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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A Bakery in Floral Street, Covent Garden (oil painting)
Miller, Alfred
1959
A Bengali family demonstrate for Bangladesh's independence, Trafalgar Square (negative)
Grant, Henry
1971
A Bird's Eye View of Covent Garden Market, Taken from the Hummums (coloured aquatint)
Ackermann, Rudolph, Bluck, J., Rowlandson, Thomas, Pugin, Auguste Charles, Ackermann & Co.
1811-01-01
A Bottle of my tears Shed for you dear (valentine card)
Dobbs Kidd and Company
1860-1880
A Butcher's Boy Racing with a Postman in the Mall (oil painting)
British School, 19th century, British School
1845-1855
A cat and dog's meat shop on Bishops Bridge Road, Paddington (silver gelatin print)
Suschitzky, Wolfgang
1935
A chain of Lilley and Skinner shoe store, Oxford Street (silver gelatin print)
Casparius, Hans
1930
A clash between a policeman and a protestor at a Mosley riot in Trafalgar Square (silver gelatin print)
Collins, Bob
1955-1965
A Communist Rally at the Stoll Theatre (pencil drawing)
Golden, Grace
1944
