This is London - satmap

London is situated on the river Thames.

London the centre

- London consists of 32 parts called boroughs.

- 12 boroughs form Inner London and 20 boroughs make Outer London, together they are called Greater London.
- The City of London has an independent status.
1. City
2.

Tower Hamlets

3.

Southwark

4.

Westminster

5.

Kensington
and Chelsea

6.

Newham

7.

Lewisham

8.

Lambeth

9.

Camden

10. Islington
11. Hackney
12. Wandsworth
13. Hammersmith
and Fulham
14. Richmond
Upon Thames
15. Kingston Upon
Thames
16. Waltham Forest
17. Barking and
Dagenham

1.

Tower 42 (or NatWest Tower - as it was originally built for the National Westminster Bank) ; the tallest building in
the City of London and the fifth tallest in London as a whole.

2.

30 St Mary Axe (Swiss Re Tower or Gherkin called by Londoners) finished in 2004; the seat of Swiss insurance
company Swiss Re

3.

Tower of London (at the bottom)

Tower 42
(NatWest Tower)

St Mary Axe

183 m

(Gherkin)
180 m

Tower of London

Gherkin
Tower 42 (NatWest Tower)
from the street level

- The Tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace and a prison
- It has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, a mint, a public

Tower of London from Swiss Re Tower (Gherkin)

and famous Tower Bridge

- Tower of London is a set of 21 towers

Middle Tower

White Tower

- 244 m long

Tower Bridge:

- towers 65 m high
- the central span between towers (61 m) is

(sometimes mistakenly

split into two leaves, which can be raised

reffered to as London Bridge)

to an angle of 83 degrees

(TRUE!) London Bridge

On the north side is the Monument to the Great Fire of London.

Millenium Bridge

- 325 m long
- Conects the City of London (near St Pauls
Cathedral) with Tate Modern Gallery

St Pauls Cathedral

- only for pedestrians

St Pauls Cathedral -

- dates from the 17th century

- is the seat of the Bishop of London

London skyline St Pauls Cathedral, Tower 42 and Gherkin

Tate Modern

- is Britain's national museum of international

modern art.
- the galleries are housed in the former
Bankside Power Station.
- the power station closed in 1981

and Millenium
Bridge with Tate
Modern from St
Pauls Cathedral

Summary map The City

Tower 42 (NatWest Tower)

St Mary Axe
(Gherkin)

Tower of
London

Tower
Bridge
Tate Modern Millenium B. St Pauls Cathedral

London Bridge

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster

Palace, is where the two Houses of the Parliament (the House of Lords and the
House of Commons) meet.
At daytime

 and after dark

The Clock Tower

- at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament

- It is popularly known as Big Ben, but this name actually
belongs to the clock's main bell

London Eye

- also known as the

Millennium Wheel,
opened in 1999
- is the largest observation
wheel in the world.
- It stands 135 metres high
on the South Bank of the
River Thames.

Westminster Abbey:

- mainly Gothic church, just to the west of the

Palace of Westminster.
- It is the traditional place of coronation and
- burial site for English monarchs.

Westminster
Abbey at
daytime

and
again from
another
view

St Margarets Church

Palace of Westminster
Westminster Abbey
St Margarets Church
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Westminster
Cathedral

-is the mother church

of the
Roman Catholic
community in England
and Wales and the
Cathedral for the
Archdiocese of
Westminster.
- It is the largest Roman
Catholic church in
England and Wales.
- the seat of the
Archbishop of
Westminster

Buckingham Palace
- Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the British monarch
- Originally known as Buckingham House, the building was a large townhouse
built for the Duke of Buckingham

another view of Buckingham Palace with Victoria

Memorial at foreground

The Mall (/ml/) - is the road running from Buckingham Palace to Admiralty Arch and
on to Trafalgar Square.
- It is closed to traffic on Sundays and public holidays, and on
ceremonial occasions.

Admiralty Arch
-is a large office building providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall,
which extends to the southwest, and Trafalgar Square to the northeast.

Marble Arch

- a white marble
monument near
Speakers' Corner in
Hyde Park

- It was originally
on The Mall as a
gateway to the
Buckingham
Palace
- In 1851, the arch
was moved to its
present location

Trafalgar Square
- named after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval
victory of the Napoleonic Wars.

Trafalgar Square at night

A part of Nelsons Column

The column is topped by a statue of Lord Nelson, the

admiral who commanded the British Fleet at Trafalgar.

There are interesting buildings in Trafalgar square

Canada House in the West

South Africa House in the East

National Gallery in the North

- founded in 1824
- It houses Western European paintings from 1250 to 1900

- The collection of 2,300 paintings belongs to the British

public, and entry to the main collection is free,
although there are charges for entry to special exhibitions.

Piccadilly Circus
- another famous traffic intersection and public space in Westminster

- built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the shopping street of Piccadilly
- the "circus" refers to "circular open space at a street junction"

Piccadily Circus in 1949

Neon signs of Piccadilly Circus by night

Piccadilly
Circus
memorial
fountain,
atop The
Angel of
Christian
Charity,
popularly
referred to as
Eros

Right!

Do you
know
who it is
and
where?

The Prime
Minister Tony
Blair

in Downing
Street 10

 Lets summarize the

Westminster sights:

Oxford Street

Regent Street
(pokra.)

Piccadilly Circus
Trafalgar Square

Marble
Arch
Park
Lane
Street

Admiralty Arch

Prime
Ministers
seat

The
Mall
Street

Big
Ben

Houses
of Parliament

Buckingham
Palace
Westminster

Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Abbe

Marble Arch (again)

Speakers
Corner

Lake
Serpentine

Buckingham
Palace

Hyde Park

is one of the largest parks in central London and one of the

Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers'

Corner.

The park is divided in two by the Serpentine Lake. The park is contiguous with
Kensington Gardens.
Hyde Park is 350 acres (1.4 km) and Kensington Gardens is 275 acres (1.1 km) giving
an overall area of 625 acres (2.5 km).

Diana, Princess of Wales

Memorial Fountain
(in Hyde Park)
- is a memorial to
Diana, Princess
of Wales.
- it opened on
July 6,
2004 by Queen
Elizabeth II.
-The design aims
to reflect Diana's
life.
-The Memorial
also symbolises
Diana's quality
and openness.

Hyde Park - Speakers Corner

on Sundays

Kensington Palace
is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea.
It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century.

Kensington Gardens I.

Kensington Gardens II.

Albert Memorial
is situated in
Kensington Gardens

It was commissioned by
Queen Victoria in memory
of her beloved husband,
Prince Albert who died of
typhoid in 1861

Can you remember?

Speakers
Corner

Kensington
Palace
Lake
Serpentine

Albert
Memorial

Princess
Diana
Memorial
Fountain

And now lets see the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

- concerts and festivals are given there
- the hall also accommodates the largest pipe organ in the UK

the same building at night

Now move to the South Bank of the

River Thames

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London City Hall

London City Hall

What is it?
What does it
look like?

- it is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority and

the Mayor of London.
- Londoners think its like a helmet, a misshapen egg, a woodlouse
or a motorcycle helmet

The interior of the building

it opened in July 2002

Now move further to the Eastto the Isle of Dogs

(In fact it is a peninsula)

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Royal
Observatory,
Greenwich

and real view

It is now best known as the location of the

prestigious Canary Wharf office complex.

and an interesting view from the

Greenwich Observatory

And where is the Greenwich

Observatory?

It is
situated
on a hill in
Greenwich
Park in
Greenwich

Greenwich Park

Laser projected from the observatory marking the

Prime Meridian line

On the Greenwich Peninsula there is also

one of the most remarkable buildings
Millenium Dome

The Dome was constructed to hold a major exhibition

celebrating the beginning of the third millennium.

The Millennium Dome

is the largest singleroofed structure in the
world

In plan view it is
circular, 365 m
in diameter
one metre for
each day of the
year

And finally an interesting technical structure in Greenwich,

which is...

Thames Barrier

- the worlds second largest movable flood barrier

- built across a 523m wide river
- six gates made of steel
- opened in 1984

Lifted gate from a distance

Lifted gate close up

Good bye!