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Gross, The Ideal Guide to London for Visitors and Londoners with Maps of Cinemal

[English History Collection] – Gross, Alexander.

The Ideal Guide to London for Visitors and Londoners with Maps of Cinemaland, Theatreland, Central London & Underground Railway.

London, Geographers’ Map Co., c.1946. 7.4 cm x 11.9 cm. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Some pencil markings to the cover. Back cover is creased. Otherwise good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret’s Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory, Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT). Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End theatres. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world. London is one of the leading tourist destinations in the world and in 2015 was ranked as the most visited city in the world with over 65 million visits. It is also the top city in the world by visitor cross-border spending, estimated at US$20.23 billion in 2015 Tourism is one of London’s prime industries, employing the equivalent of 350,000 full-time workers in 2003, and the city accounts for 54% of all inbound visitor spend in UK. As of 2016 London is rated as the world top-ranked city destination by TripAdvisor users. The lines that formed the London Underground, as well as trams and buses, became part of an integrated transport system in 1933 when the London Passenger Transport Board or London Transport was created. Transport for London is now the statutory corporation responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London, and is run by a board and a commissioner appointed by the Mayor of London. (Wikipedia).

 

Gross, The Ideal Guide to London for Visitors and Londoners with Maps of Cinemal
Gross, The Ideal Guide to London for Visitors and Londoners with Maps of Cinemal
Gross, The Ideal Guide to London for Visitors and Londoners with Maps of Cinemal