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As a non British person I would think the center of the city would be some point equidistant centrally between the boundaries of the original roman city wall, i
by walrus01 2y ago
As a non British person I would think the center of the city would be some point equidistant centrally between the boundaries of the original roman city wall, in the square mile, but the actual center of the city seems to have migrated since then.
- dghf 2y ago> I would think the center of the city would be some point equidistant centrally between the boundaries of the original roman city wall That would be the centre of the City, but not necessarily of the city.
- nicoburns 2y agoModern London encompasses two historic settlements (the city of London, and westminster). What is now consider the centre is somewhere between the two. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster
- madeofpalk 2y agoThe center of the city has just as much (or more) to do with vibes than physical geography.
- MrsPeaches 2y agoAnything that is south of the River Thames is considered "South" (prounounced "Souf" in MLE [1]), no matter the actual distance. E.g. Waterloo Station would be considered South London but is actually at the same latitude as Buckingham Palace! Hence why a Londoner would never describe Vauxhall as "Central". Londoners would generally discount any part of this map south of the river from "Central London": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_London#/media/File:Open_street_map_central_london.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_London#/media/File:Ope...