Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was created in 1965 and covers the City of London and 32 London boroughs. Its area also forms the London region of England and the London European Parliament constituency. The County of Greater London is located in The South Eastern Counties of England, it covers an administrative area of 1,580Km² and in 2001 was home to a population of 7,172,000 persons, that represents 14.60% of that of England and 12.20% of the population of the entire United Kingdom.

It is bounded by the Home Counties of Essex and Hertfordshire in the East of England region and Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Kent in South East England. The highest point is Westerham Heights, in the North Downs and on the boundary with Kent, at 245 metres.

Places to visit:

The Livesey Museum for Children

This museum is especially for kids. Here you can learn things by experimenting and investigating, having fun and using your imagination!

The Ragged School Museum

Take a journey back through the history of the East End of London. Find out what it was like to be taught over a hundred years ago by stepping back in time in the museum's Victorian classroom. Will you be top of the class?

The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

If you've ever fancied being a sailor on the high seas, then this is the place for you. Find out about Lord Nelson and how life at sea has changed over hundreds of years. There's a massive collection of navigation and timekeeping instruments, charts and maps, coins and medals, ship and weapon models, as well as uniforms and art.

The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret

Here you find out two very different ways that sick people were treated in 18th and 19th centuries.

Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Brentford

Steam power comes alive at this museum. In the 1800s, the building supplied Londoners with water.Most weekends you can see steam pumping engines working, and from March to November you can ride on London's only steam railway every Sunday.

Geffrye Museum

What does your living room look like? And what would it have looked like if you'd been born in the 1600s? Walk through time at this museum - the amazing collections of furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts are displayed in a series of living rooms from 1600 to the present day.

Natural History Museum

One of the oldest and most famous museums in the world. It's full of fantastic stuff to see and do. Don't miss the 'Investigate' room in the basement where you can have a go at being a scientist yourself, or the new Darwin Centre - packed with animal pickles!

Discover

A new museum all about telling stories, where you get to play with everything you see! You'll really love it at Discover if you're aged between two and nine.

Science Museum

Ever wondered how your brain works? Or how a rocket zooms into space? This museum is full of answers to tricky questions, and it's loads of fun too.

The British Museum

One of the first and most famous museums in the world, this has something for everyone. Don't miss it.

The Cartoon Museum

This museum has a huge collection of cartoons from books, newspapers and comics.