Each neighborhood and my relevant blog posts are pinpointed on the map, making it easy to get an idea of where everything is in London. Dreaming of exploring London like a local? The middle-class hubbub of Oxford Street west of Regent Street divides high-hat Marylebone from its snobbish southern neighbor, Mayfair. Chelsea/Kensington districts: the most bourgeois districts of London known for their calm and refinement (Victorian houses, parks and chic shops). Can you tell me how I would make one for my site? Crowning the muddle is Queensway, a popular shopping street containing Whiteleys, a 1911 department store edifice converted into a mall with fairly unexciting tenants. Outside of working hours, the main thing youll see in The City is your own reflection in the facade of corporate fortresses; west of Liverpool Street station, even most of the pubs close on weekends. As well as the Ancient Parishes, the second major influence on the districts of London are the nature of the pre-urban settlement patterns. The boroughs of Smithfield and Spitalfields: the most historic areas of London.
Every address in this book includes its postcode, which corresponds to the neighborhood in which youll find it. Greenwich district: with its Victorian and Georgian monuments, the architecture of this district is magnificent. A stroll past boutiques and pocket-squared residents on the Kings Road, turning ever-more corporate and indistinct, is not the adventure it once was. 
Best for: Nightclubs, music, food of all types, galleries, clothing. I have one question tho, not related to this. Additionally, Ill link to the London neighborhoods map on the sidebar of the blog so you can quickly find it when you come to A Lady in London. You have successfully joined our subscriber list. Also, thanks to a territorial local authority, its main shopping drag (Marylebone High St.) remains one of the last important streets in London that isnt awash with the ubiquitous corporate chain stores. An early form of the Parish system was, in England, long established by the time of the Conquest,[2] and had fully matured by the 12th century. City district: the business district of London and Europe, the City is the 3rd largest financial centre in the world. Fans of Harry Potter know that the young wizard boards the Hogwarts Express at the (fictitious) Platform 9 3/4; the movie versions have shot at Platforms 4 and 5 but used prettier St Pancras station, next door, as a stand-in facade. Within each of its boroughs, the neighborhoods are making the charm and the reputation of the city of London. I hope the map helps! Chelsea Borough: home to artists and antique shops. I hope this London neighborhoods map will be helpful to you as you make your way through London, whether physically or virtually. Great idea and Im looking forward to putting it to good use! Legend (surely apocryphal) says the Celtic queen Boudicca rests somewhere near Platform 8 of Kings Cross. Your email address will not be published.
Love your short description of Angel too . Frommer's EasyGuide to Amsterdam, Brussels and Bruges. But visitors are likely to spend time here: Best for: Museums, affordable inns, residential streets, universities, and homewares and electronics shops on Tottenham Court Road, What you wont find: Evening entertainment, nightclubs. North of the park, the tidy streets of St Jamess are even more exclusive than Mayfairs, if thats possible. The division of London into boroughs dates from 1965 with a division into 32 booughs. The British Museum settled here, too. In the streets that branch out from the main square youll find lots of theatres. Yeah, a of times things that use APIs like this dont work on mobile. former manors, where the last extent of these has been carved up into consistent zones, "schemes" of one or more housing, or other type of development. London postcode districts often have an influence over residents' and businesses' self-identity. Visitors are likely to hop a train between them and dont often realize how remarkably close together they really are. Technically, this is the only part of London thats London. More You have successfully subscribed to the blog. is it worth paying a visit? Best for: Museums, shopping, ultra-luxe boutiques, also-ran hotels. Both play host to upscale shopping and several fascinating, if overlooked, museums, but there the similarities end. Dalston, young and bohemian, is north of these. Other bits, including the West End, are under the jurisdiction of different local governments, such as Westminster or Camden. But if you feel compelled, Hugh Grants blue door from Notting Hill (1999) is at 280 Westbourne Park Rd. Greenwich, on the south bank across from the Canary Wharf developments, retains the tranquility of an untouched village. Islingtons leafy byways are dotted with antiques dealers, hoary pubs with backroom theater spaces, beer gardens, and most pleasingly on a sunny day, pedestrian towpaths overlooking Regents Canal. And just in perfect time too. Hi Lady, we crossed paths on Twitter today. Stonehenge, Windsor & Salisbury Tour from Southampton to London, Stonehenge, Windsor & Bath Tour from London. And considering that a third of Londoners now belong to an ethnic minority and more than 200 languages are spoken, the flavor of your experience shifts as you go. They cant legally change most of the facades, so to satisfy their hunger for more space, the big trend among the rich is to burrow downward to build underground roomsthe pleasure caves of Kensington. Im excited to launch something new on the A Lady in London blog: an interactive London neighborhoods map. As well as the large number of very small settlements, another major feature of the Ancient Landscape around London, when compared to the Midlands, is the relatively large number of woods and commons, with many of the latter being preserved as parks, some of which give their name to sub-districts (e.g. A wide selection of the best shows on in London from fantastic new musicals to the best plays and events taking place in the capital. Londons analogue to San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury District, it was big in the countercultured '60s and '70s and is still grotty enough for Amy Winehouse to have expired in. It is administered by the Greater London Authority, City of London Corporation and 32 London boroughs. To upvote/downvote tags: tap them and click the thumbs up or down. So if you see something wrong, please draw over it and correct it!
Our pick of the best things going on in London, from exhibitions and events to concerts, musicals, festivals and competitions. So without further ado, heres my London neighborhoods map. Join thousands of others and subscribe to the A Lady in London blog via email or Bloglovin. Red Neighbourhoods Shopping, Cafes, Theatre. Set away from Greenwich town theres the colossal O2 dome, The Citys iconic concert venue. Jack the Ripper slashing and the Elephant Man suffering jibesit happened here. London boroughs do not correspond to a borough or a postcode. London boroughs & districts are the administrative divisions that share London in 32 municipal boroughs. Most of far east London along the north side of the Thames is ignobly called by a single, sweeping name: Docklands. Chelsea, to its south, has a history of well-heeled bohemianismOscar Wilde, James McNeill Whistler, and the Beatles all lived herealthough its known more as one of The Citys most exclusive (and some would say insular) communities. Famous residents include George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf, who both lived (at different times) at 29 Fitzroy Square. Best for: Historic and government sights, river strolls, St Jamess Park, What you wont find: Affordable hotels, a wide choice of restaurants. Its a frumpy zone deprived of a contingency to the park with undistinguished eats and sleeps; the rise of Kings Cross and Shoreditch for younger travelers has reduced it to near-negligible stature. The modern London boroughs were primarily formed from amalgamations of Metropolitan, County and Municipal Boroughs. Formerly a Roman city, the City is today the geographical centre of London where the Tower of London is located. The City of London is home to lots of ancient narrow streets, and hallmark landmarks like the Tower of London, St Pauls Cathedral, The Monument and more! Best for: Boutiques, low-cost lodging, town homes, wealthy neighbors, What you wont find: Transit options, street life, museums. Thank you so much x. South Kensington and Brompton draw the most visitors to their grand museums; and Knightsbridge is where moneyed foreigners spend and show offLondon now has the most billionaires in the world, nearly twice as many as New York or Moscow. The boroughs of Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia: residence for artists and writers. London is the capital of and largest city in England and the United Kingdom. The South Bank boroughs: badly damaged during the Second World War, the London Eye is located here. The boroughs of Regent's Park and Marylebone: boroughs with a medical tradition. Notting Hill district: with its pastel-coloured facades, this chic district transports us to another era. Youll find a lot of modern day attractions like the London Eye, Tate Modern Museum, London Aquarium & Imperial War Museum alongside the London Dungeon & Shakespeares Globe Theatre. Great idea, I love maps, its just such an easy way to visualise where you can go.
There were occasional sub-divisions, but boundary changes were extremely unusual.
Privacy Policy. If Mayfair is Londons champagne, the East End hoods have been its hangover. I have a close friend here at work who travels to London and she will also be jazzed to see it. But its gratifying to see that some things never change: Borough Market, which attracts gourmet foodies from around the world, is the descendant of a market that fed the denizens of that medieval skyscraper over the water, London Bridge.
This is where youll find Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Winston Churchill War Rooms, Household Cavalry Museum and more! The boroughs of Southwark and Bankside: the liveliest boroughs in London. You can find on this page a map showing London boroughs and a map presenting London neighborhoods.
Finsbury Park in Islington). Some areas are now interchangeable (e.g. Behind the station, millions of pounds have just transformed once-derelict industrial infrastructure into Granary Square, a canalside center for arts hotspots, restaurants, colleges, and tech HQs. After a fallow generation, East Londons hand-dug pools are under constant redevelopment by corporations in stacks of fluorescent-lit office cubes, and the Olympics settled here in 2012 near the Stratford Tube stop. Bloomsbury became a place of remembrance on July 7, 2005; of the 52 who died that day, 26 perished underground on a bombed Piccadilly line train between Kings Cross and Russell Square stations, and 13 were killed on a double-decker bus passing above through Tavistock Square. If you want to bookmark this blog post or pin it on Pinterest, you can save it as an easy reference. Terriffic, just did a test drive, and all the bells and whistles work Im going to rent an Aston Martin and visit every dot in one day., Hey! Thanks! Such lovely insularity exists because the Tube (well, the DLR) didnt connect it to the greater city until 1999all the more remarkable when you consider the towns illustrious pedigree as a royal getaway (its got the oldest royal park in London), as a scientific capital, and as one of the worlds most crucial command centers. May consider that too. Yours is the best I have found and I have pinned a lot of them, Thank you for such an interesting insight into you,I have truly enjoyed reading it.I also wish to congratulate you on all you have achieved so well deserved.Bless you for understanding those of us whom adore your magical work by using the word VIRTUAL as this will be our experience and you are kind to include all.Keep up the fantastic work dear LadyXO, Your email address will not be published. geographic suffixes and prefixes (such as South Croydon, East Finchley and Woodford Green). For centuries it was an impoverished, squalid slum for poor immigrants and shifty souls. Here, one expensive neighborhood genuflects to another, and barely anyone you meet was born in England. The heart of The City, in postcode terms, is near the Chancery Lane Tube stop. Ive visited many blogs on London as part of my trip research. Full of colours, with some of the cutest illustrations we have in store, this gorgeous map has been designed for anyone dreaming of exploring London the proper way: Like locals will do! This is where youll also find London Zoo and KensingtonGardens, two of the capitals most popular sites. The areas shoulder-to-shoulder markets, which hawk touristy hokum, cheap sunglasses, and 5 falafel in the former warehouses and stables serving Regents Canal, can be pretty awful, and the sort of places where you feel compelled to carry your wallet in your front pocket. Best for: Sub-par inns, ethnic food, well-preserved Victorian thoroughfares, What you wont find: Attractions, non-chain stores, street life, adorable bears. Printed on high quality A4 300gsm Tintoretto Gesso paper in London to reproduce the style of the original watercolour illustration.Beautifully illustrated by Sarah Davis and designed by Robert Bentley and Alex Zouaghi, Sign up to our newsletter to get our latest news & offers(We promise, well always (try to!) The small yellow neighbourhood on the map is the museum district, where youll find 3 world class museums right next to eachother all with free entrance! Like Camden, people go because they think they should. The boroughs of South Kensington and Knightsbridge: the most posh boroughs in London. Change came, as it often has in English history, from France: The Channel Tunnel Rail Link is the starting point for Eurostar train trips to France and beyond. Two major factors have shaped the development of London district and sub-district identities; the Ancient Parish - which was used for both civil and ecclesiastical functions - and the pre-urban settlement pattern. Thats great. Greenwich and Blackheath: boroughs with museums, bookshops, antique shops, markets and parks. Next to the West End shopping district lies Soho (also marked red on the map). It may not always be accurate. Thanks partly to Hollywood, this westerly nook known to locals for race riots and, in 2017, the horrible Grenfell Tower fire, appears high on many visitors checklists. Theres more than enough here for a typical first-time visit of London that lasts 4 or 5 days and theseneighbourhoods combine history, culture, shopping, nightlife and arts. The lowlands of England are made up of two very distinct landscape types, this is comparable to the division of lowland France into bocage and champagne types. The boroughs of Kensington and Holland Park: luxurious residential areas. Best for: Old streets, the Tower of London, St Pauls, financial concerns, What you wont find: Nightlife or weekend life, affordable hotels. Camden Town district: symbol of alternative cultures ranging from rockers to altermondialists, Camden is a place for parties and outings and also for vintage markets. From the essential visits including tours in London, Stonehenge, Oxford and the Cotswolds to the more off-the-beaten-track, all tours on Tourist England are available to book with guaranteed departures and the best prices.