Interesting facts about London

Did you know this about London? - Here are a few facts that might make your stay in London and at Boutique London Lets even more interesting.

• The well known Marble Arch was originally built as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, but was never used. There is actually a tiny police station inside it that is no longer in use nowadays. 

• The Houses of Parliament also known as the Palace of Westminster, has over 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases and 5 km of corridors.

• It takes 61 seconds to open Tower Bridge, which opens 1,000 times a year. 

• If London was a country, it would be the 8th biggest in Europe

• There are more languages spoken in London than in any other city in the world. 

• The London Eye has 32 pods and each of them represents one of the London boroughs 

• There are no roads in the city square mile, only streets, places, gardens and courts