Swanscombe is a small town in the Dartford Borough of Kent. It borders the Gravesham Borough. It is located north-west of Gravesend.
Population: 15,732
Latitude: 51° 26' 49.67" N
Longitude: 0° 18' 37.01" E
The Marchioness disaster was a fatal collision between two rivercraft on the Thames in London on 20 August 1989, drowning 51 people. The pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being pushed under by the dredger Bowbelle, late at night near Cannon Stree…
London Stone is a historic landmark at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London.
The London Borough of Havering /ˈheɪvərɪŋ/ is a London borough in east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in Havering is Romford and the other main communities are Hornchurch, Upminster and Rainham. The borough is mai…
Bethnal Green is a station on the Central line of the London Underground in Bethnal Green, East London. It lies between Liverpool Street and Mile End stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central line…
The Thames Estuary is the estuary in which the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea.
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces at a site on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England. It was originally kno…
The London Borough of Bexley /ˈbɛksli/ is an London borough in south-east London, England. It has common borders with the London Borough of Bromley to the south, the Royal Borough of Greenwich to the west, across the River Thames to the north it bor…
Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1987 by Diane Abbott of the Labour Party.
Croydon South is a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament since 1992 by Richard Ottaway, a Conservative.
White City Stadium (originally The Great Stadium) was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics and is often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon.
Ilford North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Lee Scott, a Conservative.
Grosvenor House is a hotel in the Mayfair area of London. The hotel is owned by the Sahara Group.
Ebbsfleet United Football Club is an English association football club based in Northfleet, Kent. The club participates in the Conference South, the sixth tier of English football.
The Croydon (CR) postcode area is a group of nine postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns in southern Greater London and north-east Surrey.
The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in England from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University of London medical lectures by Swedish feminists, pitched battles between medical students and t…
Tooting is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour Party.
Sutton and Cheam is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Paul Burstow, a Liberal Democrat.
The Reform Club is a private members club on the south side of Pall Mall in central London.