Author: Clint Curtis

And it is very big: over 20% of the land in London is designated Green Belt and, at its furthest extent, it brushes Aylesbury and encircles Southend. How large is the Green Belt? How large is the Green Belt? England had around 16,382 km2 (or 6,324 square miles) of Green Belt land at the end […]

1930s. In the 1930s a Green Belt was created around London by the city’s local authorities who bought land. However the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act created a viable ‘planning permission’ system, which provided a cheaper alternative to purchase that could easily be applied to far larger areas. Why did London get a Green […]

You can work remotely while living in the UK as an expat, but you most likely will need a work visa. However, citizens of commonwealth countries like Canada or British Overseas Territories don’t require a visa to work remotely in the UK. Moreover, EU and EEA citizens can work from the UK for up to […]

around 21 per cent. London has more than 8 million trees, covering around 21 per cent of the capital’s land area. Is London the city with most trees? London is the largest urban forest in the world with more that 8 million trees! With the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization defining a forest as a […]

UCL Academic Dr Joe Sollini told BBC London that parts of the Jubilee line “were loud enough to damage people’s hearing.” He added: “The Jubilee line has the loudest section out of all of the Tube lines, and it basically gets as loud as almost 110db, to put that into perspective that is approximately as […]

As soon as you start commuting every day, you might notice your boogers change colour. Yup, your snot will go black. This is because about 90% of all dust on the tube is actually iron. Why is my snot black after being in London? After riding the tube a few times, you may blow your […]

The “Tube” is a slang name for the London Underground, because the tunnels for some of the lines are round tubes running through the ground. The Underground serves 270 stations and over 408 km of track. From 2006 to 2007 over 1 billion passengers used the underground. Is the London Underground the same as the […]

The British capital is launching multiple projects to offer its inhabitants a more fluid and sustainable life, and is currently considered one of the world’s “best smart cities”. According to the latest edition of the IESE Cities in Motion Index, published in 2021, London is the best smart city in the world. Why is London […]

UK’s refund rate ranges from 4.3% to 16.7% of purchase amount, with a minimum purchase amount of 30 GBP (33 EUR) per receipt (25 GBP for Premier Tax Free locations).Refund Rates. Purchase Amount Percentage 4,000 GBP – 15,000 GBP 14% More than 15,000 GBP Around 16.7% How much tax refund will I get UK? Up […]

The PM2.5 concentration maps show that there was a 19 per cent reduction in PM2.5 across the whole of the city since 2016 with many parts of outer London meeting the WHO interim guideline of 10µgm-3 for the first time. Nearly 1.2 million Londoners now live in areas meeting the WHO interim guideline of 10 […]