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capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
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London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

London 
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capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
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Instance ofmetropolis,
financial centre,
capital (United Kingdom, England),
city (1st millennium),
city with millions of inhabitants (18th century)
LocationGreater London, London, England, UK
Head of government
Headquarters location
Inception
Significant event
Population
  • 8,787,892 (2016)
Area
  • 1,572 ±1 square kilometre
Elevation above sea level
  • 35 ±1 metre
Follows
IATA airport code
  • LON
Different from
official website
Authority control
VIAF ID: 261467287
GND ID: 4074335-4
OSM relation ID: 65606
BNE ID: XX450868
Wikidata

51° 30′ 25.92″ N, 0° 07′ 39″ W

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Contents

geographic locationEdit

  • Location on satellite footage

  • Location on topographic map

  • A dot showing London within the United Kingdom

Symbols of London   •   Hoheitszeichen von London · Symboles de Londres · Simboli di Londra · Símbolos de Londres · Simbolen van Londen Edit

  • Arms of City of London

  • Coat of arms of the City of London

  • Coat of arms of the City of London (B&W)

  • Flag of Greater London

City views   •   Vues de la cité · Stadtansichten · Viste della città · Vistas de la ciudad · StadsgezichtenEdit

  • 360 degree panoramic view of London

  • Panorama of London

  • Rooftop view, circa 1865

Government buildings   •   Regierungs- und Kommunalgebäude · Rząd · Bâtiments gouvernementaux · Governo · GobiernoEdit

  • The Department of Culture, Media and Sport's HQ in Cockspur Street

  • A winter scene of Her Majesty's Treasury's London headquarters, from St. James's Park

  • The Ministry of Defence, Whitehall

  • Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, seen from the south bank of the Thames

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St James's Park

  • The Treasury, Whitehall, seen from Parliament Square

  • Portcullis House (the offices of Members of Parliament)

  • Department of Health, Whitehall

  • Admiralty Extension and Horseguards Parade, Whitehall

  • The Old War Office, Whitehall

City Hall   •   RathausEdit

  • City Hall

  • City Hall from the high walkway on Tower Bridge

Palace of Westminster   •   Westminster-Palast · Pałac Westminster · Palacio de Westminster, la Casa del Parlamento · Palazzo di Westminster · Palais de WestminsterEdit

Further information: Palace of Westminster
 

Big Ben   •   Großer BenEdit

Further information: Big Ben

Downing Street   •   Amtssitz DowningstraßeEdit

Further information: Category:Downing Street

  • Downing Street, Whitehall

  • The gates at Downing Street

Buckingham Palace   •   Buckingham-Palast · Pałac Buckingham · Palacio de Buckingham · Palazzo di Buckingham · Palais de BuckinghamEdit

Further information: Buckingham Palace

  • Changing the guard

  • Buckingham palace, 1909

  • Buckingham Palace, panoramic view

  • Buckingham Palace

  • Aerial view

Famous places   •   Berühmte Anziehungspunkte · Lieux célèbres · Posti famosi · Słynne miejsca · Lugares famosos · Beroemde plaatsenEdit

PiccadillyEdit

  • Burlington Arcade

  • Hotel Ritz

  • Simpsons of Piccadilly (formerly)

  • Hatchards Bookshop

Leicester Square   •   Leicesterplatz · Place de LeicesterEdit

  • Leicester Square Gardens

County Hall   •   RatsgebäudeEdit

  • County Hall

  • County Hall and London Eye

  • El County Hall que alberga al Acuario de Londres.

  • The lion at the NW corner of the County Hall

Kensington Palace   •   Kensington-PalastEdit

The Bank of England   •   Bank von England · La banque d'Angleterre · La Banca d'Inghilterra · Bank Anglii · El Banco de Inglaterra · De Bank van EngelandEdit

  • The Bank of England

Whitehall   •   Whitehall-BereichEdit

Further information: Category:Whitehall

  • Whitehall, looking south

  • Whitehall St. viewed from Trafalgar Square

  • Banqueting House, Whitehall

  • Changing of the Guard, Whitehall

  • Horse Guards

The London Eye   •   Riesenrad 'Londoner Auge' · Londyńskie oko Edit

Further information: London Eye

  • London Eye 3

  • London Eye and County Hall in evening light

  • London Eye at sunset

  • London Eye 2

  • London Eye by night

The Barbican   •   Der Barbican-GebäudekomplexEdit

  • A small part of the Barbican showing flats and cafe

Trafalgar Square   •   Trafalgarplatz · Place de TrafalgarEdit

Further information: Trafalgar Square

  • Trafalgar Square at evening

  • Trafalgar Square

  • The National Gallery (summer 2007)

  • Trafalgar Square summer 2004

  • Canada House, on the south west side

  • South Africa House, on the north east side

  • Admiralty Arch

  • Lion in Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square

Piccadilly Circus   •   Picadilly-KreiselEdit

Further information: Piccadilly Circus

  • Piccadilly Circus neon signs

  • Panorama

  • Eros

  • Eros

  • Routemaster bus, Lilywhites, the Criterion Theatre and Eros

  • Piccadilly Circus at twilight

Tower of London   •   Die Tower-Festung von London · La tour de Londres · Torre di Londra · Torre de LondresEdit

Further information: Tower of London

  • The Tower of London, viewed from the SwissRe tower

  • White Tower

  • Tower

  • Yeoman Warder (also known as Beefeater)

Office buildings   •   Verwaltungsgebäude · Biurowce · Immeubles de bureaux · Palazzi direzionaliEdit

30 St Mary Axe   •   Swiss Re - Turm · Swiss Re TowerEdit

  • 30 St Mary Axe

  • Two of London’s tallest buildings, left is Tower 42 and right is the Swiss Re Tower

  • Swiss Re Tower

  • Swiss Re and Tower of London

  • Perspective from base, Swiss Re

  • Swiss Re panorama from Thames River

  • Swiss Re tower

Other office buildings   •   Weitere VerwaltungsgebäudeEdit

  • The Swiss Re Tower (in the background)

  • Lloyd’s Building (with the blue cranes)

  • Centre Point

  • Shell Mex House

  • Euston Tower

  • Euston Tower

  • Reuters Data Centre in Blackwall

  • Salvation Army International Headquarters

  • Canary Wharf from the top level of Tower Bridge

  • Canary Wharf - Looking Up

  • 10 Upper Bank

  • HSBC Tower, Docklands

  • HSBC Tower, Docklands

  • One West India Quay

  • Barclays HQ, Docklands

Shops and shopping areas   •   Geschäfte und Einkaufszonen · Sklepy i okolice zakupowe · Magasins et centres commerciaux · Negozi e centri commerciali · Tiendas y Centros comerciales · Winkelen en winkelencentraEdit

  • Hamley's toy store on Regent Street

  • Harrod's

  • New Bond Street 1

  • New Bond Street 2

  • Old Bond Street

  • A scene in Hatton Garden

  • A ring shop in Hatton Garden

  • Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill

  • Camden Lock at Camden Lock Market

  • Oxford Street

  • Agent Provocateur lingerie shop in Soho

  • Neal's Yard, Covent Garden

  • Covent Garden market

  • Covent Garden market

  • Knightsbridge

  • The Royal Exchange

  • Trendy Westbourne Grove in Bayswater

  • Portobello Road

  • Camden Town High Street

  • Camden Town High Street

Culture   •   Kultur · Kultura · Cultura · CultuurEdit

  • Royal Albert Hall

  • Royal Festival Hall

  • Ronnie Scott's Club at 47 Frith Street, Soho

Monuments   •   Denkmale · Monuments · Monumenti · Monumentos · MonumentenEdit

  • The Cenotaph, Whitehall

  • Churchill Statue, Parliament Square

  • Statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, opposite the Palace of Westminster

  • The RAF Memorial on the Victoria Embankment

  • The Victoria Memorial near Buckingham Palace

  • Victoria Memorial

  • Victoria Memorial

  • Wellington Arch

  • Marble Arch

  • Cleopatra's Needle from the Thames

  • Albert Memorial

The Monument to the Great Fire of London   •   Das Denkmal des Großen Feuers von London · Pomnik ku czci wielkiego pożaru Londynu · Monument à l'Incendie de Londres · Monumento all'Incendio di Londra · Monumento al Incendio de Londres · Monument naar de Grote Vuur van LondenEdit

  • Seen from the ground

  • The east base of the Monument

  • The viewing platform

  • The Monument from the high-level walkway on Tower Bridge

  • Vista de Londres desde El Monument (View of London from The Monument).

Galleries and museums   •   Galerien und Museen · Galerie i muzea · Galeries et musées · Gallerie e musei · Galerías y museos · Galerien en museums

Further information: Museums in London

The British Museum   •   Das Britische MuseumEdit

  • British Museum

  • Great Court with roof by Foster and Partners

  • British Museum New Great Court

The National Gallery Die Nationalgalerie · Galeria narodowa · La Galerie Nationale · Galleria Nazionale · Galería Nacional · Nationale GalerijEdit

  • National Gallery in the 1890s

  • National Gallery 1

  • National Gallery 2

The Natural History Museum   •   Das Naturkunde-Museum · Muzeum historii naturalnej · Le musée d'histoire naturelle · Il museo di storia naturale · El museo de historia natural Edit

The Victoria and Albert Museum   •   Das Victoria-und-Albert-Museum · Muzeum Wiktorii i AlbertaEdit

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

Somerset House   •   Somerset-HausEdit

  • Courtyard of Somerset House

Tate   •   Tate-GalerieEdit

Tate Modern   •   Tate-Galerie für Moderne KunstEdit
Further information: Tate Modern

  • Exterior, south side

  • The Turbine Hall

  • The Turbine Hall

Tate Britain   •   Tate-Galerie für Britische KunstEdit
Further information: Category:Tate Britain

  • Tate Britain

  • Portico

  • Tate Britain

HMS Belfast   •   HMS Belfast — MuseumsschiffEdit

Further information: HMS Belfast (C35)

  • HMS Belfast

  • HMS Belfast with Tower Bridge

  • HMS Belfast and City Hall seen from the top of the Great Fire of London Monument

Other museums   •   Andere Museen · Autres musées · Inne muzea · Otros museos · Andere museaEdit

Theatres   •   Theater · Teatry · Théâtres · Teatri · Teatros · TheatersEdit

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre   •   Shakespeares Globus-TheaterEdit

  • Shakespeare's Globe 3

  • Shakespeare's Globe 4

Other theatres   •   Andere Theater · Autres théâtres · Altri teatri · Otros teatros · Andere theaterenEdit

  • London Coliseum (English National Opera)

  • Haymarket Theatre Royal

  • Her Majesty's Theatre (during 1867 fire)

  • King's Theatre (Queen's Theatre), Haymarket

  • Royal National Theatre

  • Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

  • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1813)

  • Her Majesty’s Theatre, The Haymarket

  • Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street

  • Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria Street

  • Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly

  • Prince of Wales Theatre

The O2   •   Der Jahrtausend-DomEdit

Further information: Category:Millennium Dome

  • The Millennium Dome, with Canary Wharf in the background

  • The O2 Arena

Transport   •   Transportwesen · Transportes · TrasportiEdit

Railway stations   •   Bahnhöfe · Gares · Dworce kolejowe · Stazioni di treni · Estaciones de trenes · StationsEdit

See also: Category:Railway stations in London

  • Paddington station, central vault

  • St Pancras station

  • Victoria Station

  • Eurostar at St Pancras

London Underground   •   Londoner U-Bahn · Métro de Londres · Londyńskie metro · Metro de Londres · Metropolitana di Londra · Metro van LondenEdit

Further information: London Underground

  • MIND THE GAP

  • Blackfriars tube station

  • The Jubilee Line platform of Westminster tube station

  • The District Line platform of Westminster tube station

  • Canary Wharf tube station

  • Gants Hill tube station

  • Wanstead tube station

  • Tube station entrance at night

  • Tube station showing train motion

London Buses   •   Londoner Busse · Bus de Londres · Londyńskie autobusy · Autobus di Londra · Autobuses de Londres · Autobussen van LondenEdit

  • RT bus outside Uxbridge station

  • Routemaster Bus in Golders Green, London

  • Routemaster Bus outside Golders Green tube station, London

  • Routemaster Bus outside Golders Green tube station, London

  • Modern London bus

  • A Bendy bus passing Parliament Square

  • London buses on the Strand

  • New Bus for London prototype

Bridges   •   Brücken · ponts · mosty · ponti · puentes · bruggenEdit

Tower Bridge   •   Tower-Brücke · Pont de la Tour · Ponte della Torre · Puente de la Torre Edit

Further information: Tower Bridge
  • English: The famous Tower Bridge of London.
    Deutsch: Die berühmte Tower-Bridge(Turmbrücke) von London.

  • Tower Bridge seen from the north bank of the Thames

  • English: The Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

  • Tower Bridge

  • Tower Bridge

  • Tower Bridge

  • Tower bridge seen from the Great Fire of London Monument

  • Bridge open

  • Close up on opened bridge bascules

  • Tower Bridge at night

Millennium Bridge   •   Jahrtausend-Brücke · Most milenijny · Pont du Millenium · Ponte del Millennio · Puente del Milenio · Millennium BrugEdit

Further information: Category:London Millennium Bridge

  • The bridge viewed from a balcony of the Tate Modern

  • Looking towards St Paul's Cathedral

  • Crossing the bridge, looking towards the Tate Modern gallery

  • A view of the bridge from Thames below.

Other bridges   •   Weitere Brücken · Autres ponts · Altri ponti · Otros puentes · Andere bruggenEdit

  • Tower Bridge to London Bridge night panorama

  • Hungerford Bridge, Waterloo Bridge

  • London Bridge

  • Blackfriars Railway Bridge (pedestrian Millennium Bridge in foreground)

  • Westminster Bridge

  • Lambeth Bridge

  • Hammersmith Bridge

  • Albert Bridge

  • Chelsea Bridge

  • Southwark Bridge

  • Vauxhall Bridge

  • Model of first bridge over the Thames (by Romans in AD 85-90) in Museum of London

CongestionEdit

  • Congestion on the London Underground

Religious places   •   Religiöse Stätten · Edifices religieux · Miejsca kultu religijnego · Luoghi religiosi · Lugares religiosos · Religieuze plaatsenEdit

St. Paul's Cathedral   •   Sankt Paul Kathedrale · Cathedrale Saint Paul · Katedra Św. Pawła · Cattedrale di San Paolo · Catedral de San Pablo · Sint Pauls KathedraalEdit

Further information: St Paul's Cathedral

  • St. Paul's Cathedral

  • The Golden Gallery above the dome (where the people are standing)

  • St. Pauls Cathedral, interior

  • The dome from the gardens.

  • The dome

  •   The dome seen from Tate Modern

Westminster Abbey   •   Westminster-Abtei · Opactwo Westminster · Abbaye de Westminster · Abbazia di Westminster · Abadía de Westminster · Abdij van WestminsterEdit

Further information: Westminster Abbey

  • West Door 1 (863x1024)

  • West Door 2 (800x1204)

  • West Door 3 (450x600)

  • Westminster Door seen from Victoria Street

  • West Door 4 (1712x2220)

  • At night

  • The tomb of King Henry III in the Abbey

Westminster Cathedral   •   Westminster-Kathedrale · Katedra Westminster · Cathédrale de Westminster · Cattedrale di Westminster · Catedral de Westminster · Westminster KathedraalEdit

Further information: Westminster Cathedral

  • Front view from Victoria Street

  • The interior

  • A side-chapel roof mosaic

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Southwark Cathedral   •   Southwark-Kathedrale · Katedra Southwark · Cathédrale de Southwark · Cattedrale di Southwark · Catedral de Southwark · Southwark KathedraalEdit

See also: Southwark Cathedral

Other churches   •   Weitere Kirchen · Eglises · Kościoły · Chiese · Iglesias · KerkenEdit

  • St. Alfege's Church, Greenwich

  • St. Anne's Church, Limehouse

  • St. Bride's Church

  • The interior of St. Bride's Church

  • St. Clement Danes

  • The interior of St. Clement Danes

  • St. Dunstan's Church

  • St. Martin-in-the-Fields

  • The interior of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

  • Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

  • Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster

  • The interior of Saint Margaret's Church

  • St. Mary-Le-Bow Church

  • The interior of St. Mary-Le-Bow Church

Synagogues   •   Synagogen · Synagogi · Synagogues · Sinagoghe · Sinagogas · SynagogesEdit

  • Bevis Marks Synagogue

  • The interior of Bevis Marks Synagogue

  • New West End Synagogue

  • The interior of New West End Synagogue

Mosques   •   Moscheen · Meczety · Mosquées · Moschee · Mezquitas · MoskeeënEdit

  • London Central Mosque

  • East London Mosque

  • Masjid Bilal

  • Jamia Masjid

  • Madina Masjid

Parks   •   ParkanlagenEdit

Royal Parks and The Mall   •   Königliche Parks und Die Mall · Parki królewskie i The Mall · Parcs royaux et The Mall · Parques reales y The Mall · Parchi reali e The Mall · Koninklijke parken en The MallEdit

  • The Mall

  • The London Eye from St. James's Park, beyond Horse Guards

  • St. James's Park on a Winter Day

  • Spring Flowers in St. James's Park

  • Spring Flowers in Green Park

  • Green Park on a Winter Day

  • Regent's Park bandstand and lake

Hyde ParkEdit

Further information: Category:Hyde Park, London

  • Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

  • Aerial view of Hyde Park

  • Hyde Park

  • Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew   •   Die Königlichen Botanischen Gärten in Kew · Les jardins botaniques royaux de Kew · Le giardini botanici reali di Kew · Los jardines botanicos reales de Kew · De koninklijke botanische tuinen van KewEdit

Further information: Kew Gardens

  • Greenhouse

  • Pagoda

  • The Palm House

  • The Palm House

  • The Temperate House

  • Kew Palace

London boroughs   •   Londoner Stadtbezirke · Gminy Londynu · Districts de Londres · Borghi di Londra · Municipios de Londres · Districten van LondenEdit

  • London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Town Hall (Barking IG11)

  • London Borough of Barnet Town Hall (Hendon, London NW4)

  • London Borough of Camden Town Hall (Judd Street, London NW1)

  • London Borough of Croydon Town Hall (Fairfield CR0/CR9)

  • London Borough of Ealing Town Hall (Ealing, London W5)

  • London Borough of Enfield Town Hall (Enfield EN1)

  • Royal Borough of Greenwich Town Hall (Woolwich, London SE18)

  • London Borough of Hackney Town Hall (London E8)

  • London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall (London W6)

  • London Borough of Harrow Town Hall (Harrow HA1)

  • London Borough of Havering Town Hall (Romford RM1)

  • London Borough of Hillingdon Town Hall (Uxbridge UB8)

  • London Borough of Hounslow Town Hall (Hounslow TW3)

  • London Borough of Islington Town Hall (Islington, London N1)

  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall (London W8)

  • Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Town Hall (Kingston KT1)

  • London Borough of Lambeth Town Hall (Brixton, London SW2)

  • London Borough of Lewisham Town Hall (Catford, London SE6)

  • London Borough of Merton Town Hall (Morden, SM4)

  • London Borough of Newham Town Hall (East Ham, London E6)

  • London Borough of Redbridge Town Hall (Ilford IG1)

  • York House (town hall of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames) (Twickenham TW1)

  • London Borough of Southwark Town Hall (Peckham, London SE15)

  • London Borough of Sutton Town Hall (Sutton SM1)

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets Town Hall (Mulberry Place, London E14)

  • London Borough of Waltham Forest Town Hall (Walthamstow, London E17)

  • London Borough of Wandsworth Town Hall (Ram Street, London SW8)

  • Westminster City Hall (Victoria Street, London SW1)

Houses   •   Häuser · Maisons · Domy · Case · Casas · HuizenEdit

  • Red brick flats in London, England, by the Thames

  • Dunworth Mews in London, England

River Thames   •   Die Themse · La Tamise · rzeka Tamiza · Il Tamigi · La Tamisa · De TheemsEdit

Further information: Category:Thames

  • The Pool of London

  • View from London Eye by night

  • View from London Eye by day

  • Limehouse Reach looking east, with Isle of Dogs in background

  • Westminster pier

  • Thames Barrier

  • Thames Barrier

  • View from river level near Tower Bridge. The two tall buildings are Tower 42 and the Swiss Re Tower

  • View upstream from the high level walkway on Tower Bridge

  • The River Thames - Vauxhall/Pimlico, London

Soldiers   •   Garde-Soldaten · Żołnierze · Soldats · Soldati · Soldados · SoldatenEdit

  • Foot Guards at the Cenotaph

  • Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace (1)

  • Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace (2)

  • Life Guards at Whitehall

  • A trooper of the Blues and Royals on mounted duty in Whitehall

Paintings and drawings of London   •   Gemälde und Zeichnungen von LondonEdit

  • 1616: Panorama of London by Claes Van Visscher

  • c1630: City of London'

  • 1746-47: The Thames and the City by Canaletto

  • 1747: London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House by Canaletto

  • 1834-35: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by Turner

  • 1835: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by Turner

  • 1852: Houses of Parliament, London 1852 by Edmund Walker

  • 1871: Old Chelsea Bridge in London by Pissarro

  • 1902: Houses of Parliament, Sunset by Monet

  • 2006: London burning, Gouache on Paper by Stuerzinger

Not classified   •   Diverses ohne Klassifizierung · Divers · NiesklasyfikowaneEdit

  • The Idle 'Prentice executed at Tyburn

  • Bank of England, c. 1900

  • Horticultural Gardens, 1871 International Exhibition

  • Sculpture gallery, 1871 International Exhibition

  • The Diana princess of Wales memorial walk

  • The Silver Jubilee walkway

  • London telephone boxes

  • Battersea Power Station

  • Lots Road Power Station

  • The City of London School

  • A modern photo (2005) of the 1883-1987 City of London School

  • The Middlesex Guildhall

  • Headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in London

  • Homelessness in London, 2006

  • Newspaper Vendor

  • St. Thomas Hospital

  • Tiffany

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