London
London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
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Symbols of LondonEdit
Geographic locationEdit
London boroughsEdit
Metropolitan boroughs: Battersea · Bermondsey · Bethnal Green · Camberwell · Chelsea · Deptford · Finsbury · Fulham · Greenwich · Hackney · Hammersmith · Hampstead · Holborn · Islington · Kensington · Lambeth · Lewisham · Paddington · Poplar · Shoreditch · Southwark · St Marylebone · St Pancras · Stepney · Stoke Newington · Wandsworth · Westminster · Woolwich
London Borough of Croydon Town Hall (Fairfield CR0/CR9)
London Borough of Newham Town Hall (East Ham, London E6)
London Borough of Waltham Forest Town Hall (Walthamstow, London E17)
City viewsEdit
Government buildingsEdit
City HallEdit
Palace of WestminsterEdit
Claude Monet: Parliament
Big BenEdit
Downing StreetEdit
Buckingham PalaceEdit
Famous placesEdit
PiccadillyEdit
Leicester SquareEdit
County HallEdit
Kensington PalaceEdit
The Bank of EnglandEdit
WhitehallEdit
The London EyeEdit
The BarbicanEdit
Trafalgar SquareEdit
Trafalgar Square on a summer evening
Lions in Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly CircusEdit
Piccadilly Circus signs
Tower of LondonEdit
Office buildingsEdit
30 St Mary Axe — Swiss Re TowerEdit
Other office buildingsEdit
Shops and shopping areasEdit
View north up Queensway, London from in front of the entrance to Bayswater tube station
CultureEdit
MonumentsEdit
Statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, opposite the Palace of Westminster
Statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, opposite the Palace of Westminster
The Monument to the Great Fire of LondonEdit
Galleries and museumsEdit
The British MuseumEdit
The National GalleryEdit
The Natural History MuseumEdit
The Victoria and Albert MuseumEdit
Somerset HouseEdit
TateEdit
Tate ModernEdit
Tate BritainEdit
HMS BelfastEdit
Other museumsEdit
TheatresEdit
Shakespeare's Globe TheatreEdit
Other theatresEdit
The O2 Arena — Millennium DomeEdit
TransportEdit
Railway stationsEdit
London UndergroundEdit
London BusesEdit
BridgesEdit
Tower BridgeEdit
Millennium BridgeEdit
Other bridgesEdit
Traffic congestionEdit
Religious placesEdit
St. Paul's CathedralEdit
Westminster AbbeyEdit
Westminster CathedralEdit
Southwark CathedralEdit
Other churchesEdit
SynagoguesEdit
MosquesEdit
ParksEdit
Royal Parks and The MallEdit
St. James's Park Lake
Regent's Park bandstand and lake
Hyde ParkEdit
Royal Botanic Gardens, KewEdit
HousesEdit
River ThamesEdit
Guard soldiersEdit
Paintings and drawings of LondonEdit
1616: Panorama of London by Claes Van Visscher
1746-47: The Thames and the City by Canaletto
1834-35: 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
Miscellaneous without classificationEdit
The Old Bailey