November 16, 2009 - I am about to go to London this weekend.  People seem to get really confused trying to navigatge the London area.  I don't think it is all that difficult. London's vast urban area is often described using a set of district names, such as Bloomsbury, Mayfair, Wembley and Whitechapel. These are either informal designations, reflect the names of villages that have been absorbed by sprawl, or are superseded administrative units such as parishes or former boroughs. Such names have remained in use through tradition, each referring to a local area with its own distinctive character, but without current official boundaries. Since 1965, Greater London has been divided into 32 London boroughs in addition to the ancient City of London. The City of London is the main financial district and Canary Wharf has recently developed into a new financial and commercial hub, in the Docklands to the east.

 My advice to most people is to take the public transit.  It is pretty efficient and super fast.  I like it because I don't like getting lost either.