Tuesday, June 10, 2008
| 10 | • London's most famous address is 10 Downing Street, home to the Prime Minister.
• City Hall, seat of the Greater London Authority, has ten levels.
• The Thames Flood Barrier has ten gates, the largest four of which weigh 3700 tonnes each.
• Ten railway bridges have been built across the River Thames in London: Alexandra, Blackfriars, Hungerford, Grosvenor, Battersea, Fulham, Barnes, Kew and Richmond.
• Ten is the lowest number that isn't the first word of a London street name (in either the ordinal or cardinal form).
• The A10 trunk road runs due north from Monument to Kings Lynn.
• Bus route 10 runs from Kings Cross to Hammersmith.
• What's the most famous number in Wimbledon? 10 is. |
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