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London Location

Population

The City

Squares, streets

Museums

Interesting places

Transportation in London (underground, taxi, buses)

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London - basic facts

An economic, cultural and political centre of UK.

Capital city of the United Kingdom.

Capital city of England, the biggest city in England.

The seat of the Queen and the Parliament.

The biggest Britain's port.

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London - basic facts

Located on the river Thames.

Area - 1,570 km2 (607 sq mi)

Population - eight million people.

Visited every year by nearly 26 million people.

Divided into the City of London and 32 districts.

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London - the City of London

The oldest part of London.

The business centre, there are concentrated the financial services - banks, insurance companies

(Lloyds) and also the stock exchange.

• St.Paul´s Cathedral

• The Tower of London

• The Tower of London

• Tower Bridge

• Bank of England Museum

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London - St.Paul´s Cathedral

The highest point in the City of London.

Built by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire (1666).

The seat of the Bishop of London.

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London – the Tower of London

Situated by the river Thames.

Consists of several parts.

The oldest part is called the White Tower.

Built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror.

Used to be a prison, fortress and palace.

Today it's a museum of Crown Jewels.

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London – the Tower Bridge

One of the symbols of London.

Built in 1894 in Gothic style.

It can open in the middle and let large ships go through.

The interactive London Bridge Experience.

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London – Buckingham Palace

The royal residence of the Queen.

Ceremony of the Changing of Guard (11:30)

London – No.10 Downing Street

An office of the Prime Minister.

A meeting place for the Cabinet.

A home for the Prime Minister’s family.

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London - Piccadilly Circus

One of the busiest squares in London.

Considered to be the centre of London.

Famous for its neon advertisements.

The statue of God of Love Eros in the middle.

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London - Trafalgar Square

The largest square in London.

Known for its fountains with lions.

Nelson's Column in the middle (56 m).

The National Gallery – famous paintings.

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London – Palace of Westminster

Situated on the left bank of the river Thames.

Meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Clock tower called Big Ben - at the north end of the Palace.

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London - museums

There are over 240 museums in London.

The British Museum - the largest museum in the world

Madame Tussaud´s Museum - the collection of wax figures

The London Transport Museum - exhibitions connecting transport

Tate Gallery – museum of modern art

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London - Hyde Park

Opened to the public in 1637.

The most prominent and famous London park.

One of the largest parks in central London.

Speakers' Corner - open-air public speeches.

People are allowed to speak freely here.

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London – London Eye

The world´s tallest observation wheel (135 m).

Made from 1,700 tons of steel.

The wheel has a diameter of 120 metres.

Visited by over 3.5 million people every year.

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London - Greenwich

A district of south-east London.

The seat of National Maritime Museum.

The Old Royal Observatory

The Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude)

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

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London – Westminster Abby

Founded in the 11th century.

Britain's kings and queens have been crowned here and have had their weddings here.

London - West EndLondon's main entertainment and shopping district.

Entertainment - Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Soho

Shopping centres - Regent Street, Oxford Street, Bond Street

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London - the Gherkin

Completed in 2003

Height 180 m

40 floors, 18 lifts

Eco–friendly skyscraper

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London - travelling

Double-decker buses – one of the symbols of London

Black cabs – taxis – there are 21,000 cabs in London

Underground (the Tube) - the oldest underground in the world, opened 1863, 270

stations

London Heathrow airport - biggest centre of air transport of UK