Author: Muriel Schmidt

The British Library welcomes anyone undertaking research at their reading rooms at St Pancras in London, which are only 4 stops on the underground from our London Campus. You will need a free Reader Pass to use the facilities; information on how you can register for one is on the British Library’s website. Can anyone […]

Code 5: Broken glass Broken glass is a tube code, so it must happen. What do the codes mean on the underground? The codes you might hear include: Code 1 – Blood. Code 2 – Urine/Faeces. Code 3 – Vomit. Code 4 – Spillage. What is code 4 on the underground? Code 4: Spillage Whether […]

Autumn (September – November) Warm summer weather usually lasts through September before the temperatures begin to drop sharply in October. Expect highs ranging from 68°F (20°C) down to 53°F (12°C), with lows around 50°F (10°C). Autumn is usually London’s rainiest season, so be prepared for wet weather! Is autumn in UK cold? Autumn (September to […]

In London, the summers are short, comfortable, and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 39°F to 74°F and is rarely below 30°F or above 84°F. Is London very hot in summer? Summers in London are generally mild […]

The city has an average temperature of around 7°C at this time of year with lows of around 3°C. How Much Does It Rain In February In London? London experiences 39mm of rain divided across 16 days throughout February, which means there’s quite a good chance of a shower during your visit. Does it rain […]

Dickens described London as a magic lantern, a popular entertainment of the Victorian era, which projected images from slides. Of all Dickens’s characters, “none played as important a role in his work as that of London itself”; it fired his imagination and made him write. What was London like in Dickens time? Victorian London was […]

The summer of 2022 will be remembered as a dry and sunny three months, and for England, the joint warmest summer on record according to mean temperature*. Is 2022 going to be a warm summer? On average, we’re predicting summer temperatures to be hotter than normal across most of the country, ranging from the Atlantic […]

South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer South London boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton. What is South London called? It comprises the portion of London that is south of the River Thames. […]