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Greater London is the administrative area of London, England, which is coterminous with the London region. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a ceremonial county also called Greater London, and the City of London.
- 1 April 1965
- London Government Act 1963
Greater London, metropolitan county of southeastern England that is also generally known as London. A brief treatment of the administrative entity follows. An in-depth discussion of the physical setting, history, character, and inhabitants of the city is in the article London.
BoroughArea(square Miles)Area(square Km)Population (2001)1.137,1858.422198,0207.419202,8246.316165,242- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The 2023 population of Greater London of just under 10 million made it Europe's third-most populous city, accounting for 13.4% of the population of the United Kingdom and over 16% of the population of England. The Greater London Built-up Area is the fourth-most populous in Europe, with about 9.8 million inhabitants at the 2011 census.
- 606.96 sq mi (1,572.03 km²)
- 36 ft (11 m)
- England
- London (Greater London)
5 days ago · London, city, capital of the United Kingdom. It is among the oldest of the world’s great cities—its history spanning nearly two millennia—and one of the most cosmopolitan. By far Britain’s largest metropolis, it is also the country’s economic, transportation, and cultural center.
- What is London?London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. It is the U.K.’s largest metropolis and its economic, transportation, and cultural centre. London...
- When was London founded?London’s founding can be traced to 43 CE, when the Roman armies began their occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius. At a point just north of...
- Was London bombed during World War II?During World War II London suffered intense aerial bombardment by Nazi forces during the Blitz, a campaign from September 1940 to May 1941 that dev...
- What is London known for?London is one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities. It is the largest metropolis in the United Kingdom, and it is also the country’s economic, t...
- Where is London located?London is situated in southeastern England, lying on both sides of the River Thames some 50 miles (80 km) upstream from its estuary on the North Sea.
- Greenwich
- Richmond
- South Bank
- Hampstead
- Soho
- Clerkenwell
- Canary Wharf
- Brixton
- Camden Town
- Bloomsbury and Holborn
South of the river and a quick ride on the train, tube or DLR from the centre, Greenwich is awash with royal, maritime and scientific history. It was the birthplace of several Tudor monarchs, including Henry VIII and the biggest reminder of its royal residents is the Queen’s House, built for James I’s wife, Anne in the 17th century and backing onto...
Encompassing an enormous area in southwest London, Richmond is an affluent district endowed with loads of London’s most cherished locations and attractions. Hampton Court Palace was the home for English Kings from Henry VIII to George II, while the UNESCO-listed Kew Gardens is a botanical garden par excellence, covering a massive swathe of land by ...
Rehabilitated for the Festival of Britain after the war, the South Bank is where you can go for a dose of culture and entertainment, just across the water from the City of Westminster. Integrated into the walkways, platforms and staircases of this concrete cityscape are the British Film Institute and the Royal Festival Hall. By the water is the now...
Also extremely wealthy, Hampstead is a district with a village and heath, littered with low-key and gratifying pieces of London’s history and full of listed buildings. The romantic poet John Keats lived in a house in Hampstead, now on Keats Grove, as did Sigmund Freud, and both of their homes are now museums. At 320 hectares, Hampstead Heath has al...
In the City of Westminster and part of the West End entertainment district, Soho is a vibrant place in a constant state of flux. For more than 200 years it has had a rakish reputation, as London’s red light district and more recently as a gay quarter. The heyday for the sex industry was the 1960s and 70s, but that has never been the whole story, as...
If you’re mooching around this part of London you could also have a look around Farringdon and the Barbican, both of which are within walking distance and all border the long-gone walls of the old City of London. Clerkenwell is a unique neighbourhood with Georgian flat-fronted houses and old workshops that once contained breweries and printworks in...
London’s other financial district is in the revitalised docks in the Borough of Tower Hamlets a few stops east of central London on the Jubilee Line. For tourists there isn’t a great deal to “do” in Canary Wharf, even if there’s a really good museum about the history of the old docks and a decent shopping centre below One Canada Square, which was t...
Immigration in the post-War years has given Brixton a large West Indian population. The final decades of the 20th century weren’t always easy in this district, as you might know from the Clash’s song the “Gun’s of Brixton” and the riots in 1981 and 1985. But in the last 20 years or so, Brixton has become somewhere to go out, with nightspots like th...
Not to be confused with the large borough that surrounds it, Camden Town is one of London’s alternative areas with five markets, shops for every subculture and masses of bars, popup restaurants, venues for live music and nightclubs. It’s also a fabulous place to simply go for a walk because of the Regent’s Canal, which enters the Thames at Limehous...
A very grand part of London that took on its current appearance in the 1700s and early 1800s, Bloomsbury is a district of flat-fronted townhouses and generous garden squares where students and office workers will sit out on the lawns for lunch in the summer. The British Museum is in Bloomsbury, while if you walk down for a couple of minutes you’ll ...
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The Greater London Built-up Area is the fourth-most populous in Europe, with about 9.8 million inhabitants at the 2011 census. The London metropolitan area is the third-most populous in Europe, with about 14 million inhabitants in 2016, granting London the status of a megacity.
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