Category: London

The M1 motorway. The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which later became part of the M6. What motorway is Leeds to […]

3.5% of all UK GVA. What is the GDP of the City of London? In 2020, the gross domestic product of London was approximately 503 billion British pounds, a fall of approximately 20 billion pounds when compared with the previous year.Gross domestic product of London from 1998 to 2020 (in million GBP) Characteristic GDP in […]

The London boroughs are administered by London borough councils (sometimes abbreviated LBCs), which are elected every four years. Who controls London councils? In 28 of the 32 boroughs, the leader of the council is normally decided by the political party group with the most council seats. Four London boroughs, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, and Tower Hamlets, […]

Khan has been praised for making London’s transport more accessible and reducing the number of polluting vehicles in central London. However, he has been criticised for the rising levels of gun and knife crimes in the city, along with his response to crime in general. What did the Lord Mayor of London do? The Lord […]

Portcullis House Country England Coordinates 51°30′05″N 0°07′30″W Current tenants Parliament of the United Kingdom Westminster Station Construction started 1992 Which houses are MPs? The House of Commons is a democratically elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their […]

New 20mph speed limits will be rolled out on these London roads. Lower speed limits are about to be introduced in more areas of London to try to reduce road injuries and deaths, affecting roads in Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Croydon, Hackney and Enfield. When did London become 20mph? In March 2020, TfL introduced a 20mph […]

Woodland & Natural Burial Grounds in London City of London Cemetery Woodland Burial, Aldersbrook, London. Twickenham Cemetery, Whitton. Islington & St Pancras Cemetery Woodland Burial Area. Brockley Cemetery Woodland Burial Area. Sewardstone Park Cemetery. How much does it cost to be buried in London? On average, the cost for a burial is £4,383 and £3,290 […]

Both poems show the relationship and power conflict between man and nature in different stages, ‘Ozymandias’ shows the consumption of human creations by nature and ‘London’ shows futile attempts by humans to assert power over nature; the clear similarity in both of these is that, despite everything, nature will always What poem links to Ozymandias? […]

The fertility rate in the area has soared by 65.7 percent between 2020 and 2021. In 2020, the overall fertility rate in England was 1.61 children per woman, this puts the City of London 8.1 percent above England’s average. Does the UK have a high birth rate? The current birth rate for U.K. in 2022 […]

ICE said the London Underground was the oldest, and one of the largest, underground railway networks in the world, serving up to five million customer journeys each day. It is a key piece of transport infrastructure for the capital, stretching over 1,000km across 11 lines. Why was there a need of underground railway in London? […]