London

**London**
	capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
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Instance of	metropolis,; financial centre,; capital (United Kingdom, England),; city (1st millennium – ),; administrative territorial entity of the United Kingdom,; city with millions of inhabitants (18th century – )
Location	Greater London, London, England
Located in or next to body of water	River Thames,; Grand Union Canal
Located on terrain feature	Great Britain
Official language	English;
Head of government	Sadiq Khan (2016–);
Inception	c. 47;
Significant event	7 July 2005 London bombings (2005); Great Fire of London (1666); The Blitz (1940–1941); 2012 Summer Olympics (2012);
Highest point	Biggin Hill (245 metre);
Population	8,908,081 (2018);
Area	1,572 ±1 km²;
Elevation above sea level	15 m; 11 m; 36 ft;
IATA airport code	LON;
Different from	London; Greater London; City of London;
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	51° 30′ 25.92″ N, 0° 07′ 39″ W
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London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

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geographic locationEdit

Location on satellite footage
Location on topographic map
A dot showing London within the United Kingdom
satellite image
satellite image

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 the former Greater London Council

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

Houses of Parliament, seen from the other side of the River Thames
Houses of Parliament, seen across Westminster Bridge
Westminster Hall
Richard the 1st
Claude Monet: Parliament

Big Ben • Großer BenEdit

10 O'Clock On A Sunny Summerday
Big Ben clock 1
Detail clock
Français : Big ben

Downing Street • Amtssitz DowningstraßeEdit

Downing Street, Whitehall
The gates at Downing Street

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

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

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

London Eye 3
London Eye and County Hall in evening light
London Eye at sunset
London Eye 2
London Eye by night
view

The Barbican • Der Barbican-GebäudekomplexEdit

A small part of the Barbican showing flats and cafe

Trafalgar Square • Trafalgarplatz · Place de TrafalgarEdit

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

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

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

New US Embassy Building
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 museumsEdit

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

Museum exterior 1
Museum exterior 2
Natural History Museum
Main hall

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

Exterior, south side
The Turbine Hall
The Turbine Hall

Tate Britain • Tate-Galerie für Britische KunstEdit

Tate Britain
Portico
Tate Britain

HMS Belfast • HMS Belfast — MuseumsschiffEdit

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

Imperial War Museum
Science Museum
London Transport Museum
Royal Academy of Arts
Sir John Soane's Museum
Wallace Collection
Whitechapel Art Gallery
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
National Army Museum
National Maritime Museum
Geffrye Museum

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, 1783
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

The Millennium Dome, with Canary Wharf in the background
The O2 Arena

Transport • Transportwesen · Transportes · TrasportiEdit

London taxi
Saint John Ambulance ambulance
DUKW giving tourist trips
Tramlink
Emirates Air Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Temple 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
St. James's Park Lake
Spring Flowers in Green Park
Green Park on a Winter Day
Regent's Park bandstand and lake

Hyde ParkEdit

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

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

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
c. 1630: 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