Visitors to London for reasons of business, or holiday makers who want a change from the typical hotel experience, are looking more and more at the advantages of going beyond the usual forms of accommodation and in some cases are treating themselves to...
Named for the man who is viewed by most as the greatest ever British Prime Minister – and by many of those as the greatest Briton ever, period – the Hyatt Regency Hotel in London is better known to many as the Churchill Hotel. Located in West London,...
For people who need to spend some time in London, but may not be in the city permanently and thus cannot see a reason to buy property there, there are options that some may not have previously considered. For example, apartment buildings with a range...
London is a thriving city with business concerns, sporting excellence, cultural interests and hundreds of years of history all mixed together to make a city that offers something for everyone. The first-time visitor to Lodnon could very well be forgiven...
It has become a classic way to see the sights of a major city; sitting atop an open top bus, often in all weathers, and taking in the sights. This iconic way of sightseeing is certainly no different in England, with London bus tours being arguably the...
The London Borough of Hackney was formed in 1965, during a reform which saw the Metropolitan London boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington combine to form the bigger and – ideally – better London Borough of Hackney. Hackney borough is...
The London Borough of Brent is known most widely in the United Kingdom as the political constituency of London’s former mayor Ken Livingstone. However, there is a great deal more to Brent than that, with the borough having other distinctions such as...
On any tourist trip to London, there are certain things that are of a must see necessity value on any sightseeing tour. Along with historic residences and buildings such as Buckingham Palace and St. Paul’s Cathedral, no visit to London would be complete...
The Millennium Bridge, so named due to its conception and build to honor the passing of the year 2000, has an interesting history. It is in London, England, and crosses the River Thames, linking the City of London with bankside. It is pedestrian only,...
The Marble Arch is not simply one of London’s most famous structures. It is a stopping point and a landmark in the truest sense (that is to say that it marks a location from which other important areas of London can be navigated to) as well as a piece...
The name of Hilton is inextricably linked with quality hotels, with locations the world over showing themselves to be a benchmark for quality, but affordable traveler’s locations, and being linked with a certain glamour which has been bestowed upon...
Hyde Park is one of the most recognizable names on an tourist map of London, and quite rightly. As well as being one of the largest parks in London, it has a rich and varied history that dates back hundreds of years as well as having an extreme modern...
Greenwich Park was the first of what are now known as the Royal Parks of London to be enclosed. The area, which once belonged to the Abbey of St. Peter at Ghent, was claimed by the crown in 1427 and was given as a gift by King Henry VI to his uncle, Humphrey...
The Houses of Parliament, more officially known as the Palace of Westminster, are the seat of the British Government. The Gothic style building sits on the bank of the River Thames in London, and the joined clocktower Big Ben is one of the most recognizable...
To any British person, if you ask them to name a theme park in the United Kingdom, the answer is likely to be “Alton Towers”. It is considered something of a rite of passage. You have not really been in Britain, or lived in Britain, or had...
Traveling by rail in London is commonly associated with two words “Underground” and “Tube”. But there is more to railway transport in London than the Tube. London has other methods of rail transport, including since 1987 its popular...
There are many different views of London. Depending on your own point of view it might be a thriving cosmopolitan metropolis, just another city or even, in some people’s eyes, a quaint little city like in the TV and cinema adaptations of Charles Dickens...
London’s underground train service is one of the most famous in the world, if not the most famous, period. The Tube, as it is called, is more famous than the Metro or Subway systems in other cities, and is as much a part of London culture as the...
London’s buses are recognized far and wide, to the extent that many of the world’s people will name check them if asked to mention something that immediately puts them in mind of London. Those big red buses are instantly recognizable and emblematic...
As part of Inner London, the London borough of Lambeth is a close part of one of the most vibrant cities on earth. The Lambeth borough lies in South London, and is twinned with the Vicennes district of Paris, Bluefields in Nicaragua, Moskovoretsky in...
