Why is London also known as greater London?

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rhodent

"Greater" in front of any city name refers to the entire metropolitan area as opposed to just the city itself. For example, "Greater Washington" includes not just Washington, D.C. but also Arlington, Alexandria, Rockville, Bethesda, etc. However, whereas the definition of some "Greater ______" areas may not be well-defined (does Greater Washington include Gaithersburg? What about Upper Marlboro?), "Greater London" is defined as consisting of two cities (London and Westminster) and thirty-one other boroughs.

The actual City of London is very small -- only about a square mile in size, and with a population of under eight thousand. By contrast, Greater London is over 600 square miles in size and roughly seven and a half million people. Many of the landmarks that are "in London" are in Greater London but not the City of London. For example, Harrod's is in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Westerminster Abbey is in the City of Westminster, and Heathrow is located in the Borough of Hillingdon. As a general rule, when someone refers to London, they are referring to Greater London, not the City of London. When the need arises to refer to the City of London, it is generally referred to as the "City of London" or simply "the City".

Also, it should be noted that due to sprawl, the London metropolitan area now expands beyond the thirty-three cities and boroughs officially designated as "Greater London".

scoob

"London" refers to the inner city, but "Greater London" includes all of the suburbs n' stuff (I think).

celtish

It's like the difference between Manchester and Greater Manchester. Urban sprawl.

old lady

London used to be a small city, then it gradually began absorbing the surrounding cities, which are now recognized as distgricts within Greater London. That's happened to most large cities over the years.

Kraig A

Greater London is not a city in that it does not have official city status granted by the Crown. This is because one of the London boroughs, Westminster, is officially a city, as well as the City of London itself which would make such a status anomalous. Despite this, Greater London is commonly regarded as a city in the general sense of a municipality. A Lord Lieutenant of Greater London is appointed for its area, less the City of London; an area identical to the Metropolitan Police District; and for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 this area is defined as a county.

The term "London" is normally used in reference to Greater London or to the overall conurbation, but not often to the ancient, tiny City of London in east central London. Instead, this small area is often referred to simply as "the City" or "the Square Mile" and it forms the main financial district. Archaically the urbanised area of London was known as the Metropolis. In common usage, the terms 'London' and 'Greater London' are usually used interchangeably to refer to the conurbation.

It is officially divided for some purposes, with varying definitions, into Inner London and Outer London. For strategic planning purposes the region is divided into five sub regions.

:-) hope that makes sense.... I got it from the Internet for you!

nemesis114

London itself is a collection of towns that have become joined as they expanded.

The actual City of London is the one square mile containing the financial institutions.

nothing.better.to.do.x

It includes the city of London (financial bit) and all the boroughs around it.

Tony

central london is regarding the city and greater london means the whole of!!!

Babs

London is a very large city.

You have the City of London, which is a square mile that encompasses The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch and West minsterAbbey. It was the original London.

Over many centuries the city has grown, like all cities. Its suburbs became known as Greater London in the 1960s when the Greater London Council was set up.

SCG

'coz people live in london are great.

prettygal32002

coz its huge......... and its greater than mmmm swindon..
greater as in big,not good/great.

`dYaN`

bcoz there's another London in the world

London, Ontario, Canada is smaller than London, England..

i think.. ^_^

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