City of Westminster
Westminster sits at the heart of London and is the centre of British political life. It’s home to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, where 39 monarchs have been crowned.
Tourists flock to landmarks like Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Covent Garden’s shops and theatres. Then there’s the dilemma of whether to take tea at the Ritz, dim sum in Chinatown – or maybe a pint in one of Soho’s many pubs?
Composer George Frideric Handel wrote Messiah in Mayfair, next door to where rock legend Jimi Hendrix would live some 200 years later. Two miles away is Abbey Road Studios, and the zebra crossing made famous by The Beatles.
And yet with all that heritage, Westminster never sits still – a key example of London’s way of respecting its past while embracing the future.
The Palace of Westminster from Westminster Bridge
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The Savoy Palace & Hospital
How a magnificent medieval manor became a Tudor hospital for the poor – and then fell into ruins
Hyde Park: Where London gathers to celebrate & protest
There’s history at every turn at the home of Speakers’ Corner and the Serpentine
Lundenwic: The other medieval London
When Roman London was abandoned, a new settlement sprang up beyond the walls
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Men stand outside Williams and Co Menswear on the corner of Charing Cross Road (negative)
Grant, Henry
1951-04
Leicester Square (line engraving)
Nicholls, Sutton, Bowles, John
C. 1731
