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Parent topics
- Greater London [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Home Counties [r]: Add brief definition or description
- England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. [e]
- Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. [e]
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (population c. 60.9 million; capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; formally known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
- European Union [r]: Hybrid intergovernmental and supranational organization, which consists of 27 European states. [e]
Subtopics
Landmarks
- Big Ben [r]: The popular name for the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, although it more properly refers to the main bell there. [e]
- Buckingham Palace [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cleopatra’s Needle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Downing Street [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Houses of Parliament [r]: Add brief definition or description
- London Eye [r]: A ferris wheel located in central London and one of London's most famous attractions. [e]
- Marble Arch [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nelson’s Column [r]: Add brief definition or description
- St. Paul’s Cathedral [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tower Bridge [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tower of London [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Westminster Abbey [r]: Add brief definition or description
Government, law and police
- Metropolitan Police [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Old Bailey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Royal Courts of Justice [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scotland Yard [r]: The traditional name of the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. [e]
Museums
- British Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Geological Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Imperial War Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- London Transport Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Madame Tussauds [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Museum of London [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Gallery [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Maritime Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Portrait Gallery [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Natural History Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Science Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tate Britain [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tate Modern [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Victoria and Albert Museum [r]: Add brief definition or description
Royal Parks
- Bushy Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Green Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Greenwich Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hyde Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kensington Gardens [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Regent's Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Richmond Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- St. James's Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Brompton Cemetery [r]: Add brief definition or description
Language
- Cockney [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Multicultural London English [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Received Pronunciation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. [e]
Sports
Football Clubs
- Arsenal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Barnet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Brentford [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charlton Athletic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chelsea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Crystal Palace [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dagenham & Redbridge [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fulham [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Leyton Orient [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Millwall [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Queens Park Rangers [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tottenham Hotspur [r]: Add brief definition or description
- West Ham [r]: Add brief definition or description
Facilities
- Wimbledon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Crystal Palace National Sports Centre [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lord's Cricket Ground [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Oval [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Twickenham Stadium [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wembley Stadium [r]: Add brief definition or description
- White City Stadium [r]: Add brief definition or description
Boroughs
Other related topics
Home Nations
- Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]
- Wales [r]: A country of the United Kingdom that historically was considered a principality; population about 3,000,000. [e]
- Northern Ireland [r]: Part of the United Kingdom comprising six of the nine counties of the Irish province of Ulster; population about 1,800,000. [e]
