South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex, 30 miles east of London. The Benfleet post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh. The Battle of Benfleet took place here between the Vikings and Saxons in 894.
Population: 48,824
Latitude: 51° 33' 10.62" N
Longitude: 0° 33' 34.63" E
Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed (in 1433), it covers 74 hectares (180 acres), and is part of the Gre…
Erith and Thamesmead /ˈɪərɨθ ənd tɛmzmiːd/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Teresa Pearce of the Labour Party (UK). It covers the areas of Erith and Thamesmead in the southeast of Outer London by the Rive…
Dagenham and Rainham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Jon Cruddas of the Labour Party.
Carlton House Terrace is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster in London. Its principal architectural feature is a pair of terraces of white stucco-faced houses on the south side of the street overlooking St James's Park. Th…
Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Cryer of the Labour Party.
The UCL Institute of Education (IoE) is the education school of University College London (UCL). It specialises in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and is one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties. Prior to merging with UCL in 2…
Epping Forest is a parliamentary constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Eleanor Laing, a Conservative.
Eltham /ɛltəm/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Downing Street mortar attack was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 10 Downing Street, London, the official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The 7 February 1991 attack, an assassination attempt on…
Celebrity Big Brother 1, also referred to as Celebrity Big Brother 2001, was the first series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother. The show is based on an originally Dutch TV series of the same name created by producer John …
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wal…
Ilford South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Mike Gapes of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party.
Maldon (/ˈmɔːldən/, locally /ˈmɒldən/) is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
Southend West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Amess, a Conservative.
The London Transport Museum, or LT Museum based in Covent Garden, London, seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of Britain's capital city.
Edmonton is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Andy Love of the Labour Party.
The Court of Session (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Seisein; Scots: Coort o Session) is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and constitutes part of the College of Justice. It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a trial court and a court…
Bexleyheath and Crayford is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.