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This is Streatham Common Carefully Hidden Secret Nestled in a little-explored part of Streatham Common, is a lovely secret garden you don’t want to miss. London is a city of over nine million people—with 14,000 residents per square mile—is packed with wildlife. Almost   15,000 species   live here. There are nearly as many trees in London as people, and almost half of its urban areas are either green or blue region, showing rivers, canals, and reservoirs. The green area in central London consists of five of the capital's   eight Royal Parks , plus several small garden squares scattered throughout the city centre. Green open areas in the remainder of the region is dominated by the other three Royal Parks and many other parks and public areas of a range of sizes, governed primarily by the local London boroughs.   London is made of 40% public green space, including 3,000 parks and totalling 35,000 acres. In July 2019, London was officially confirmed as the   world's first National

This Is One Of The Most Active Cities Suddenly Turned Into A Beautiful Ghost Town Our once-buzzing metropolis is suddenly tranquil indeed. There's something peaceful and at the same time unnatural about it, as London is famously jam-packed at any time. I heard that nineteen people had been arrested and a further ten fined after a group gathered to protest against coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Hyde Park, on Saturday.   So, armed with a face mask, camera and my protection dog Sam (my fearless cocker spaniel) I went to see with my own eyes what was happening in central London. I went for a socially distant stroll through central London and caught this moment in our history of a city like no other. Continue...

Your London Will Never Be The Same Covid-19 changed things and so London forever. The UK's economic model has, at least for the past three decades, funnelled people towards the capital. London, together with all the big cities around the globe have benefited from, what economists have called, " agglomeration effects ". Strong global economic headwinds that have encouraged businesses to be as close as possible to each other. So, if you are a born-and-bread-Londoner, you probably never had to consider whether to move further afield. Chasing your aspirations – even when those haven't reached beyond "being able to make rent" – have inevitably bound you to London.  Like most of those who have never actually left their birthplace, you cannot imagine living elsewhere. The reality is that you never had a reason to go. Continue...

Why did London become the capital of England? It’s a fun story!  Technically “London” didn’t become the capital until after the 16th century. What we now call “the City of London” was an entity of its own, the ancient square mile which Rome founded. And it still is in many ways. It was a power and money centre, even before the Norman Conquest.  Up through the Middle Ages, there was no fixed “capital” per se. The kings never stayed put in one place, they were moving about, and the capital was where the king was, not even where the government was. The government, at that time, were the king’s ministers who handled (get it?) the day-to-day jobs. During the reign of the Wessex kings, Winchester was the closest thing to an English capital. The first permanent residents of Winchester appear to have arrived in the Iron Age, sometime around 150BC, establishing both a hill fort and also a trading settlement on the western edge of the modern city. Winchester would remain the exclusive home of th

This Is The Fascinating History Of The London Underground The Thames Tunnel was the very first tunnel in the world to be constructed under a river, and it was described as the eighth Wonder of the World. As a response to the city's rapid growth during the 19th Century, the world's first underground railway, the London Underground was created. With 1.379 billion passengers using it, the London underground is the 11th-busiest tube system on the planet. The tunnels stretch across London for 249 miles, often overlapping and offering travellers plenty of options to move from one location to another. The Underground history, its tunnels, and the people connected to it is genuinely fascinating. We hope that reading this article, and you'll immerse yourself in the past and lore and find out more than you know about the Tube. The first steam railway began in 1825.  And 25 years later King's Cross had become a terminus for steam trains arriving in London. Ther railways were not p