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Covering the City of Westminster, Croydon, Kensington and Chelsea, Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham, Lewisham, Wandsworth, Greenwich, Lambeth, Bexley, Southwark, Havering, Tower Hamlets, Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Redbridge, Islington, Newham, Camden, Waltham Forest, Brent, Haringey, Ealing, Enfield, Hounslow, Barnet, Richmond upon Thames, Harrow, Kingston upon Thames, Hillingdon, Merton and all areas of London including S, SW, W, WC, E, EC, N and NW postcodes.
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It has a population of about 7.5 million individuals and is made up of the city plus 32 boroughs incorporated into it. This makes London the most populated city in the European Union, with almost twice as many inhabitants as the 2nd most populated city – Berlin in Germany.
London was the world’s biggest city between the early 1800’s and the early 1900’s and is the place of the world’s first metro system – the London Underground. The system is at present about 250 miles long, has over 4 million people that use the system a day and over 250 stations.
London is one of the most important cities in the world, specifically in business, culture and finance. It can be considered to be a key world city. The 2012 Olympic Games is being held in London.
London is the site of many world famous landmarks, for example Buckingham Palace, The Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus and St Paul’s Cathedral. Most of these being at the centre of London – but the City is broken up into 17 regions. These are: City of London, City of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Islington, Camden, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond, Kingston and Merton.
Chelsea is an extremely affluent area in West London and is the base of one of the top football teams that are referred to as the “big four”. One of the big four is Arsenal, as well as Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
London is considered to be one of the most expensive places to buy a house in the world. In the borough of Kensington and Chelsea the average house price is £894,000!
The city is split in two by the River Thames, this flows all the way through central London and finishes up just north of a Gloucestershire village called Kemble.
Clapham Junction is the United Kingdom’s busiest railway station and is positioned in the borough of Wandsworth. The other well known railway station is Kings Cross, that opened in 1852 and has in recent times been redeveloped.
Fulham and Hammersmith is a well populated borough and is the place of birth of Olympic gold medal winning sprinter, Linford Christie.
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