Virginia Water is a commuter town in the Surrey section of the London urban area. It is home to the Wentworth Estate and the Wentworth Club, where the first Ryder Cup was played. The estate is situated in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, and the bodies of water stretching over the borders of Runnymede, Old Windsor and Sunninghill and Ascot.
Population: 2,999
Latitude: 51° 24' 12.35" N
Longitude: 0° 33' 59.44" E
The British tomb of The Unknown Warrior holds an unidentified British soldier killed on a European battlefield during the First World War. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, London on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with a similar interment of a F…
The expansion of London Heathrow Airport has involved several proposals by Heathrow Airport Holdings to increase capacity at London Heathrow Airport.
Godalming /ˈɡɒdəlmɪŋ/ is an historic market town, civil parish and administrative centre of the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) SSW of Guildford, traversing the banks of the River Wey in a hilly, heavily wooded part of the o…
The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in London which houses both the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Designed by George Edmund Street, who died before it was completed, it is a large g…
Kensington is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a Conservative.
Double Negative is a British full-service visual effects/computer animation company located in Fitzrovia, London. The company was set up in 1998 with a team of 30 staff and has since grown to over 1,000 staff, making it Europe's largest provider of …
Wealdstone Football Club is an English semi-professional football club formed in and representing Wealdstone in the London Borough of Harrow, although it is currently based a few miles away in Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon The club is …
St Martin-in-the-Fields is an English Anglican church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. There has been a church on the site since the medieval period. The prese…
Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is 34.5 miles (55.5 km) WSW of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire. By road Guildford is 11 miles (17 km) to the east and Winchest…
Marlborough House is a Grade I listed mansion in the City of Westminster, central London, in The Mall, London, east of St James's Palace. It was built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Queen Anne. The Duche…
HM Prison Wandsworth is a Category B men's prison at Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London, England.
Trellick Tower is a 31-storey block of flats in North Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. It was designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger, after a commission from the Greater London Council in 19…
Liberty is a department store on Regent Street, based in the West End shopping district of Central London. The department store sells a wide range of luxury goods including women’s, men’s and children’s fashion, cosmetics and fragrances, jewellery, …
Brompton Bicycle is a manufacturer of folding bicycles based in Brentford, London.
St Paul's School is a boys' independent school, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43 acre (17 hectare) site by the River Thames, in Barnes, London. It is one of the original nine British public schools, the so-called 'Clarendon Schools'…
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences. Today, it is the leading centre for geographers…
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in the City of Westminster, London, located in the Soho district, near Oxford Street and Regent Street.
St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in London.