond Park to the south-west,[138][139] as well as Victo- Revolution, and the Gothic Revival.The city's ria Park, East London to the east. Primrose Hill to and religions, and over 300 languages are spoken within core, the ancient City of London, still retains its the north of Regent's Park is a popular spot to view the city. As of July 2007, it had an official population of limited medieval boundaries; but since at least 7,556,900 within the boundaries of Greater London the city skyline. Some more informal, semi-natural the 19th century, the name "London" has also making it the most populous municipality in the Euro- open spaces also exist, including the 791-acre pean Union. As of 2001, the Greater London Urban (3.2 km2) Hampstead Heath of North London. This referred to the Area is the second largest in the EU after Paris with a incorporates Kenwood House, the former stately whole metropo- home and a popular location in the summer months population of 8,278,251, and the metropolitan area is lis that has devel- where classical musical concerts are held by the lake, estimated to have a total population of between oped around it. 12 million and 14 million, the largest metropolitan area attracting thousands of people every weekend to Today the bulk in the EU. The public transport network, administered enjoy the music, scenery and fireworks. of this conurba- by Transport for London, is one of the most extensive tion forms the in the world, Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in London region of England and the Greater London a d m i n i st r a t i v e WebQuest area, with its own e le ct e d mayor and as- Gabriela Merghes- student in the IX th D grade at sembly. City Hall at night, CNME highschool home of the Greater London Authori ty City of London
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