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[19 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

The distance between London and Sydney is 10,560 miles or 17,000km.
Flight time between the two places is over 20 hours and can take up to 23 hours depending upon flight route.
Here are a few funny website about some of the unique ways people have travelled the London to Sydney route:
www.flymicro.com/
www.cyclesydneylondon.com/

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[19 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

The legal drinking age in London is 18 years and above. It is a good idea to take ID with you when drinking in London as most places may ask if you look younger.
Also the government recently introduced a new policy called ‘challenge 21’, which depending on who old you are and how you like at it may offer you or be seen as a compliment.
Basically it means that any establishment selling alcohol who suspects a customer may be under 21 years of age should request to see …

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[19 Dec 2008 | One Comment | ]

Apparently there are lots of places to go fishing in London. As I am no expert of where to fish in London, I will leave the advice to people who seem to be…
Here are some good looking fishing in London links I found online:
Fishing in London at www.fishing.co.uk
http://www.fishing.co.uk/
Go Fishing in London www.go-fish.co.uk
http://www.go-fish.co.uk/
Fishing in and around London www.ongopongo.com
http://www.ongopongo.com/
Fly fishing near central London www.goflyfishing.co.uk.com
http://www.goflyfishinguk.com/
Fishing and Angling Equipment in London
http://www.zettai.net/

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[18 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

If you mean Alexandra Palace then it’s in North London. The nearest tube (underground) station is Wood Green and you get either walk or get the bus from there. The place is on top of a hill nearby in a green area.

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Alexandra Palace boasts the best fireworks in London and is supposedly the biggest and best display the capital has to offer. You can also see fireworks in London at Victoria Park in East London, which is closest to Bethnal Green tube station.
Fireworks in London are usually accompanied …

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[18 Dec 2008 | One Comment | ]

This is a very broad question that depends on what you are looking for here are a few highlights relating to places in London which I have recently visited that were much better than expected:
BFI IMAX
http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Although a little more expensive than standards cinemas (tickets around £13) the IMAX on London’s Southbank is simply breathtaking with a screen over 20 metres high! (nearly the height of five double-decker buses)
Shunt Nightclub
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/
Shunt is a great nightclub hidden away under/inside London Bridge Station. This is a perfect example of the kind of place you …

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[18 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

A selection of maps of London can be found easily online. The Transport For London website has a selection of maps relating to travelling around London these can be found here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/
These maps are mainly for Tube, Underground, National Rail and DLR (Docklands Light Railway) information but can also help to find your way around London.
http://maps.google.co.uk/
Google maps will also give you a lot of information about London and various other sites online will offer maps of London, here just a few of the sites I found:
1. http://www.multimap.com/
2. http://www.londondaytours.com/
3. http://www.mapquest.com/
4. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
5. http://www.maps-of-london.com/
At every tube or train …

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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

Here is a little clock of the time and date in London.
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The time zone in London is GMT/UTC 0. Daylight saving occurs on the Sunday in March and daylight saving ends on the last Sunday in October.
This means that clocks go forward in Spring (add an hour in March) and clocks go back (minus an hour in October) in Autumn. The clocks going forward is called British Summer Time and the clocks going back …

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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

The distance from oxford to London is 60 miles according to Google Maps.
The main train route from Oxford to London leaves from Oxford Station and arrives in London Paddington, the distance between the two stations is 57 miles and an average journey time is just under an hour.
You can also travel from Oxford to London on the bus which will take longer, and journey time can range from 1 hour and 40 minutes to just over two hours (these times are based on travelling from Oxford Bus Station to London …