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LONDON. UK capital 1,507 km2 8,174,000 people urban area 13,709,000 people City + 32 boroughs. CITY OF LONDON. the oldest part b usiness centre banks, companies ST PAUL´S CATHEDRAL THE TOWER OF LONDON TOWER BRIDGE. CITY OF WESTMINSTER. political centre HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
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UK capital 1,507 km2 8,174,000 people urban area 13,709,000 people City + 32 boroughs
CITY OF LONDON • the oldest part • business centre • banks, companies • ST PAUL´S CATHEDRAL • THE TOWER OF LONDON • TOWER BRIDGE
CITY OF WESTMINSTER • political centre • HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT • WESTMINSTER ABBEY • LONDON EYE
WEST END • centre of entertainment and shopping • Oxford Street, Bond Street • Leicester Square • Soho • Shaftesbury Avenue
EAST END • former working class area • docklands • now – residential district • MILLENIUM DOME • OLYMPIC STADIUM
TRANSPORT UNDERGROUND the oldest onein the world (1863) 11 lines, 207 stations, 402 kilometres
RED BUSES BLACK TAXIS
AIRPORTS Heathrow Gatwick Stansted Luton