Probably the most convenient way of travelling around London is the Underground or, for short journeys, the bus.

A leaflet explaining the various tickets available can be obtained from London Underground or visit their website www.thetube.com or www.transportforlondon.gov.uk.

London is world renowned for its shopping streets - Oxford street, sloane square, Camden town, High street Kensington, to mention a few.

London has a great variety of shops, markets and department stores. There are also many small general stores in London, especially those catering for ethnic communities with several street markets for inexpensive items.

London has a large number of theatres, cinemas and concert halls catering for all tastes in dance, drama, music and film. With its exotic flavour of ethnicity, this is reflected in the population in London, you visit Chinatown for the taste of the Orient, Southall for the Indian Flavour, the various bars and restaurants across the city. There are many galleries, museums, monuments, churches and other buildings of historic interest that are well worth a visit.
London provides you with an unparalleled opportunity to watch all kinds of sporting activities; for example, there is a number of Premier League football teams in the London area and two county cricket clubs. International matches in just about every sport are held at various venues in London throughout the year.

International students who are not nationals of a European Economic Area (EEA) country and who have in their passports a stamp (commonly called a "restriction" stamp) prohibiting them from "working without the consent of the Secretary of State" are no longer required to obtain permission to work from their local job centre.

Students with a restriction stamp: There is no change to the conditions applying to the hours and types of spare time and vacation work that students may undertake. These are: You are allowed to work up to 20 hours per week during term-time and any number of hours during vacations.