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| London 
FeatureType : city
Population : 7,421,228
Lat/Lng : 51.5094 / -0.1183
| London (; and largest urban area of England and the United Kingdom. At its core, the ancient City of London, to which the name historically belongs, still retains its limited mediaeval boundaries; but since at least the 19th century the name "London" has also referred to the whole metropolis which has developed around it.Mills, A (...) |
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| London Stock Exchange
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5153 / -0.1
| The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, England, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies. The LSE is part of the London Stock Exchange Group plc. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cathedral (...) |
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| Victoria Memorial (London)
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5018 / -0.1406
| , placed at the centre of Queen's Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace. It was built by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock, in 1911. The surround was constructed by the architect Sir Aston Webb, from 2,300 tons of white marble. It is a Grade I listed building. It has a large statue of Queen Victoria facing north-eastwards towards The Mall (...) |
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| London Borough of Southwark
FeatureType : adm1st
Lat/Lng : 51.45 / -0.0833
| The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in London, England. It is located directly south of the River Thames and forms part of Inner London. (...) |
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| London Borough of Lewisham
FeatureType : adm1st
Lat/Lng : 51.4167 / -0.0333
| The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough in south east London, England and forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham and its council is based at Catford. (...) |
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| London Borough of Lambeth
FeatureType : adm1st
Lat/Lng : 51.4167 / -0.1333
| The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London. (...) |
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| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
FeatureType : adm1st
Lat/Lng : 51.4167 / -0.3333
| The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in south west London, England, which forms part of Outer London. (...) |
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| Monument to the Great Fire of London
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.51 / -0.0861
| , near to the northern end of London Bridge. It is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 61 metres (202 feet) from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner marks the point near Smithfield where the fire stopped. Monument tube station is named after The Monument (...) |
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| London Aquarium
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5019 / -0.1189
| on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the London Eye. It first opened in 1997. The aquarium claims that a million visitors a year view its displays. It is a collection of water tanks showing around 350 species of fish. The aquarium includes three floors and 14 different zones (freshwater stream, Atlantic upper, rivers and ponds, Pacific upper, Indian Ocean, Atlantic (...) |
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| London Arch
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Lat/Lng : -38.6219 / 142.9325
| in the Port Campbell National Park, Australia. The arch is one of the tourist attractions along the Great Ocean Road near Port Campbell in Victoria. This stack was formed by a gradual process of erosion, and until 1990 formed a complete double-span natural bridge. The arch closest to the shoreline collapsed unexpectedly on 15 January 1990, leaving two tourists stranded on the outer part: they (...) |
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| Museum of London
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5178 / -0.0964
| from the Palaeolithic to the present day. The museum is located in a 1970s building close to the Barbican Centre, approximately 10 minutes' walk north of St Paul's Cathedral and admission is free. It is based on a modern idea of what a museum should be, and there are a lot of visual and audiovisual elements, many of them suitable for young people (...) |
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| Madame Tussauds
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5228 / -0.1553
| Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was set up by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. (...) |
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| London Stone
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5117 / -0.0895
| :''For other London Stones, see London Stone (riparian)'' The London Stone is an ancient stone, that is said to be the place from which the Romans measured all distances in Britannia. Whether or not this is true, the London Stone was for many hundreds of years recognised as the symbolic authority and heart of the City of London (...) |
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| London Eye
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5033 / -0.1197
| The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is an observation wheel in London, England. At the time it was erected, it was the largest/tallest observation wheel in the world, although there are now larger wheels, such as The Star of Nanchang, which was opened in May 2006 (...) |
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| London Borough of Greenwich
FeatureType : adm1st
Lat/Lng : 51.45 / 0.05
| The London Borough of Greenwich (Greenwich ) is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England. Greenwich is one of five host boroughs for the 2012 London Olympics with events due to be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks (Shooting), Greenwich Park (Equestrianism) and The O2-former Millennium Dome (Gymnastics; Basketball). (...) |
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| London Transport Museum
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5119 / -0.1217
| locomotive no. 13 The London Transport Museum, based in Covent Garden, London, seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of Britain's capital city. The majority of the museum's exhibits originated in the collection of London Transport, but, since the creation of Transport for London (TfL) in 2000, the remit of the museum has expanded to cover all aspects of transportation in (...) |
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| City Hall (London)
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5047 / -0.0783
| City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. It stands on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. Designed by Norman Foster, it opened in July 2002. The building has an unusual bulbous shape, intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency (...) |
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| London Heliport
FeatureType : airport
Lat/Lng : 51.47 / -0.1794
| London Heliport at Battersea, London is the capital's main and busiest heliport. The facility is located on the south bank of the River Thames, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southwest of Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, between Wandsworth Bridge and Battersea Railway Bridge (...) |
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| Richmond Bridge, London
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.4575 / -0.3069
| Richmond Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Thames at Richmond in southwest London, England. It was built to the designs of James Paine in 1777 to replace an earlier ferry crossing and was a toll bridge until 1859. It was widened in 1937–39. The bridge connects Richmond town centre on the south bank with its neighbouring district of St (...) |
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| Royal Exchange (London)
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.5136 / -0.0872
| was founded in 1565 by Sir Thomas Gresham to act as a centre of commerce for the city. The site was provided by the Corporation of London and the Worshipful Company of Mercers, and is roughly triangular, formed by the converging streets of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street. The design was inspired by a bourse Gresham had seen in Antwerp (...) |
