List of places in London

This is a list of places in London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. See River Thames for more information on the river.

Boroughs

Inner London boroughs

City of London City of Westminster Camden Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Islington Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Lewisham Southwark Tower Hamlets Wandsworth

Outer London boroughs

Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Croydon Ealing Enfield Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Kingston upon Thames Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Sutton Waltham Forest

Areas

An ambiguous area where development was deregulated for a fixed period by the Thatcher government, and placed under the influence of an appointed Development Corporation, extending about a kilometre each side of the River Thames roughly between Southwark and Dagenham:

• Docklands

Some important contrasts in London:

• The West End and the East End.
• The City of London (as a discrete entity) vs. the rest of central London.
• North London vs. South London
• Inner London vs. Outer London

Rivers and canals

Rivers

• The River Brent
• The River Cray
• The River Lee (or River Lea)
• The River Ravensbourne (tidal reach known as 'Deptford Creek')
• The River Thames

Subterranean rivers

• The Walbrook
• The Langbourne
• The River Fleet
• The River Westbourne
• The River Effra
• The River Ken
• The Tyburn
• The Wandle
• Stamford Brook
• Counter's Creek

Canals

• Grand Union Canal
• Regent's Canal
• The River Lea Navigation
• The Croydon Canal

Islands in the Thames

Note: Only the largest islands are listed here. A longer list can be found in the River Thames article.

• Canvey Island
• Isle of Grain
• Isle of Dogs
  • Millwall
  • Cubitt Town
  • Blackwall
• Eel Pie Island

Hills

• Hampstead Hill
• Horsendon Hill
• Ludgate Hill
• Primrose Hill
• Shooters Hill
• Tower Hill

Parks and Royal Parks

• Bushy Park
• Camberwell Green
• Crystal Palace Park
• Danson Park
• Green Park
• Greenwich Park
• Kennington Park
• Kensington Gardens
• Hampstead Heath
• Hyde Park
• Primrose Hill
• Regent's Park
• Richmond Park
• St James's Park

Remnants of ancient woodlands

• Highgate Wood
• Oxleas Wood
• Queens Wood

World-famous individual locations

• Albert Hall
• Albert Memorial
• British Museum
• British Library
• Buckingham Palace
• Houses of Parliament
• Imperial War Museum
• Lloyd's of London
• London Dungeon
• London Stock Exchange
• Madame Tussaud's
• National Gallery
• National Portrait Gallery
• Royal National Theatre
• Natural History Museum
• The RAF Museum
• Royal Festival Hall
• Science Museum
• Tate Britain
• Tate Modern
• Tower of London
• Victoria & Albert Museum
• The Wallace Collection art museum
• The heart of government in Whitehall

Famous tourist attractions

• The London Planetarium
• Madame Tussaud's wax museum
• Charing Cross Road
• Chinatown
• Cleopatra's Needle
• Covent Garden
• Downing Street
• Eltham Palace
• Hampton Court Palace
• Kew Gardens
• The London Eye
• Museum of London
• Nelson's Column
• Soho
• Theatreland
• Tower Bridge
• Tower of London

Famous cemeteries

• Brompton Cemetery
• Highgate Cemetery
• Kensal Green Cemetery
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery

Cathedrals and other major places of worship

• Westminster Abbey
• St Paul's Cathedral
• Regent's Park Mosque
• Westminster Cathedral
• Central Hall, Westminster
• Southwark Cathedral
• Neasden Temple
• Temple Church

Roads and streets

Full article: List of London roads

Streets and squares

• Oxford Street
• Regent Street
• Shaftesbury Avenue
• Leicester Square
• Charing Cross Road
• The Mall
• Haymarket
• Regent Street
• Piccadilly Circus
• Portobello Road
• Fleet Street
• Tottenham Court Road
• Trafalgar Square

Major roads

• M25 motorway
• M1 motorway
• M3 motorway
• M4 motorway
• M11 motorway
• North Circular Road
• South Circular Road
• The London Inner Ring Road, consisting of:
  • Pentonville Road, City Road, Old Street, Commercial Street, Mansell Street, Tower Bridge Road, New Kent Road, Elephant and Castle, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Park Lane, Edgware Road, Marylebone Road and Euston Road.

Roman roads

• Watling Street

Former tourist attractions

• Millennium Dome
• Wembley Stadium

Other

• Tyburn

Transport

Major railway stations

(see also List of London railway stations)

• Blackfriars
• Cannon Street
• Charing Cross
• City Thameslink
• Clapham Junction
• Euston
• Fenchurch Street
• King's Cross
• King's Cross Thameslink
• Liverpool Street
• London Bridge
• Marylebone
• Moorgate
• Paddington
• St. Pancras
• Victoria
• Waterloo

Airports

• Biggin Hill Airport
• London Heathrow Airport
• London Gatwick Airport
• London Stansted Airport
• London City Airport
• Northolt Aerodrome
• London Heliport (Battersea) - there is another at Hayes.

Markets

(see also London markets)

Street markets

• Berwick Street Market
• Borough Market
• Brick Lane Market
• Camden Lock Market
• Columbia Road market
• Deptford Market
• East Street market
• Nag's Head Market
• Petticoat Lane Market
• Portobello Road Market

Covered markets

• Leadenhall Market
• Old Spitalfields market

Trade markets

• Billingsgate Fish Market
• New Covent Garden Market
• Smithfield

Urban villages

• Acton, Addington, Addiscombe, Alperton, Ardleigh Green, Arkley
• Balham, Bankside, Barbican Estate, Barking, Barnes, Barnsbury, Battersea, Bayswater, Becontree, Becontree Heath, Beckenham, Beddington, Bedford Park, Belgravia, Bellingham, Belmont, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Old Bexley, Bexleyheath, Biggin Hill, Blackheath, Bloomsbury, The Borough, Brentford, Brixton, Brockley, Brondesbury
• Camberwell, Canonbury, Carshalton, Catford, Chadwell Heath, Chalk Farm, Charing Cross, Chase Cross, Cheam, Chessington, Chingford, Chislehurst, Chiswick, Clapham, Clerkenwell, Cockfosters, Collier Row, Coulsdon, Cowley, Cranham, Crayford, Creekmouth, Cricklewood, Crofton, Crouch End, Crystal Palace, Cudham
• Dagenham, Dalston, Debden, Deptford, Dulwich
• East Dulwich, Edgware, Edmonton, Elephant and Castle, Elm Park, Elmstead, Eltham, Emerson Park, Epping, Erith
• Farringdon, Feltham, Finchley, Finsbury, Finsbury Park, Foots Cray, Fortis Green, Fulham
• Gidea Park, Goddington, Golders Green, Goodmayes, Greenford, Gunnersbury
• Haggerston, Hampstead, Hampton, Hanwell, Hanworth, Harefield, Harlesden, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Harold Hill, Harold Wood, Harringay, Hatch End, Havering-atte-Bower, Havering Park, Hayes, Heathrow, Hendon, Herne Hill, Heston, Highbury, Highgate, Holborn, Holloway, Homerton, Hornchurch, Hornsey, Hoxton,
• Ickenham, Ilford, The Isle of Dogs, Isleworth
• Kennington, Kensal Green, Kentish Town, Kenton, Keston, Kew, Kidbrooke, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Knightsbridge
• Leyton, Leytonstone, Limehouse
• Malden, Mark's Gate, Marylebone, Mayfair, Mill Hill, Mitcham, Morden, Mortlake, Mottingham, Muswell Hill
• Neasden, Newington, Norbiton, Northolt, Northwood, North Woolwich, Norwood, Notting Hill
• Ockendon, Orpington, Osterley
• Paddington, Palmers Green, Peckham, Penge, Perivale, Petersham, Petts Wood, Pinner, Pimlico, Plaistow, Plumstead, Poplar, Pratt's Bottom, Purley, Putney
• Queensbury
• Rainham, Roehampton, Romford, Rotherhithe, Ruislip
• St John's Wood, St Pancras, Selsdon, Shepherd's Bush, Shoreditch, Sidcup, Sipson, Snaresbrook, Soho, Southall, Southgate, Stamford Hill, Stanmore, Stepney, Stockwell, Stoke Newington, Stratford, Streatham, Surbiton, Sydenham
• Teddington, Thamesmead, Thornton Heath, Tolworth, Tooting, Tottenham, Tottenham Green, Tottenham Hale, Totteridge, Tufnell Park, Tulse Hill, Twickenham
• Upminster, Uxbridge
• Vauxhall
• Waddon, Walthamstow, Wallington, Walworth, Wandsworth, Wanstead, Wapping, Wealdstone, Welling, Wembley, West Ham, Whetstone, White City, Whitechapel, Willesden, Wimbledon, Winchmore Hill, Wood Green, Woodford, Woolwich, Wormwood Scrubs
• Yeading, Yiewsley

Related articles

• London commuter belt
• Tall buildings in London
• List of London Underground stations
• List of London railway stations
• List of London buildings