London
England, United Kingdom · Population 8,799,800
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New: type your postcode to see what is being built near you, and which of it you can still comment on.
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London Tube & Rail Status
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Heat & Air Check
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What's Being Built Near Me?
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Where to Swim in London
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Which Council Am I In?
Cost to Drive into London
Work out what driving into London will cost on a given day — the London-wide ULEZ charge plus the central Congestion Charge, with electric-vehicle and resident discounts.
Street Theft in the West End
How much street theft — phone snatches and pickpocketing — is actually reported around Oxford Circus, Soho and Covent Garden, what helps, and what to do if it happens to you.
Pollen & Air Quality
Today's pollen count for London and how clean the air is, in plain language — updated hourly.
London Flood Watch
Live Environment Agency flood warnings for London, plus the river level on the non-tidal Thames at Kingston and Teddington.
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Changelog
- UpdatedAdded email alerts for new planning applications near you
- New toolShipped a planning-application finder for any London postcode
- UpdatedRe-checked every swimming price — and the Serpentine is shut
- UpdatedCouncil tax now shows the 2026/27 bills, not last year's
- New toolShipped a street-theft board for the West End
- Town updateAdded a sketch of the Hampstead Heath ponds
- New toolLondon: where to swim — the ponds, lidos and the Serpentine
- New toolLondon: a heat & air check with the easier hours named
- New toolAdded an air quality and pollen check for London
- New toolAdded a council tax finder for all 33 London councils
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Other towns on Town Tools near London.
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About these tools
Town Tools builds free, public tools for London and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.