Category: London

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 […]

London Underground, also called the Tube, underground railway system that services the London metropolitan area. The London Underground was proposed by Charles Pearson, a city solicitor, as part of a city improvement plan shortly after the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843. Is the subway the same as the Tube? Some speakers of British […]

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 […]

London Underground. Find out more about the interesting and diverse histories of the lines running across our Tube network. London Underground’s history dates back to 1863 when the world’s first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon serving six intermediate stations. Is the London Underground called the Tube? The London Underground is […]

The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England. It comprises parts of Greater London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey, parts of two of the three districts of Bedfordshire and a small area in Copthorne, Sussex. Where are Green Belts located? ​The Green Belt is a specially designated area of […]

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 […]

London’s recycling rate is now 33.5 per cent, and once the plans are implemented in full, this is expected to rise to 40 per cent in 2022. Is London good at recycling? London recycles 34.4% of waste—far less than the national average of 43.3%—which makes it the worst region in England for recycling. Ministers are […]

From the mid-1990s, renewable energy began to play a part in the UK’s electricity generation, building on a small hydroelectric capacity. Wind power, which is abundant in the UK, has since become the main source of renewable energy. What renewable energy does the UK use? Today, there are four main renewable energy sources used to […]

42% of Greater London can be classified as open space (5). Key London Figures. Public Open Space Area (ha) Percentage of Greater London Local Parks and Open Spaces 5580 3.50% Small Open Spaces 790 0.50% Pocket Parks 136 0.09% Linear Open Spaces 2745 1.72% How much of London is open space? With 3,000 parks of […]

Share of households receiving benefits in the United Kingdom in 2020/21, by region Characteristic Share of households West Midlands 53% Scotland 52% South East 48% London 39% What percentage of people in London are on benefits? In January 2022, there were 16.7% of people on Universal Credit living in London, a decrease from 17% in […]