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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Gertie Millar: An Edwardian musical comedy icon
A leading lady on the London stage in the early 1900s
The history of the BBC
The world-famous BBC made its first radio broadcast from London over 100 years ago
How London Pride began
And the campaign for LGBTQ+ rights gained momentum in the 1970s
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Houses of Parliament from Lambeth Pier (gelatin silver print)
Reid, George Davison
1920-1933
