London is one of the largest cities in the world and the most populous city in the European Union. London is a diverse city with great wealth and prosperity, while also harboring problems of poverty and social exclusion.
size
London is made up of 32 administrative districts, plus the City of London (one square mile). From east to west, London measures approximately 35 miles, and from north to south it measures approximately 28 miles. This makes the area approximately 1,000 square miles.
Population
London’s population is around 7 million and it’s growing. That is almost the same as New York City. Around 22 per cent of London’s population was born outside the UK, which is what makes us an ethnically mixed and culturally diverse city.
London areas
To help you understand where certain areas are in London, here is a basic list of the names of the areas in central, north, south, west and east London.
Central London
- Bayswater
- Belgravia
- Bloomsbury
- Clerkenwell
- The city
- Holborn
- Mayfair
- Paddington
- Pimlico
- Soho
- St. James’s
- San Juan wood
- Trafalgar Square
- The west end
- Westminster
- Whitehall
North london
- Camden
- Euston
- Hampstead
- Highgate
- Kentish Town
- Cruz del rey
- Islington
- Stoke Newington
- St. Pancras
- Wembley
Over from london
- Brixton
- Dulwich
- forest hill
- Greenwich
- Lambeth
- South bank
- Southwark
- Wandsworth
- Wimbledon
west london
- Brentford
- Chiswick
- Ealing
- Fulham
- Hammersmith
- Hampton
- Isleworth
- Kew
- Richmond
- Twickenham
East london
- Docklands
- Bethnal Green
- Shoreditch
- Spitalfields
- Whitechapel
- Walthamstow
- Mile End
- Arco
- Stratford
