Parks and Streets of London London is a green city with a lot of parks in the centre.0:03
Hyde park is one of the largest parks in central London.0:10
It is open from 5am to 12pm Londoners like to take long walks over its grassy territory in fine weather.0:15
Hyde park is famous for its Speaker's Corner.0:24
It is the place in the park where on Sundays people stand up on boxes or chairs and speak about anything they want.0:27
There are other parks and gardens in the centre of London as well.0:35
Some of them are near Buckingham palace, the London home and office of the British monarch.0:39
When the Queen or the King is in London, they live in Buckingham Palace.0:44
The gardens around the palace have a lake where flamingos live.0:49
London streets are different.0:54
Some of them are wide and long.0:56
Some are narrow and short.0:59
Some of them are very famous and popular with tourists.1:01
For example, Downing street in central London.1:04
The British Prime Minister lives and works here at number 10.1:07
There is usually a policeman outside the front door of number 10.1:11
Oxford street is very famous.1:15
It is an important shopping street.1:18
There are about 300 shops in it.1:20
They say it is the busiest shopping street in Europe.1:23
Oxford street is fairly long, about two and a half kilometres.1:27
There are big and small shops on its both sides.1:31
Whitehall is a busy wide street in central London.1:35
Government buildings and offices are situated there.1:39
It is the political centre of the British capital.1:42
When newspapers write Whitehall, they often mean the British government.1:45
In all streets of London you can see red double decker buses or just double deckers.1:50
They are also a symbol of the city of London.1:56
From the double deckers, visitors to London can see the best of the city.1:58
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