LONDON. UK capital 1,507 km2 8,174,000 people urban area 13,709,000 people City + 32 boroughs.

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• 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 one in the world (1863)11 lines, 207 stations, 402 kilometres

RED BUSES

BLACK TAXIS

AIRPORTSHeathrow

Gatwick

Stansted

Luton