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London has a modern tram network, known as Tramlink. It has 39 stops and four routes, and carried 28 million people in 2013. [304] Since June 2008, Transport for London has completely owned and operated Tramlink. [305] Cable car Burgon, John William (1839). The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange: Including Notices of Many of His Contemporaries. With Illustrations, Volume 2. London: R. Jennings. pp.80–81. ISBN 978-1277223903. While London has been an LGBT tourism destination, after homosexuality was decriminalised in England in 1967 gay bar culture became more visible, and from the early 1970s Soho (and in particular Old Compton Street) became the centre of the London LGBT community. [365] G-A-Y, previously based at the Astoria, and now Heaven, is a long-running night club. [366] Pounds, Normal J. G. (1973). An Historical Geography of Europe 450 B.C.–A.D. 1330. Cambridge University Press. p.430. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139163552. ISBN 9781139163552.
Large Hindu communities are found in the north-western boroughs of Harrow and Brent, the latter hosting what was until 2006 [222] Europe's largest Hindu temple, Neasden Temple. [223] London is home to 44 Hindu temples, including the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London. There are Sikh communities in East and West London, particularly in Southall, home to one of the largest Sikh populations and the largest Sikh temple outside India. [224] MPA: Metropolitan Police Authority". Metropolitan Police Authority. 22 May 2012 . Retrieved 4 May 2013. Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. Photographs by Matthew Weinreb (3rded.). Pan Macmillan. p.428. ISBN 9781405049252. In the English Civil War, the majority of Londoners supported the Parliamentary cause. After an initial advance by the Royalists in 1642, culminating in the battles of Brentford and Turnham Green, London was surrounded by a defensive perimeter wall known as the Lines of Communication. The lines were built by up to 20,000 people, and were completed in under two months. [66]Brown, Robert W. "London in the Nineteenth Century". University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. Paddington Station". Great Buildings. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011 . Retrieved 6 June 2008. Who we are". London Fire Brigade. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011 . Retrieved 25 August 2009. Buried Among Kings: The Story of the Unknown Warrior". www.nam.ac.uk. National Army Museum . Retrieved 15 April 2023. Jones, Rupert (8 August 2014). "Average house prices in London jump 19 percent in a year". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 24 September 2014.
London as a Financial Center Since Brexit: Evidence from the 2022 BIS Triennial Survey | Global Development Policy Center". www.bu.edu. Recorded Crime: Geographic Breakdown – Metropolitan Police Service". Greater London Authority. 12 March 2021 . Retrieved 28 March 2021. London's buildings are too diverse to be characterised by any particular architectural style, partly because of their varying ages. Many grand houses and public buildings, such as the National Gallery, are constructed from Portland stone. Some areas of the city, particularly those just west of the centre, are characterised by white stucco or whitewashed buildings. Few structures in central London pre-date the Great Fire of 1666, these being a few trace Roman remains, the Tower of London and a few scattered Tudor survivors in the city. Further out is, for example, the Tudor-period Hampton Court Palace. [179] Climate & Weather Averages in London, England, United Kingdom". Time and Date . Retrieved 9 January 2022. According to the Collins English Dictionary definition of 'the seat of government', [140] London is not the capital of England, as England does not have its own government. According to the Oxford English Reference Dictionary definition of 'the most important town' and many other authorities. [141]Opened in 1906, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is a member of Conservatoires UK and the Federation of Drama Schools. a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (1 January 1962). London – The Cities of London and Westminster. Vol.1 (2nded.). Penguin Books. p.48. ASIN B0000CLHU5. Westminster Abbey". Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011 . Retrieved 27 April 2008. a b c > Godoy, Maria (7 July 2005). "Timeline: London's Explosive History". NPR . Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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