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London vacation rentals in new hampshire is an enormous city. It's divided into thirty-two boroughs, although information on this page is divided vacation rentals in new hampshire between districts , inner boroughs and outer boroughs of the city. These district and borough articles contain sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and accommodation listings — consider printing them all.
Noisy, vacation rentals in new hampshire vibrant and truly multicultural, London is a megalopolis of people, ideas and frenetic energy. The capital and largest city of both England and of the United Kingdom , it is also the largest city in Western Europe and the European Union. Situated on the River Thames in South-East England , Greater London has an official population of a little over 8 million. However, London's urban area stretched to 9,787,426 in 2011, while the figure of 14 million for the city's wider metropolitan area more accurately reflects its size and importance. Considered one of the world's leading "global cities", London remains an international capital of culture, music, education, vacation rentals in new hampshire fashion, politics, finance and trade.
The name London originally referred only to the once-walled vacation rentals in new hampshire "Square Mile" of the original Roman (and later medieval) city (confusingly called the " City of London " or just "The City"). Today, London has taken on a much larger meaning to include all of the vast central vacation rentals in new hampshire parts of the modern metropolis, with the city having absorbed numerous vacation rentals in new hampshire surrounding towns and villages over the centuries, including large portions of the surrounding "home counties", one of which - Middlesex - being completely consumed by the growing metropolis. The term "Central London" is widely used on both signs and by the media to decribe the downtown area of the city, which encompasses The City, most of the City of Westminster, and some of the surrounding boroughs. The term "Greater London" embraces Central London together with all the outlying suburbs that lie in one continuous urban sprawl within the lower Thames valley. Though densely populated by New World standards, vacation rentals in new hampshire London retains large swathes of green parkland vacation rentals in new hampshire and open space, even within the city centre.
Greater London consists vacation rentals in new hampshire of 32 London boroughs and the City of London that, together with the office vacation rentals in new hampshire of the Mayor of London, form the basis for London's local government. The Mayor of London is elected by London residents and should vacation rentals in new hampshire not be confused with the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The names of several boroughs, such as Westminster or Camden , are well-known, others less so, such as Wandsworth or Lewisham . This traveller's guide to London recognises vacation rentals in new hampshire cultural, functional and social districts of varying type and size:
Bloomsbury Vibrant historic district made famous by a group of turn-of-the-century writers and for being the location of the British Museum, the University of London and numerous historic homes, parks, and buildings. Part of the Borough of Camden.
City of London The City is where London originally developed within the Roman city walls and is a city in its own right, separate from the rest of London. One of the most important financial centres in the world with modern skyscrapers standing next to medieval churches on ancient street layouts.
East End a traditional working class heartland of inner London to the east of The City made famous by countless movies and TV shows, and home to trendy bars, art galleries and parks, especially in the Shoreditch, Hoxton, Old Street area. Now redeveloped and world famous as the setting for London 2012 Olympic Games.
Southwark-Lewisham inner southern districts of London, traditionally residential, with a large melting pot of communities. The area retains some leftfield, quirky attractions. You can just about find a resturant from any ethnic group in the world too.
East Mostly originally part of the county of Essex, taking in former industrial areas on the upper Thames Estuary such as Beckton, Dagenham and Barking. To the North East lies the gateway to the affluent Epping Forest area
South Containing many commuter suburbs with housing of all sizes and styles, as well as the well known urban centres of Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, Bromley and Croydon, which have many commercial and cultural features in their town centres surrounded by generally leafy residential areas.
Settlement has existed on the site of London since well before Roman times, with evidence of Bronze Age and Celtic settlement. The Roman city of Londinium , established vacation rentals in new hampshire just after the Roman conquest of Britannia in the year 43, formed the basis for the modern city (some isolated Roman period vacation rentals in new hampshire remains are still to be seen within the City). After the end of Roman rule in 410 and a short-lived decline, London experienced a gradual revival under the Anglo-Saxons, as well as the Norsemen, and emerged as a great medieval trading city, and eventually replaced vacation rentals in new hampshire Winchester as the royal capital of England. This paramount status for London was confirmed when William the Conqueror, a Norman, built the Tower of London after the conquest in 1066 and was crowned King of England in Westminster .
London went from strength to strength and with the rise of England to first European then global vacation rentals in new hampshire prominence the city became a great centre of culture, government and industry. London's long association with the theatre, for example, can be traced back to the English renaissance (witness the Rose Theatre and great playwrights like Shakespeare who made London their home). vacation rentals in new hampshire With the rise of Britain to supreme maritime power in the 18th and 19th centuries and the possessor of the largest global empire, London became an imperial capital and drew people and influences from around the world to become, for many years, the largest city in the world.
The Royal families over the previous centuries, added much to the London vacation rentals in new hampshire scene for today's traveller: the Albert Memorial , Buckingham Palace , Kensington Palace , Royal Albert Hall , Tower of London , Kew Palace and Westminster Abbey being prominent vacation rentals in new hampshire examples.
Despite the inevitable decline of the British Empire, and considerable suffering during World War II (when London was heavily bombed by the German Luftwaffe in the Blitz), the city is still a top-ranked world city: a global centre of culture, finance, and learning. Today London is easily the largest vacation rentals in new hampshire city in the United Kingdom, eight times larger than the second largest, Birmingham , and ten times larger than the third, Glasgow , and dominates vacation rentals in new hampshire the economic, political and social life of the nation. It is full of excellent bars, galleries, museums, parks and theatres. It is also the most culturally and ethnically diverse part of the country, making it a great multicultural city to visit. Samuel Johnson famously said, "when one is tired of London, one is tired of life." Whether you are interested vacation rentals in new hampshire in ancient history, vacation rentals in new hampshire modern art, opera or underground vacation rentals in new hampshire raves, London has it all.
The commercial capital was the City of London . This had a dense population and all the other pre-requisites of a medieval city: walls, a castle (The Tower of London), a cathedral (Saint Pauls), a semi-independent City government, a port and a bridge across which all trade was routed so Londoners could make money (London Bridge).
About an hour upstream (on foot or by boat) around a bend in the river was the government capital ( Westminster ). This had a church for crowning the monarch (Westminster vacation rentals in new hampshire Abbey) and palaces. As each palace vacation rentals in new hampshire was replaced by a larger one, the previous one was used for government, first the Palace of Westminster vacation rentals in new hampshire (better known as the Houses of Parliament), then Whitehall, then Buckingham Palace. The two were linked by a road called "The Strand", old English for riverbank.
London grew both west and east. The land to the west of the City (part of the parish of Westminster) was prime farming land ( Covent Garden and Soho for example) and made good building land. The land to the east was flat, marshy and cheap, good for cheap housing and industry, and later for docks. Also the wind blows 3 days out of 4 from west to east, and the Thames (into which the sewage went) flows from west to east. So the West End was up-wind and up-market, the East End (as well as further down river and beyond) was where the city's heavy industries were based, and thus became the epicentre of the working vacation rentals in new hampshire classes.
Modern-day London vacation rentals in new hampshire in these terms is a two-centre city, with the area in between known confusingly as the West End. However, even this doesn't define the actual central area of London, which extends slightly beyond vacation rentals in new hampshire the City and Westminster, as inner portions of the surrounding boroughs (Kensington Chelsea, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Lambeth) vacation rentals in new hampshire also lie within Central London.
Despite a perhaps vacation rentals in new hampshire unfair reputation for being unsettled, London enjoys a drier and milder climate vacation rentals in new hampshire than the rest of Britain on average. Only one in three days on average will bring rain and often only for a short period. In some years, such as 2010, there was no rain for several weeks.
Winter in London is mild compared to nearby continental European cities, due to both the presence of the Gulf Stream and urban heat effect. Average daily maximum is 8°C (46°F) in December and January. Snow does occur, usually a few times a year but rarely heavy (a few years being exceptions such as the winters of 2009 and 2010, with temperatures dipping down to sub-zeros regularly). Snow in London can be crippling, as seen at the end of 2010. Just 7cm (3 in) of snow will cause trains to stop running, airports to see significant delays, and mail service will halt. London is a city which does not cope well with snow; walkways, stairs, and streets vacation rentals in new hampshire will not be cleared by shovels or ploughs. The streets will be salted/gritted, but will remain slick and snow/slush covered until the sun melts it away. Daylight hours are short with darkness filling up the sky by 4pm in December.
Summer is perhaps the best season for tourists as it has long daylight hours as well as mild temperatures. The average daily high temperatures in July and August are around 24°C (