Central London Removals

Removals, Man and Van, Storage, Office Moves and House Clearance in London and Central London.

The Allen & Young Moving Company are pleased to be able to offer the full range of our London Removals, Packing, Man and Van Hire, Storage, House Clearance and a range of Business Removals Services to all London and Central London Districts and all of the following postcodes: E1, E2, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, N1, NW1, SE1, SW1, SW7, SW3, W1, W2, WC1 and WC2.

Allen and Young are a professional removals company and we carry out all moving and relocation services including household removals, domestic removals, domestic moving, home removals, home moving, house removals, house moving, flat removals, flat moving, apartment removals, studio removals, office removals, business removals, student removals, landlord removals, short notice removals, overseas removals, antique removals, furniture removals, removal vans, light removals, mini moves, mini removals, small removals, small moves, cheap removals, budget removals, quality removals, van removals, part loads, man and van removals, man and van, man and a van, van and man, man and van hire, van and driver, van and driver hire, storage, domestic storage, household storage, business storage, short term storage, long term storage, packing, household packing, delicates packing, house clearance, landlords clearance, landlords disposal, office clearance, probate valuation, rubbish removal, rubbish disposal, furniture disposal, furniture recycling. If you need a removals in the London area, call Allen and Young today.

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About London and Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre and comprises the postal districts E1, E2, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, N1, NW1, SE1, SW1, SW7, SW3, W1, W2, WC1 and WC2. Allen and Young Ltd regularly carry out all moving services including removals, man and van, storage, packing and house clearance in the London area. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London". Central London covers about 10 square miles (26 square kilometres) on both areas of north-south River Thames. Central London can be split into three main sections, the City, the West End, and South Bank. The South Bank stretches over the river from these regions. Allen and Young Ltd carry out all moving services including removals, man and van, storage, packing and house clearance in the London area.

As a starting point in considering what "Central London" means, it is important to recognise that London does not consist of a small high rise core surrounded by a belt of very low density districts. The situation is more complex. The section of London that is of an urban, as opposed to a suburban, character is very extensive, encompassing most of the districts built before 1914. Before World War I, most London housing, including housing in the most expensive districts, was terraced. Low-density suburbs were first built in the early 19th century, but they did not become predominant for another hundred years.

During the 20th century, and especially in the decades after World War II, the size of the fashionable central area of London shrank considerably as the old aristocratic London elite faded away and many members of the middle classes decided that live close to the city centre was no longer appealing. At that time, government planners often had a negative view of urban life as well, and a large amount of housing in central London had been destroyed during World War II. Thus, many members of the working class were induced to move out of the city centre as well, either to suburban developments around London or to new towns further afield. However, since the 1980s, many of these areas have become gentrified, and they are regarded as desirable areas of central London once again. A very large section of urban West London still contains areas which are extremely expensive to live in. These areas are Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Brompton, Kensington, Chelsea, South Kensington, Belgravia, Holland Park, Notting Hill, St John's Wood, Marylebone and Soho.

In 1858 London was divided into postal districts in order to aid the forwarding of mail items. The two most central districts were "EC" - East Central which broadly covered the City of London and "WC" - West Central which covered the area immediately west of there as far as Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road.

When the railways were first constructed in London during the latter 1800s an area of central London was defined by government and railway lines were not permitted to pass beyond it, at least not above ground. The restrictions were relaxed a little and the new, more central, terminals were constructed at Waterloo (replacing Nine Elms), Fenchurch Street (Minories) and Liverpool Street (Bishopsgate). This created the ring of terminal stations which still exists today. The railways were thus instrumental in both enabling the rapid expansion of London and also helped to reinforce the boundary of the central area.

In the late 1970s the population of Greater London was at its lowest level since the 1920s, and "central London" might have included:

City of London
Most of the City of Westminster
Most of Kensington and Chelsea
The section of Camden south of the Euston Road
The section of Islington south of Pentonville Road and City Road

These five districts all contain dense concentrations of characteristically metropolitan activities: major corporate offices; buildings housing the functions of the state; universities; professional institutions; large scale retailing, including department stores; museums, libraries, theatres, concert halls and other important entertainment facilities. They also have a large amount of housing, some of that in the private sector being among the most expensive in the world.

Since 1970s there has been a long term trend for the number of districts in London which can credibly be considered part of "central London" to increase. Some non-residential land uses in London, such as offices and hotels, have become more widely distributed, but these new candidate districts for "central London" status tend to be more residential than the core districts listed above.

The Central London Partnership covers six London boroughs plus the City, the boroughs are: Camden, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark, and Westminster. In December 2005 the London Development Agency published a draft 'Central London Tourism Strategy' covering the Central London Partnership area. It excluded the City of London but said that its 'central importance' would be taken into account as part of the strategy. As about 30 million visitors come to Central London every year, there is now an information provision website www.centrallondon.info dedicated to the needs of tourists and visitors to Central London.

London began on the north bank of the Thames, and its centre of gravity is still strongly on that side of the river, but a wide range of major buildings and facilities have been built south of the river in recent decades. The South Bank and Bankside areas are now accepted as being part of "central London", and some people would include other districts on this side of the river as well.

Although much of the East End of London is completely urban in character, compared to the West End of London it has historically been the poorer side of the city. With extensive redevelopment, social change and rising land values this contrast has been reduced. To the west and north west of the core districts listed above there is a ring of fashionable mainly Victorian and primarily residential districts around all four sides of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, such as Holland Park and Notting Hill. Some people consider all of these districts to be part of "central London". Similar claims would also be made by many for the fashionable north western districts as far out as Hampstead.

Inner London is a defined term meaning that part of Greater London which was part of the County of London and by definition includes all of central London. Use of Inner London in some contexts can carry negative connotations and be used only to describe those inner-city areas affected by poverty, crime, and social problems while Central London carries more prestigious connotations and is used in terms of business, entertainment, tourism and desirable housing. In this context it is suggested that Central London is surrounded by Inner London and not part of it.

It is important to note that unlike in some major cities in the United States and elsewhere, these two faces of urban life are intermingled. There is social housing in almost all of the prestigious central London districts, even Mayfair, and nowadays expensive private housing is often built in poor neighbourhoods where most of the existing occupants live in social housing without these poorer occupants being moved elsewhere. All sorts of people live cheek-by-jowl in London, though often without having much contact with people outside their peer group. Read more...

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