Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Naming conventions

Geographic

See also: WP:UKCITIES, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names), and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (settlements)

• Localities: when the only locality with the name is in London (or if the London locality has primacy of meaning) the article should just be called Bethnal Green
  • If it needs to be disambiguated with another article the suffix ", London" should be added e.g. Wimbledon, London
  • In rare cases where two localities within London shares the same name, the suffix should be the borough e.g. Hayes, Bromley and Hayes, Hillingdon
  • Postal geography (post towns, postcode districts etc.) are not used for article naming or disambiguation

• Boroughs: Official full names should be used in all articles which refer to London boroughs e.g. London Borough of Croydon, List of people from the London Borough of Croydon, etc. Many boroughs are named for localities within the borough (eg. Lewisham, Bexley, Ealing) and this naming style avoids ambiguity.
  • Special cases: City of London, City of Westminster, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Buildings, structures, things...

See also: WP:COMMONNAME

• We should use common names of persons and things e.g. London Zoo and Palace of Westminster
  • Where disambiguation is required "(London)" or ", London" is used as a suffix e.g. Hyde Park, London and City Hall (London)

Transport

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Manual of style

• Bus routes: as London Buses route 1
• Underground lines: as Piccadilly line or, where disambiguation is required, Circle line (London Underground)
• Stations:

Served by	suffix	Example
National Rail only (this includes Elizabeth line and London Overground)	railway station	Fenchurch Street railway station
		Woolwich railway station
		Hackney Wick railway station
		Romford railway station
London Underground only	tube station	Aldgate East tube station
Tramlink only	tram stop	Addiscombe tram stop
DLR only	DLR station	Westferry DLR station
Any combination of the above	station	Stratford station

• Large articles about important hub stations may be split out so Charing Cross station becomes Charing Cross railway station and Charing Cross tube station
• Stations that require disambiguation with other stations outside London gain the suffix (London) such as Reedham railway station (London) and Sutton railway station (London)
• An exception, if they require disambiguation, central area terminal stations are prefixed "London", such as London Victoria station
• In rare cases where there is more than one station in London with the same name the borough is added as a suffix such as Belmont railway station (Harrow) and Belmont railway station (Sutton)

Lists

• Lists covering all of London use the form "List of X in London" e.g. List of political parties in London
  • If broken down by borough it takes the form "List of X in the London Borough of Y", e.g. List of schools in the London Borough of Barnet
  • 'London Borough' becomes 'City' for Westminster and 'Royal Borough' for Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Kingston upon Thames
• "London" is used in preference to "Greater London", except where it is specifically the local government area, less the City of London:
  • e.g. List of electoral wards in Greater London and Category:Councillors in Greater London
  • "Greater London" is used for List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London because that is the nomenclature used ("areas of search")

Categories

• Categories covering all of London use the form "Category:X of/in London" e.g. and
  • If broken down by borough it takes the form "Category:X of/in the London Borough of " e.g.
  • 'London Borough' becomes 'City' for Westminster and 'Royal Borough' for Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Kingston upon Thames