This document provides information about Nahuel Gomez, a 17-year-old student from Escuela Tecnica UTU Malvin Norte in Uruguay. It then continues with sections about maps of London, iconic London attractions like Big Ben and the London Eye, the history and buildings of London from the Middle Ages to the present, London's climate, and several of its famous museums including the Natural History Museum. Further sections discuss London's transport network including its extensive suburban rail network, roads, buses, cycling infrastructure, and major sporting venues like Wembleton Stadium and Twickenham Stadium.
2. Map the London
● Sovereign
state:United
Kingdom Country:
England Region:
London •
Greater London:607
sq mi (1,572 km2)
•
Urban:671.0 sq mi
(1,737.9 km2)
● • Metro 3,236 sq
mi
3. London Icons
● From Big Ben to the
red telephone
box,London is home
to some of the most
famous and iconic
attractions in the
world.
4. London Eye
● The London Eye
adjoins the western
end of Jubilee
Gardens (previously
the site of the former
Dome of Discovery),
on the South Bank of
the River Thames
between
Westminster Bridge
and Hungerford
Bridge, in the London
Borough of Lambeth.
5. Middle Ages
● Westminster Abbey,
as seen in this
painting (Canaletto,
1749), is a World
Heritage Site and
one of London's
oldest and most
important building
6. Climate
● Average summertime
day temperatures
range between 22°C
and 26°C. Although
uncommon,
temperatures as high
as 38°C have been
recorded
7. Natural History Museum, London
● The Natural History
Museum in London is a
museum exhibiting a vast
range of specimens from
various segments of
natural history. It is one
of three major museums
on Exhibition Road in
South Kensington, the
others being the Science
Museum and the Victoria
and Albert Museum.
8. Geological Museum
● In 1986, the museum
absorbed the adjacent
Geological Museum of the
British Geological Survey,
which had long competed for
the limited space available in
the area. The Geological
Museum became world-
famous for exhibitions
including an active volcano
model and an earthquake
machine
9. ● Backstage at the
NHM. The Tank
Room within Darwin
Centre Phase 1
holds larger fish from
the spirit collection,
and preparation
facilities for them.
10. The Attenborough Studio
● Nature Live event in
the Attenborough
Studio, Natural
History Museum, on
23 January 2012.
.
11. Suburban
● There are 366 railway
stations in the London
Travelcard Zones on an
extensive above-ground
suburban railway network.
South London,
particularly, has a high
concentration of railways
as it has fewer
Underground lines.
12. Inter-city and international
● St Pancras railway
station is the main
terminal for high
speed Eurostar and
HS1 services, as well
as suburban
Thameslink and East
Midlands Trains
services.
13. Buses and trams
● London's bus network is
one of the largest in the
world, running 24 hours a
day, with about 8,500
buses, more than 700 bus
routes and around 19,500
bus stops.[239] In 2013,
the network had more
than 2 billion commuter
trips per annum, more
than the Underground
14. Cycling
● Cycling is an
increasingly popular
way to get around
London. The launch
of a cycle hire
scheme in July 2010
has been successful
and generally well
received. The
London Cycling
Campaign lobbies for
better provision.
15. Roads
● The A102, near
Greenwich. This was
one of the few routes
proposed in the
Ringways Plan within
Inner London to be
built.
16. Keats House
● Keats House, where
Keats wrote his Ode
to a Nightingale. The
village of Hampstead
has historically been
a literary centre in
London.
17. Wembley Stadium
● From 1924, the original
Wembley Stadium was
the home of the English
national football team. It
hosted the 1966 FIFA
World Cup Final, with
England defeating West
Germany, and served as
the venue for the FA
Cup Final as well as
rugby league's
Challenge Cup final.
19. Centre Court
● Centre Court at
Wimbledon. First
played in 1877, the
Championships is
the oldest tennis
tournament in the
world.
20. Central London
● Central London is the
innermost part of
London, England. There
is no official definition of
its area, but its
characteristics are
understood to include a
high density built
environment, high land
values, an elevated
daytime population and
a concentration of
regionally.