Londonpresentation

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London Capital city of the U.K Nerve-centre of British Transport One tenth of the population live there Cosmopolitan culture

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The Students outside their Hotel: Le Meridian Russell

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Introduction Once upon a time, ten students from Huntcliff school went on a trip to London! They found out a lot! Including matters concerning: Transport to and from London Transport in London Cultures in London Gentrification Attractions in London

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London is situated to the South-East of England

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Rail links London is on the East coast main line forming a link with Edinburgh Trains leave to all over the country, to many major cities

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Most trains coming from the North of England arrive into London Kings cross station 500,000 people commute into the capital by over ground rail links during the morning peak.

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Air London is served by three major airports Heathrow Stanstead Gatwick Heathrow has four terminals and plans are been considered to increase Heathrow's size Heathrow has two tube stations, making access to central London easy Last bank holiday nearly two million people used London’s airports

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Heathrow’s flight control towers

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Road access London has well over 2000km if roads However, the volume of traffic on these roads sometimes causes blockages. Road access is numerous with many motorways going near London such as the M25.

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Transport in London The forms of transport in London include: The Docklands light Railway The Underground (Tube) Cab (Taxi) Bus Coach Boat

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Tram On Foot Car The students that travelled to London mainly travelled by tube. Lets learn about what they found out!

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The Tube History 1843 – The Brunels build the first underground railway -The Thames Tunnel A solution was needed to ease the traffic congestion in London The London Metropolitan Railway opened 20 years after the Thames tunnel 1908 – The Railway was nicknamed the ‘Tube’ Facts 3 million passengers per day 253 miles of railway Used as air raid shelter and store for crown jewels in Second World War.

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How are they built? The Cut and cover method This was scrapped because of the terrible traffic congestion at the time it was being built Nowadays it is extended off existing lines

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-The village is now under construction. -The village is served by North Greenwich, the largest underground station in Europe (also built for the millennium). -It is easy to get the centre of London in only 15 minutes!

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The Docklands Light Railway Work began in 1984 Built above ground as oppose to the ‘underground’ All computerised – no drivers needed Splits a whole community into two – Rich / Poor

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As well as just British people, London has a large population of different cultures including; Chinese, Asian, Black, Jewish, Irish, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Spanish, French and Italian. These foreign communities have flourished in London since the Norman conquest,which is when most of them came In to Britain Each of these has its own shops, restaurants,events and history to go along with their culture Multicultural London

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Large areas from the east end are populated with Jews from Germany,Poland and Russia whose ancestors would have fled there during the second world war. England took more refugees last year than any other country many of which were housed in London

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Over 50 thousand Bangladeshis live at tower hamlet - this is the largest amount of Bangladeshis in Europe Bricklane plays host to many Asians and has many restaurants and specialist shops selling Asian clothing, accessories, food, drink and music Further west is China town which has its own laundries restaurants and hotels

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Today there is probably not a race in Europe that isn't represented in Soho,and this can be seen by the number of foreign restaurants and shops there that cater for all of the different needs. Probably the largest area with a varied foreign community is Soho,many of which have traditional skills such as glassmaking and jewelry

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Whilst in London we saw a lot of evidence of this from Chinese and Indian restaurants to shops selling saris. With all the different cultures in London, it has had to change and redevelop to suit the needs and expectancies of all the people who are living there.

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Gentrification Gentrification is: the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents. The case study is St Catherine's Dock, London This is shown on the next slide

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St Katherine's Dock Built by Robert Telford in 1828 At the heart of trading in London in the late 19th Century Became too small for the big ships that were built Closed to trade ships in 1968 Successful gentrification Docking area, high class apartments, entertainment, restaurants etc. Security system introduced to protect the ‘rich man’s paradise’

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Tate Modern - Tate Modern is Britain's new national museum of modern art. -Bankside Power Station has been transformed into Tate Modern by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The former Turbine Hall, running the whole length of the vast building, now marks a breathtaking entrance to the gallery

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-The Tate is situated on Bankside, an area on the south bank of the river Thames, opposite to St Paul’s Cathedral, 10 minutes walk from London Bridge. -It is part of a newly developed area of London which was built by the Romans all those years ago….

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- The Tate is quickly becoming one of London’s main attractions and is renowned all around the world for it’s range of works.

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Millennium Bridge -The Millennium Bridge ( built for the millennium, obviously) is London’s first pedestrian river crossing (over the Thames) for more than a century. -It is a 325m steel bridge linking the City of London (St Paul’s) with the Tate Modern at Bankside.

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Picture of The Millennium Bridge…

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The Millennium Village -When English Partnership took over much of Greenwich Peninsula they set about creating a masterplan that would integrate homes, roads, services, shops, transport and leisure facilities into a coherent, ecologically friendly whole to produce a showcase for British urban regeneration. The overall plan was drawn up by a team led by the world-renowned Richard Rogers Partnership.

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The village was not just created to be a place where people were to live, there were many targets. These were- -Cutting water usage -Cutting domestic waste -Reducing the number of car journeys -Massively reducing power consumption -Cutting Construction by half

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London eye -The London eye is a large wheel that towers above London. Made from 1700 tonnes of steel and it is 130m high (larger than Big Ben) -It is now, along with The Tate and other places one of London’s most visited sites. 15000 people are attracted everyday!

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-‘The eye’ is the largest observation wheel ever built and it is possible to see all of London from the top. -The are some breathtaking sites to behold whilst on the wheel, well that is if you dare to look down!!!

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- Travelling through the ‘main attractions’ of London all helped in giving you a better picture of what the capitol city is really like. There were hundreds of people all around these places with their cameras, information booklets and novelty T-shirts. - It is a very different from the large places we know Redcar ( some would say so) Middlesborough and even York. Even on a busy day we would be lucky to find the range of people that tour London, as we did.

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