If you are a shopaholic, or just enjoy window shopping, then Westfield shopping centre in London is your ultimate shopping destination!
It has over 265 speciality stores, a 16-screen state-ofthe-art cinema complex, bars, restaurants,
a library and more!
If you have made up your mind, and decided to visit, then have a look at the following useful links:
For [...]
The 2008 Lord Mayor’s Show
The 2008 Lord Mayor’s Show will be on Saturday 8 November at 11am. Over 6100 people are going to take part in the 2008 Lord Mayor’s Show, including 2000 servicemen and women, 220 vehicles, 71 floats, 13 marching bands, 21 carriages including the glorious State Coach and of course the giant [...]
From 1 to 31 October, Black History Season 2008 will be celebrated with a wide range of events in venues across the capital.
About Black History Season
What is Black History Season?
Black History Season is a season of events and activities that encompasses the anniversary of Black History Month, which has been celebrated across London since October [...]
Press Release
Olympic and Paralympic heroes celebrate Beijing success with London parade
3-10-2008
Following their enormous success in Beijing this summer, Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes will take part in a heroes parade through the streets of London on Thursday 16 October. All the athletes that went to Beijing have been invited and it will be the first [...]
London has a large and complicated transport system. In Greater London there are 13,600km of roads, 3,730km of bus routes, 329km of Tube lines, 28km of new tramways and 788km of national rail lines.
Every day 23.8 million journeys are made on this transport network. Of these, 7.2 million are made on public transport, 10.5 million [...]
Press Release
Mayor and world business leaders discuss how to make London a more liveable and successful city
5-10-2008 502
Against the backdrop of the global credit crunch and turmoil in the financial markets, Mayor of London Boris Johnson today hosted the inaugural meeting of his International Business Advisory Council (IBAC) at City Hall. Chaired by WPP’s Sir [...]
The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship, which was built in 1869, and served as a merchant vessel (the last clipper to be built for that purpose), and then as a training ship until being put on public display in 1954. It is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich in London, but was damaged in [...]
I’ve been to Oxford a couple of years ago, in 2006. We were on holiday in London, and decided to spend a day in Oxford, just to have a look at the famous city. However, there is so much to see, that one day was not enough!
Oxford is a city and the county town of [...]
A cheap way of travelling to/from Central London and major airports in London is to book an easyBus. easyBus is a low-cost airport bus transfer between the major airports in London and Central London. It is offerred to/from Luton, Gatwick and Stansted. Some bus routes offer a choice of drop off and pick up points [...]
Notting Hill Carnival, held each August Bank Holiday since 1966, is the largest celebration of its kind in Europe.
It started as a local festival set up by the West Indian immigrants of the area and it has now become a Caribbean carnival, attracting millions of visitors from around the world. With scores of massive sound [...]