London
Noisy, vibrant and truly multicultural, London is a megalopolis of people, ideas and frenetic energy. The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom sits on the River Thames in South-East England, Greater London has a population of a little over 9 million.Photo: Southlondoneye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Popular Destinations
South Kensington-Chelsea
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South Kensington-Chelsea is a district of central London.
Heathrow Airport
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Heathrow Airport is the main airport for London, the largest airport in the United Kingdom, and the second busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic.
City of London
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The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of London that originally lay within the ancient city walls.
Destinations
Westminster
Westminster is a district of central London, at the heart of the United Kingdom's royal and political life.South London
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South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames.
Greenwich
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Greenwich is a famous maritime district of south east London - 5.5 miles from central London.
Gatwick Airport
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Gatwick Airport is London's second-busiest airport by passenger numbers, and serves the south-east of the United Kingdom.
South Bank
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The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres.
West London
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The outer western suburbs of Greater London form a diverse area that ranges from the…
East End
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The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea in the East, and Shoreditch and Haggerston in the North.
Hampstead
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Hampstead is a district of north inner London. The key sights are a wealth of under-stated historical attractions, and the magnificent open spaces of Hampstead Heath.
Richmond-Kew
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Richmond-Kew is a district in south-west London. This is perhaps the area of outer London with the most to offer visitors.
North London
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North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames.
Southwark and Lewisham
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Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is London's third airport. Despite bearing London's name, it is actually in Essex, about 30 mi north of the capital.Mayfair-Marylebone
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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London.
Hammersmith and Fulham
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Hammersmith & Fulham is a borough in west London, and boasts 3 Premiership football teams within its boundaries.
Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
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Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
Hackney
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Hackney is a district of London. Hackney has a diverse population and the area has undergone massive regeneration in recent decades.
Bloomsbury
This article is about three neighbourhoods of central London: Bloomsbury, St Pancras and Fitzrovia.Wimbledon
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Wimbledon is a district in south-west London and hosts one of the world's four tennis grand slam tournaments.
Notting Hill-North Kensington
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Notting Hill-North Kensington is a district in west London.
Lambeth
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Lambeth is a borough of inner south-west London. Here is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St.
Soho
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Soho is a district of central London, part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.
Camden
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Camden is an inner northern district of London. Its heart lies in Camden Town, a neighbourhood known for its market and the colourful nightlife.
Leicester Square
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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London.
East London
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East London is the outer eastern part of London, north of the River Thames.
Paddington-Maida Vale
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Paddington-Maida Vale is a district of northwest central London, around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame.
Islington
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Islington is a district of north London covering much of the London Borough of Islington.
Wandsworth
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Wandsworth is a district of south-west London. Today the smart houses, cafes and bars close to the…
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Notable Places in the Area
Big Ben
Big Ben is the common name for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and by extention to the clock tower and the clock itself.London Eye
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The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.
Westminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.
Localities in the Area
Chelsea
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Chelsea is an affluent area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles.
Peckham
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Peckham is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark.
London
- Type: City with 8,910,000 residents
- Description: capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
- Neighbors: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Categories: metropolis, financial center, global city, capital city, megacity, largest city and locality
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5074° or 51° 30' 27" northLongitude
-0.1278° or 0° 7' 40" westPopulation
8,910,000Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)IATA airport code
LONUnited Nations Location Code
GB LONOpen Location Code
9C3XGV4C+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 107775OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2643743Wikidata ID
Q84London Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: London
- Abkhazian: Лондан
- Abkhazian: Лондон
- Achinese: London
- Adyghe: Лондон
- Afar: London
- Afrikaans: Londen
- Akan: London
- Albanian: Londra
- Albanian: Londër
- Amharic: London
- Amharic: ለንደን
- Amis: London
- Angika: लंदन
- Arabic: London
- Arabic: لندن
- Aragonese: Londres
- Armenian: Լոնդոն
- Armenian: Լոնտոն
- Arpitan: Londres
- Arpitan: Londro
- Assamese: লণ্ডন
- Asturian: Londres
- Avaric: London
- Avaric: Лондон
- Awadhi: लण्डन
- Aymara: London
- Azerbaijani: London
- Balinese: London
- Balinese: ᬮᭀᬦ᭄ᬤᭀᬦ᭄
- Bambara: London
- Bashkir: Лондон
- Basque: London
- Basque: Londres
- Bavarian: London
- Belarusian: Ландыніум
- Belarusian: Лондан
- Belarusian: Люндэнбург
- Belarusian: Лёндан
- Bengali: লণ্ডন
- Bengali: লন্ডন
- Bhojpuri: लंदन
- Bislama: London
- Bosnian: London
- Brahui: Landan
- Breton: Londrez
- Bulgarian: Лондон
- Burmese: လန်ဒန်မြို့
- Catalan: Londres
- Cebuano: London
- Central Bikol: Londres
- Central Kurdish: لەندەن
- Chavacano: London
- Chechen: Лондон
- Cherokee: ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ
- Cherokee: ᎶᏂᏙᏂ
- Chinese: Lúndūn
- Chinese: Lûn-tun
- Chinese: 伦敦
- Chinese: 倫敦
- Church Slavic: Лондонъ
- Chuvash: Лондон
- Cornish: Loundres
- Corsican: Londra
- Crimean Tatar: London
- Croatian: London
- Czech: Londýn
- Dagbani: London
- Danish: London
- Dimli (individual language): Londra
- Dotyali: लण्डन
- Dutch: LDN
- Dutch: Londen, Engeland
- Dutch: Londen, VK
- Dutch: Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Dutch: Londen
- Eastern Mari: Лондон
- Egyptian Arabic: لندن
- English: Augusta
- English: Big Smoke
- English: Greater London
- English: Kaerlud
- English: Karelundein
- English: LDN
- English: Llan Dian
- English: Llyn Dain
- English: Lon.
- English: Lond.
- English: Londini
- English: Londiniensium
- English: Londinio
- English: Londinion
- English: Londinium
- English: London, England
- English: London, UK
- English: London, United Kingdom
- English: London U.K.
- English: London UK
- English: Loniniensi
- English: Loñ.
- English: Loñ
- English: Lunden
- English: Lundenburgh
- English: Lundenburh
- English: Lundenwic
- English: Trinovantum
- English: the Big Smoke
- Erzya: Лондон ош
- Esperanto: Londono
- Estonian: London
- Ewe: London
- Extremaduran: Londri
- Faroese: London
- Fiji Hindi: London
- Fijian: Lodoni
- Finnish: Lontoo
- French: London
- French: Londres
- Friulian: Londre
- Fulah: London
- Gagauz: London
- Galician: Londres
- Galician: لندن
- Gan Chinese: 倫敦
- Georgian: ლონდონი
- German: London
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: London
- Gilaki: لندن
- Goan Konkani: London
- Goan Konkani: ಲಂಡನ್
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽
- Greek: Λονδίνο
- Guarani: Londye
- Guarani: Lóndyre
- Guianese Creole French: Lonn
- Gujarati: લંડન
- Haitian: Lonn
- Hakka Chinese: Lùn-tûn
- Hausa: Landan
- Hausa: Lùn-tûn
- Hausa: Lākana
- Hawaiian: Lākana
- Hebrew: לונדון
- Hindi: लंदन,इंग्लॅण्ड
- Hindi: लंदन,यूनाइटेड किंगडम
- Hindi: लंदन
- Hungarian: London
- Icelandic: London
- Icelandic: Lundúnir
- Ido: London
- Igbo: London
- Iloko: Londres
- Inari Sami: Lontoo
- Indonesian: London
- Ingush: Лондон
- Interlingua: London
- Interlingue: London
- Irish: Doirelondain
- Irish: Londain
- Italian: Londra
- Jamaican Creole English: Landan
- Japanese: ロンドン
- Japanese: 倫敦
- Japanese: 霧のロンドン
- Javanese: London
- Kabardian: Лондон
- Kabiyè: Lɔndrɩ
- Kabyle: London
- Kadazan Dusun: London
- Kalaallisut: London
- Kannada: ಲಂಡನ್
- Kara-Kalpak: London
- Karachay-Balkar: Лондон
- Kashmiri: لَندَن
- Kashubian: Londin
- Kashubian: London
- Kazakh: Англия астанасы
- Kazakh: Лондон, БП
- Kazakh: Лондон, Біріккен Патшалық
- Kazakh: Лондон
- Kazakh: Лондон қаласы
- Kazakh: лондон, Англия
- Kazakh: Құрама Патшалығы астанасы
- Khmer: ទីក្រុងឡុង
- Kirghiz: Лондон
- Komi-Permyak: Лондон
- Komi: Лондон
- Korean: 런던
- Kotava: London
- Kurdish: London
- Kölsch: London
- Ladin: London
- Ladino: Londra
- Lak: Лондон
- Lao: Londres
- Lao: ລອນດອນ
- Latin: Londinium
- Latvian: Londona
- Lezghian: Лондон
- Ligurian: Londra
- Limburgan: Londe
- Lingala: Londoni
- Lingala: Lóndɛlɛ
- Lingua Franca Nova: London
- Literary Chinese: 倫敦
- Lithuanian: Londonas
- Livvi: London
- Lojban: london
- Lombard: Lundra
- Low German: Londen
- Low German: London
- Lower Sorbian: London
- Luxembourgish: London
- Macedo-Romanian: Londra
- Macedonian: Лондон
- Maithili: लण्डन
- Malagasy: London
- Malagasy: Lôndôna
- Malay: London
- Malay: لندن
- Malayalam: ലണ്ടൻ
- Maltese: Londra
- Manx: Lunnin
- Maori: Rānana
- Marathi: लंडन
- Mazanderani: لندن
- Min Dong Chinese: Lùng-dŭng
- Min Nan Chinese: London
- Min Nan Chinese: Lûn-tun
- Min Nan Chinese: 倫敦
- Minangkabau: London
- Mingrelian: ლონდონი
- Mirandese: Londres
- Moksha: Лондон
- Mongolian: Лондон
- Moroccan Arabic: لندن
- Moroccan Arabic: لوندريس
- Moroccan Arabic: لوندون
- N'Ko: ߟߐ߲ߘߐ߲߬
- N'Ko: ߟߐ߲ߘߙߎ߬
- Narom: Londres
- Nauru: London
- Navajo: Tooh Dineʼé Bikin Haalʼá
- Neapolitan: Londra
- Nepali: लण्डन
- Nepali: लन्डन
- Nepali: लन्दन
- Newari: लण्डन
- Newari: लन्दन
- Northern Frisian: London/mo
- Northern Frisian: London
- Northern Luri: لأندأن
- Northern Luri: لندن
- Northern Sami: London
- Norwegian: London
- Norwegian Bokmål: London
- Norwegian Nynorsk: London
- Novial: London
- Nyanja: London
- Occitan (post 1500): Londres
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܠܘܢܕܘܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lunden
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): ᛚᚢᚾᛞᛖᚾᛖ
- Oriya: ଲଣ୍ଡନ
- Oromo: Landan
- Ossetian: Лондон
- Paiwan: lizuk a lundun
- Paiwan: lundun
- Panjabi: ਲੰਡਨ
- Panjabi: ਲੰਦਨ
- Papiamento: London
- Pennsylvania German: London
- Persian: لندن
- Picard: Londe
- Piemontese: Londra
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: London
- Polish: Londyn
- Pontic: Λονδίνο
- Portuguese: Londres
- Portuguese: Londres, GBR
- Portuguese: Londres, Inglaterra
- Portuguese: Londres, Reino Unido
- Portuguese: Londres, UK
- Pushto: لندن
- Quechua: London
- Quechua: Londres
- Quechua: Lundun
- Quechua: Lunris
- Quechua: Lunrun
- Romanian: Londra
- Romansh: Londra
- Russia Buriat: Лондон
- Russian: Лондон
- Rusyn: Лондон
- Sakizaya: Lon-tun
- Samoan: Lonetona
- Samogitian: Londons
- Sanskrit: लन्डन्
- Santali: ᱞᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ
- Saraiki: لندن
- Sardinian: Londra
- Saterfriesisch: London
- Scots: Lunnon
- Scottish Gaelic: Lunnainn
- Serbian: London
- Serbian: Лондон
- Serbo-Croatian: London
- Serbo-Croatian: Lunḍun
- Shan: လၼ်ႇတၼ်ႇ
- Shona: London
- Sicilian: Londra
- Silesian: Lōndōn
- Silesian: Lůndůn
- Sindhi: لنڊن
- Sindhi: لنڊن، انگلينڊ
- Sinhala: ලන්ඩනය
- Sinhala: ලන්ඩන්
- Slovak: Londýn
- Slovenian: London
- Somali: London
- South Azerbaijani: لندن
- Southern Sotho: London
- Spanish: Greater London
- Spanish: London, UK
- Spanish: Londres
- Spanish: Londres (Inglaterra)
- Spanish: Londres (Reino Unido)
- Sranan Tongo: London
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵍⵓⵏⴷⵓⵏ
- Sundanese: London
- Swahili: London
- Swedish: London
- Swiss German: London
- Sylheti: ꠟꠘ꠆ꠒꠘ ꠘꠉꠞ
- Sylheti: ꠟꠘ꠆ꠒꠘ ꠨ ꠀꠋꠞꠦꠎꠞ ꠖꠦꠡ
- Sylheti: ꠟꠘ꠆ꠒꠘ ꠨ ꠁꠃꠇꠦ
- Tachelhit: Lunḍun
- Tagalog: Londres
- Tajik: Лондон
- Talysh: London
- Tamil: இலண்டன்
- Tamil: இலந்தன்
- Tamil: லண்டன்
- Tamil: லன்டன்
- Tatar: Лондон
- Tatar: Лундын
- Telugu: లండన్,ఇంగ్లాండ్
- Telugu: లండన్,యునైటెడ్ కింగ్డమ్
- Telugu: లండన్
- Tetum: Londres
- Thai: กรุงลอนดอน
- Thai: นครลอนดอน
- Thai: ลอนดอน
- Tibetan: ལོན་ཊོན།
- Tok Pisin: Landen
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Lonitoni
- Tosk Albanian: London
- Tumbuka: London
- Turkish: Londra
- Turkmen: London
- Twi: London
- Tyap: London
- Udmurt: Лондон
- Uighur: London
- Uighur: لوندون
- Uighur: لوندۇن
- Ukrainian: Лондон
- Upper Sorbian: London
- Urdu: لندن
- Urdu: لنڈن
- Uzbek: London
- Venetian: Łondra
- Veps: London
- Vietnamese: London
- Vietnamese: Luân Đôn
- Vlaams: Londn
- Vlax Romani: London
- Volapük: London
- Võro: London
- Walloon: Londe
- Waray (Philippines): London
- Welsh: Llundain
- Western Armenian: Լոնտոն
- Western Frisian: Londen
- Western Mari: Лондон
- Western Panjabi: لندن
- Western Panjabi: لنڈن
- Wolof: Londar
- Wu Chinese: 伦敦
- Yakut: Лондон
- Yiddish: לאנדאן
- Yoruba: Lọndọnu
- Yue Chinese: 倫敦
- Zeeuws: Londen
- Zhuang: Lunzdunh
- Zulu: ILondon
- Lòndra
- ma tomo Lanten
- ឡុងដ៍
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