ABOUT LONDON

London is the capital city of England and a major business centre, a cosmopolitan city with a population of 7.5 million and a diverse range of religions, cultures and around 300 different languages spoken, London is a major tourist destination attracting visitors from all over the world, the climate in London is temperate with light rainfall throughout the year and very little snow, the main geographical feature of London is the River Thames which flows from the southwest to the east, the easiest way to get around London is by using public transport, the London underground serves the centre as well as the suburbs, London buses are frequent as are taxis, traffic in London has become so congested that a charge has been levied in the hope that many car users will leave their cars outside London and travel by bus or the London underground to avoid paying this congestion fee, improvements to public transport in London including the underground have been planned in preparation for London to host the Olympic games in 2012.

London has many monuments and buildings of historical interest, Nelsons column in Trafalgar square is the focal point and becomes the centre for many of London’s carnivals and festivals, the London BT Tower (formerly known as the Post Office Tower) is a tall cylindrical tower measuring 188 meters in total, St Paul’s Cathedral with its large dome dominates the skyline of London and has been used in a number of films as a vantage point.

Attractions and sights in London are world famous and include The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, in celebration of the new millennium the London Eye was constructed on the south bank of the Thames, the largest ferris wheel ever to be built measuring 135 metres, with 32 air conditioned observation capsules on the exterior and takes 30 minutes to complete one rotation, London is also home to many museums and art galleries including the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the National Gallery which is situated in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden in London is another well known attraction with plenty of shops and theatres and the Royal Opera House, London’s west end is home to many theatres with performances night after night of Comedy, Drama as well as the classics, Oxford Street in the west end of London is famous for its shopping, high street department stores as well as designer shops, there is an abundance of Restaurants, Bars, Cafes and Fast Food outlets in London selling cuisine from all over the world, Chinese, Indian, Italian, the quality of food varies and not all international cuisine in London is authentic.

London has many open spaces, eight of these areas are parks which used to be royal hunting grounds, now open to the general public including Hyde Park which has been used to host open air concerts, Kensington Gardens and Regents park, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Hampton Court Palace are also open to the public although an entrance fee is payable at the gates.

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