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London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in southeastern England, 50 miles upstream from its estuary with the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status. Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. London is a leading global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, ...
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1. Camden Market London
Camden Town , often shortened to Camden , is a district of north west London, England, located 2.5 miles north of Charing Cross . It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Camden, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Laid out as a residential district from 1791 and originally part of the manor of Kentish Town and the parish of St Pancras, London, Camden Town became an important location during the early development of the railways, which reinforced its position on the London canal network. The area's industrial economic base has been replaced by service industries such as retail, tourism and entertainment. The area now hosts street markets and music venues which are strongly associated with alternative culture.
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2. Covent Garden London
Covent Garden is a district in Greater London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, which is also known as Covent Garden. The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre, north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the historical buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the London Transport Museum and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The area was briefly settled in the 7th century when it became the heart of the Anglo-Saxon trading to...
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3. Harrods London
Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011.The store occupies a 5-acre site and has 330 departments covering 1.1 million square feet of retail space. It is the largest department store in Europe. The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique, which is Latin for all things for all people, everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the food halls, are well known.
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4. Piccadilly Circus London
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning circle, is a round open space at a street junction.Piccadilly now links directly to the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue, as well as the Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street. The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainment areas in the West End. Its status as a major traffic junction has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting place and a tourist attraction in its own right. The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue, which...
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5. Borough Market London
The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms part of Inner London. Some southern areas of the borough, such as Holborn, are sometimes described as part of the West End of London. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.
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6. Oxford Street London
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as of 2012 had approximately 300 shops. It is designated as part of the A40, a major road between London and Fishguard, though it is not signed as such, and traffic is regularly restricted to buses and taxis. The road was originally part of the Via Trinobantina, a Roman road between Essex and Hampshire via London. It was known as Tyburn Road through the Middle Ages when it was notorious for public hangings of prisoners in Newgate Prison. It became known as Oxford Road and then Oxford Street in the 18th century, and began to change from residential to comm...
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7. Portobello Road Market London
Portobello is an area of Dublin located in the South City Centre, adjacent to the Grand Canal. Portobello came into existence as a small suburb south of the city of Dublin in the 18th century, centred on Richmond St. During the following century it was completely developed, transforming an area of private estates and farmland into solid Victorian red-bricked living quarters for the middle classes , and terraced housing bordering the canal for the working classes. As a fast-expanding suburb during the 19th century Portobello attracted many upwardly-mobile families whose members went on to play important roles in politics, the arts and the sciences. Towards the end of the century came an influx of Jews, refugees from pogroms in Eastern Europe, which gave the name Little Jerusalem to the area...
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8. Notting Hill London
Notting Hill is a district in West London, located north of Kensington within the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea . Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road Market.In the early 21st century, Notting Hill has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area known for attractive terraces of large Victorian townhouses and high-end shopping and restaurants . A Daily Telegraph article in 2004 used the phrase the Notting Hill Set to refer to a group of emerging Conservative politicians, such as David Cameron and George Osborne, who would become respectively Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer and were once based in Notting Hill. For much of the 20th century, the large houses were subdivided into mu...
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9. Fortnum & Mason London
Fortnum & Mason is an upmarket department store in Piccadilly, London, with additional stores at St Pancras railway station and Heathrow Airport in London, as well as various stockists worldwide. Its headquarters are located at 181 Piccadilly, where it was established in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason. Today, it is privately owned by Wittington Investments Ltd. Founded as a grocery store, Fortnum's reputation was built on supplying quality food, and saw rapid growth throughout the Victorian era. Though Fortnum's developed into a department store, it continues to focus on stocking a variety of exotic, speciality and also 'basic' provisions.The store has since opened several other departments, such as the Gentlemen's department on the third floor. It is also the location of a tea sho...
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10. M&M's World London
M&M's are colorful button-shaped chocolates, each of which has the letter m printed in lower case on one side, surrounding a filling which varies depending upon the variety of M&M's. The original candy had a milk chocolate filling which, upon introducing other variations, was branded as the plain variety. Peanut M&M's, which feature a peanut coated in milk chocolate, and finally a candy shell, were the first variation to be introduced, and they remain a regular variety. Numerous other variations have been introduced, some of which are regular widespread varieties while others are limited in duration or geographic availability. M&M's is the flagship product of the Mars Wrigley Confectionery division of Mars, Incorporated. The candy originated in the United States in 1941, and are sold in ov...
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11. Regent Street London
The Regent Street Cinema is a historic repertory cinema located on Regent Street, London. Opened in 1848 and regarded as the birthplace of British cinema, the cinema featured the first motion picture shown in the United Kingdom. It was closed from 1980 to 2015.
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12. Hamleys London - Regent Street London
Hamleys is the oldest and largest toy shop in the world and one of the world's best-known retailers of toys. Founded by William Hamley as Noahs Ark in High Holborn, London, in 1760, it moved to its current site on Regent Street in 1881. This flagship store is set over seven floors, with more than 50,000 lines of toys on sale. It is considered one of the city's prominent tourist attractions, receiving around five million visitors each year. The chain has ten other outlets in the United Kingdom and also has more than 60 franchises worldwide.
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13. Carnaby Street London
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. Close to Oxford Street and Regent Street, it is home to fashion and lifestyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques. Streets crossing, or meeting with, Carnaby Street are, from south to north, Beak Street, Broadwick Street, Kingly Court, Ganton Street, Marlborough Court, Lowndes Court, Fouberts Place, Little Marlborough Street and Great Marlborough Street. The nearest London Underground station is Oxford Circus .
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14. Greenwich Market London
Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and are now known as the Old Royal Naval College. The word hospital was used in its original sense of a place providing hospitality for those in need of it, and did not refer to medical care, although the buildings included an infirmary which, after Greenwich Hospital closed, operated as Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital until 1986. The foundation which operated the hospital still exists, for the benefit of former Royal Navy personnel and their dependants. It now provides sheltered housing on other sites.
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15. Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4 London
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles . Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on 26 June 1997, the books have found immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide. They have attracted a wide adult audience as well as younger readers and are often considered cornerstones of modern y...
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Explore historical-turned-trendsetting London, marvel at the stone circle at Stonehenge, or hit the beach in Brighton — here's some of the best places to visit in England.

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Commonly known as United Kingdom or Britain, UK is composed of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and of course, England. With its temperate climate and medieval architecture and stunning sites, United Kingdom is one of the most favorite European tourist vacations.
From the primitive castles to the impressive mansions, stunning mountains to beautiful countryside, historic cities to heritage museums, there are various destinations to visit in the amazing land of Britain. While the sovereign European state boasts of its beautiful cities, the economy and tourism are consistently developing throughout the years.
So, if in doubt of visiting the country, think again. Check this list of the top 10 best cities to visit in UK. In case your trip takes you to Britain, be sure to put these cities in your itinerary.
10: BELFAST
9: LIVERPOOL
8: BATH
7: OXFORD
6: GLASGOW
5: CAMBRIDGE
4: YORK
3: MANCHESTER
2: EDINBURGH
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London top 10 tourist places

Planing to visit London? This is the most visited city in the world, and it is packed with more landmarks and attractions than any other cities: The big ben, Tower of London, London Eye, Hyde Park, Madam Tussadue, Tate modern, Westminister and Buckingham palace are only small part of the must see places in the city.
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Top 14. Best Parks & Nature Attractions in London - United Kingdom

Top 14. Best Parks & Nature Attractions in London - United Kingdom: St. James's Park, Hyde Park, Regent's Park, Buckingham Palace, Kensington Gardens, Greenwich Park, Primrose Hill, Hampstead Heath, Holland Park, Chelsea Physic Garden, Crystal Palace Park, Lee Valley Park, Battersea Park, Richmond Park

6 Great English Places Outside of London

It's been many years since I last walked the green pastures of England. That doesn't, of course, stop me from reminiscing about some of my favourite places that my home nation has to offer. Naturally - having lived there - London is one such place. But England is replete with gems outside of the capital too. Here are my six favourite English places outside of London.

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Reasons to move to the UK are plentiful. It's why, in 2015, well over half a million people moved to the UK from other countries. Maybe you are considering moving there yourself but need a little more convincing?
The UK has a wide range and many of jobs on offer, world-class educational institutions, rich history, free healthcare, including emergency care,...
When asked where the best place to live in the UK is, many of us will probably have our own answers – whether they’re bias or not.
What makes a place the perfect place to live?
It is health and life expectancy, employment and earnings, low crime rates, general levels of well-being, and access to places for socializing and downtime.
Whether you’re a thrill seeker or a nature lover,
here are the 10 best places to live in the UK in 2019 - in terms of beautiful scenery, affordable housing and a high quality of life:

1. Orkney, Scotland.
2. York, North Yorkshire.
3. Richmondshire, Yorkshire and the Humber.
4. Rutland, East Midlands.
5. Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands.
6. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
7. Hambleton, Yorkshire and the Humber.
8. Winchester.
9. St Albans, East of England.
10. Chelmsford, Essex.
These 10 locations are the cream of the crop when it comes to earnings and employment, education, well-being and even broadband speed.
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10 Important Things to Know Before Visiting London

These are some things to know before your first visit to London. My ten tips will make your visit to London easier and help you not stick out as a tourist. London underground tips, how to tip in restaurants, and how to pronounce some of the trickier names, and more.

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In this video, we’ll share important information about what you need to know before traveling to London.

10 Best Free Things to Do in London

London is an expensive city, but being a tourist doesn't have to break your wallet. Here are 10 free or really cheap attractions in London! The first is the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace. It's the quintessential London Experience -- make sure you get there an hour early, and wait until at least 1134 when the main gates open!
2. Royal Parks
- London has tons of parks that used to only be open to the royal family, but now you can enjoy them just like the kings and queens did!
3. Sky Garden Observatory
- Get a birds eye view of London from this free Observatory on top of the Walkie Talkie building. Make a reservation in advance!
4. Walk along the South Bank of the Thames
- Known as the Queen's Walk, walking along the South Bank is one of my favorite things to do in London.
5. Watch Street Performers at Covent Garden Market
- Out in front of Covent Garden Market there always seems to be some street performers, and when one is done, another one comes out!
6. Picadilly Circus
- London's equivalent of Times Square, bright lights and big signs!
7. Tate Modern Museum
- Another great view of London, and some very interesting art
8. Go Window Shopping at London's Department Stores
- Particularly on Oxford Street, and at Harrod's, London's department stores always have really neat window displays
9. Rent a Santander Bicycle
- Ok, so it costs 2 GBP, but it's almost free!
10. Ride a Double Decker Bus
- Skip the really expensive hop on hop off busses, and go up to the 2nd deck at the front and see another neat perspective on London. Only 1.50 GBP

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Take a look at London from a fresh perspective as we take you on a tour of the city's most popular places to go based on the official attraction visitor numbers. From unique museums and stunning galleries, to family friendly attractions and world heritage sites, London has something to offer everyone. And many of these places are free to enter!

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