[363] It includes five multi-faculty universities – City, King's College London, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway and UCL – and a number of smaller and more specialised institutions including Birkbeck, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, the London Business School, the London School of Economics, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Royal Academy of Music, the Central School of Speech and Drama, the Royal Veterinary College and the School of Oriental and African Studies. [429] Lord's has hosted four finals of the Cricket World Cup, and is known as the Home of Cricket. 'Calendar of the London Seasons', by L. E. L. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, British Library of Political and Economic Science, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London, List of local nature reserves in Greater London, Walking is a popular recreational activity in London, Number 1 Poultry (ONE 94), Museum of London Archaeology, 2013, "Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland", "Regional economic activity by gross domestic product, UK: 1998 to 2018", "London Government Act: Essex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex 50 years on", "The big debate: Is Bromley in London or Kent? [2]​ Los retratos originales se pueden encontrar en masiones y residencias, así como en propiedades públicas de la era Victoriana. Another broke into the grounds of Buckingham Palace, reportedly killing some of Queen Elizabeth II's prized pink flamingos.

[266] London has five major business districts: the city, Westminster, Canary Wharf, Camden & Islington and Lambeth & Southwark.

[288][289] It is also the top city in the world by visitor cross-border spending, estimated at US$20.23 billion in 2015. A further 4.9 per cent are classified as "Other Asian". The Thames is a tidal river, and London is vulnerable to flooding. There have been 50 murders from the start of 2018 to mid April 2018. [78] In 1264 during the Second Barons' War, Simon de Montfort's rebels killed 500 Jews while attempting to seize records of debts. Many television programmes have been set in London, including the popular television soap opera EastEnders, broadcast by the BBC since 1985. [191], Winters are generally cool with little temperature variation. [262] The other widely heard and spoken accent is RP (Received Pronunciation) in various forms, which can often be heard in the media and many of other traditional professions and beyond, although this accent is not limited to London and South East England, and can also be heard selectively throughout the whole UK amongst certain social groupings. [183] Droughts can also, occasionally, be a problem, especially in summer. A survey in 2001 by the London-based Mammal Society found that 80 per cent of 3,779 respondents who volunteered to keep a diary of garden mammal visits liked having them around. [414], Aerial view of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, St. James's Park lake with the London Eye in the distance, The River Wandle, Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton, London has hosted the Summer Olympics three times: in 1908, 1948, and 2012,[415][416] making it the first city to host the modern Games three times. Londinium was founded by the Romans. [224][225], The 2011 census recorded that 2,998,264 people or 36.7% of London's population are foreign-born making London the city with the second largest immigrant population, behind New York City, in terms of absolute numbers.

Allí se encuentra el museo de Londres. Most recently in Summer 2018[189] and with much drier than average conditions prevailing from May to December. [425][426][427], London has two Test cricket grounds, Lord's (home of Middlesex C.C.C.) Notable mosques include the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, which is allowed to give the Islamic call to prayer through loudspeakers, the London Central Mosque on the edge of Regent's Park[252] and the Baitul Futuh of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.