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LONDON
LONDON
A wide river, a small village, a new country … ‘We can make a town here,’ said the Romans, and so Londinium began. Two thousand years later, that village is London, the biggest city in Britain, and millions of people visit it every year.
What brings them here? Some come to see the beautiful buildings and the great parades of Britain’s royal family. Others like to walk along the River Thames, and through the green parks and gardens of this great city. And London is full of wonderful buildings, old and new, each with its own story.
People come in their thousands for the sport – to watch tennis at Wimbledon, football at Wembley, cricket at Lords, or to run in the London Marathon. Then there’s shopping in Oxford Street, and the theatres of London’s West End, and concerts – oh, there are hundreds of reasons to visit London.
Can’t wait? Then come with us now, and get to know this wonderful city …
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