While too many places across the world map are literally burning, London is just, so far, hotting up.

 Although we talk about the ‘heat island’ of London, some parts are hotter than others. A new heat map has revealed which London boroughs trap the most heat and, unsurprisingly, it’s the areas with the fewest green spaces and trees that are the warmest – up to five degrees warmer during UK’s hottest days.

The area covered by the Bloomsbury Squares is noticeably less ‘red’ on the heat map than the neighbouring area of the city. It’s no surprise that the Regents and Hyde Park areas are even cooler.

The map, created by climate organisation Friends of the Earth and map experts TerraSulis, is said to be the first time the cooling ability of green space and trees in urban areas has been properly visualised.