Hotels in Central London
The centre of London is a important place for people to go. Many want to go to see the landmarks and the famous historic attractions, the culture and the famous sights and attractions of the city. Some want a luxury or cheap hotel in the city.
One way of identifying which areas are central is the language used to describe them by Londoners. When describing non central areas the relevant place name is used. When the central area is being referred to it is most commonly called 'The City' for the City of London and 'Town', 'West End' or 'West' for the central shopping, entertainment and business districts outside the City. One might be 'going up to Town' if shopping on Oxford Street or Bond Street but not if shopping on the Kings Road.
Summary of districts
The
City of London is taken as being entirely and undisputedly central. Here follow
some districts which are also commonly thought of as central and some fringe cases
that are sometimes considered so.
London borough Districts considered central
Fringes
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tower Hill Whitechapel, Wapping
London
Borough of Hackney Shoreditch, Old Street North and east of City Road
London
Borough of Islington Clerkenwell North of the Angel, Islington
London Borough
of Camden Holborn, Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia North of Euston Road, Kings Cross, Camden
Town
City of Westminster All except north west Bayswater, St John's Wood, Maida
Vale
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Chelsea, Knightsbridge Kensington,
Notting Hill, Earl's Court
London Borough of Lambeth South Bank, Waterloo,
North Lambeth Vauxhall, Kennington
London Borough of Southwark The Borough
Elephant & Castle, Bermondsey, Walworth
Modern times
In the late 1970s the population of Greater London was at its lowest level since the 1920s, and "central London" might have included:
City of London
Most of the City of Westminster
Most of Kensington and
Chelsea
The section of Camden south of the Euston Road
The section of
Islington south of Pentonville Road and City Road
These five districts all contain dense concentrations of characteristically metropolitan activities: major corporate offices; buildings housing the functions of the state; universities; professional institutions; large scale retailing, including department stores; museums, libraries, theatres, concert halls and other important entertainment facilities. They also have a large amount of housing, some of that in the private sector being among the most expensive in the world.
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