Planning and outstanding instructions
City. The area known under the name of City, - live history of London. In it the located well-known outstanding instructions, as, for example, a cathedral Saint Paul (St. Paul), constructed by sir Kr_stoferom Ren in style of Renaissance, the Manshen-house (residence of the Lord Mayor), restored Гілдхол (town hall), London Тауер and the Monument заввишки in 61 г, established in memory of the Big fire 1666 p., that has devastated City. In this area there are many known churches of Cities constructed in XV ІІ and XV ІІІ item instead of burnt down during Big fire. The majority of them were also constructed by Ren. City - first of all heart of the British financial power: here the located Bank of England, Stock exchange, bank "Ллойдс" and other banks, offices of the insurance companies and business houses. Till now in City, as well as in other parts of the centre of London, the located silent small streets with small beer - pubs. Each pub has constant clients who live or work close. In northern part of City the located reconstructed inhabited quarter Барбікан, constructed round ruins of an ancient city shaft of London. In Барбікані there is a Museum of London, theatre, a concert hall and some schools. On action, lengthways Фліт-стріт, the located editions of many British newspapers, further - the Central criminal court and houses of two "Judicial Іннів": Average and Internal Темпла (Мідл-І нн and _nner - І нн). Two other Innas - Лінкольнс-І нн and Grejs - І нн are a little to the north. Everyone Інн has an own dining room, a chapel and library, and offices of lawyers are turned In shady quadrangular court yard. Near the Templ-bar, old western gate of City, Фліт-стріт flows in street Strend that goes on action to Вестмінстера.
Вестмінстер. The royal court and the majority of the governmental houses are in Вестмінстері - the administrative area, located to the West from Trafal-garsko ї the areas. On this huge area in which centre there is a monument Nelso-well, located: on a North side - National gallery, on east - Church SENT-MART_N-І Н-ТЕ-ФІЛДС, and on southern - Admiralty houses.
The street Mell that goes from this area on the southwest through the Admiralty Arch, is expensive to royal processions and lasts avenue through park Sent-Dzhejms, by palace Sent-Dzhejms to a memorial of the queen of Victoria and Букінгемсь-кого a palace - official residence of the British monarch. Every morning groups of guardsmen spend bright ceremony of change of guards in a palace courtyard. Similar ceremony occurs to a Guards cavalry every day on a smart parade-ground кінногвардійського a shelf on Уайтхоллі - streets which governmental houses go from Трафальгаре ько ї the areas to the area of Parliament and along which with concentration many. On Даунінг-стріт № 10, it is a little away from Уайтхолла, there is an official residence of the prime minister. The Parliament area - a place where there are chambers of parliament and a tower Was run-ben заввишки 96 Nearby - Вест-мінстерське abbey - a place of burial of the big statesmen of Britain, writers and scientists. From Edward Ispovednika's times almost all English monarchs (except for two) were crowned in abbey. Near to abbey there is a small parish church This Nt-Margaret, that is official church of parliament. Nearby located a Catholic Westminster cathedral and church of methodologists Central-hall. Through the centre of London the river filled with the walking ships to which invite proceeds to go to remarkable outstanding instructions of Greenwich downstream or to woody sites of bends around К'ю and Річмонда upstream. Here royal parks Sent-Dzhejms located also, Green-park, Gajd-park and Кенсінгтон-Гарденс. Ріджентс-парк where the London zoo takes places, is to the north.
Мейфер. Between City and Gajd-park the area of luxurious houses which belonged to the British aristocracy once settled down. Many beautiful houses XV ІІІ and to an item ear-Xі have remained till now in Мейфері and Белгрейв і ї, however only some are occupied. In the majority there are offices, as, for example, in the street Харлі-стріт, specialised medical clinics. Near to Gajd-park and Kensington-Gardens many houses have been taken down and replaced with new hotels and high-rise houses under offices.
Vest-End. To the east from Мейфера and on the north from Трафальгарсько ї the areas there is an area Vest-End - the main centre of trade and entertainments. To Oxford-str_t the located set of the big shops. More expensive are on Бонд-стріт and Ріджентс-стріт. Найвишуканіший classical men's wear it is possible to find in shops on Савіл-Роу (Джермін-стріт) and in passage Берлінгтон-Аркейд nearby from Пікаділлі. Ріджентс-стріт and Пікаділлі converge on Пікаділлі-Серкус (areas Пікаділл і) in which centre there is monument Шефтсбері. Nearby opera theatre Kovent-Garden gives opera and ballet performances. The fruit and vegetable market which was in Kovent-Garden throughout centuries, in 1970 middle х has been transferred years in Najn-Elms, a southern part of London. Old apartment houses are processed on small shops which sell subjects of art and other goods. On the north from Пікаділлі-Серкус located Сохо - the cosmopolitan quarter known for the restaurants and night clubs. Street Char_ng-Kross-Roud well-known for the book shops.
Блумсбері. On the northeast from Сохо there are George's terraces and плоші Блумсбері - territories of the British museum and the London university. Before the Second World War this quarter veins Virginia Woolf and other members "groups Blumsber і". After war it is a lot of houses in this area were got by university for the device in them of student's hostels or hotels Special interest represent little shops which trade in antiques and old books which are in streets near to a front entrance to a museum.
Кенсингтон and Чєлсі. Кенсингтон, located directly on the south from park Kensington-Gardens, represents area of embassies and diplomatic missions, and also shops which compete to shops Vest-Endu. Here there is the second for value in London an art and cultural complex which consists from Royal Albert-hall, a museum of Victoria and Albert, the Museum of a science, the Museum of history of the nature, the Royal geographical society and Imperial college of a science. In western part Кенсингтона the located big showroom "Олімпія", opened in 1886 and known for the annual automobile exhibitions, competitions of military men, circus and т.п. Кенсингтон, besides, is luxurious residential area. Челс і, at first the working area, has gone through process "джентрифікац і ї" - at it representatives of middle class have moved
Southern London. The southern coast of Thames throughout many years was a zone where structures and the industrial enterprises settled down. Its outstanding instructions - a palace of archbishop Kenterber_jskogo in Ламбет і, a cathedral in Саутуарку near the London bridge and Каунті-Хола, town halls of City council, the Greater London opposite Вестмінстера. After the Second World War to the east from Каунті-Хола some complexes, among them - Rojal-Festival-Hol, National theatre and art gallery Hejvard have been constructed. If to go on walking judgement downstream the river, it is possible to see an architectural pearl Southern Londo - • on - the Palace Greenwich. Constructed Ініго Johns, Kr_stoferom Ren and other architects, this palace is now a part of Royal naval college and the National sea museum. On a hill there is Гринвіцька an observatory, now it too a museum. In a palace the Crystal-oriental carpet, near to the house from the glass, constructed for the International exhibition 1851 p. There is a National centre of athletic preparation. To other athletic fields belong Уїмблдон - a place of carrying out of the championships from tennis: Рогемптон - the centre of a croquet and поло; the Oval - one of the most well-known athletic fields in Britain for cricket, and hippodrome Епсом where stages are spent.
Іст-Енд. The quarters grouped in administrative area Tauer-Hamlets to the east from City, known under the name Іст-Енд. Once the most proletarian area of London, Іст-Енд was well-known for the slum. However after the destructions caused by bombardments during the Second World War, this area was entirely reconstructed and built up with new many-storeyed apartment houses. Atmosphere of the old quarters occupied by ethnic minority, it is possible to feel in the vigorous street markets, especially in the Sunday morning market on Мідлсекс-стріт, that more known under name Петтікот-Лейн-Маркет.
Northern London. This territory with expensive apartment houses connects Vest-End with two areas, which срастились one of one and located on hill top, - Хампстедом and Хайгейтом; the first of them known for the вересовим a meadow (Hit), and the second - a cemetery, where the buried Charles Marx. On a hill on action there is a school of Harrow. To sports arenas of Northern London football stadium Uembl_ and a complex for game in cricket "Lord" belong.
The western London. In architecture of the Western London airport H_trou dominates. Upstream Thames are botanical garden K'ju-Gardens, Річмонд, a palace of justice Hampton-court and Ітон with its known college, and then Віндзор and royal residence in Віндзорському the lock. Nearby, in royal Аскот і, the Located hippodrome. Every spring, since 1829, on Thames on a site from
Патні To Мортлейка boat stages of student's commands Оксфордського and Cambridge universities were arranged. Royal regatta Хенл і is other annual event on the river, that for the first time has taken place in 1839
