Wednesday, June 25, 2008
25 • The M25 motorway nearly encircles London, running 118 miles from Dartford to Thurrock (but not the two miles over the Dartford Crossing). The London Orbital cost £909 million to build and was completed in 1986.
• There are 25 wards in the City of London, each with its own alderman.
• The London Assembly at City Hall has 25 elected Members.
• There are 25 stations on the Bakerloo line.
• The London station with the longest (unbracketed) name is Caledonian Road and Barnsbury, which has 25 characters.
• Bendy bus route 25 runs from Oxford Circus past my house to Ilford.
