Some London Facts...

London is the world's most popular city

The number of passengers arriving and departing to or from London's airports equaled over 120 million in 2004. Heathrow handled 67m passengers, making the airport the busiest and best connected in the world. Source; CAA, BAA

London has over 40,000 shops and some 80 individual markets, including Walthamstow Market, Europe's longest daily street market. The capital is home to ten Farmer Markets. Source: GLA Economics, Visit London, London Borough of Waltham Forest, London Farmers' Market

There are 6,128 licensed restaurants in London, a remarkable 22% of Britain?s restaurants. They include menus from more than 50 major country cuisines, and 36 Michelin star rated restaurants. Source: GLA Economics, Time Out Guide to Eating & Drinking, Michelin Guide to Great Britain & Ireland

Open green space accounts for 30% of the London area including 147 registered parks and gardens and eight royal parks. Source: English Heritage

London has 3800 pubs, 9% of those in Britain. There are 233 nightclubs,15% of the clubs in Britain. In Westminster alone there are 330 venues open after midnight. Source: GLA Economic

321 Mainline Train Stations

Posted By: Deadly Diego on July 6th 2005 at 17:40:00

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