The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End

The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. It also includes most of its major theatres, and indeed the term "West End" has become synonymous with London's commercial theatre (see West End theatre). Colloquially and symbolically, the West End can be seen as one of three poles in central London: the City for finance (and to a lesser extent business in general), Westminster for government (Whitehall and Parliament), and the West End for entertainment and retail. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2916x1876, 2245 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): London Covent Garden Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2916x1876, 2245 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): London Covent Garden Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ... “Houses of Parliament” redirects here. ...

Location

Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus in 1949

Located to the west of the historic Roman and Mediaeval City of London, the West End was long favoured by the rich elite as a place of residence because it was usually upwind of the smoke drifting from the crowded City. It was also located close to the royal seat of power at Westminster, and is largely contained within the City of Westminster (one of the 32 London boroughs). Developed in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was originally built as a series of palaces, expensive town houses, fashionable shops and places of entertainment. The areas closest to the City around Holborn, Seven Dials and Covent Garden historically contained poorer communities that were cleared and redeveloped in the nineteenth century. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 551 pixelsFull resolution (3500 × 2409 pixel, file size: 10. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 551 pixelsFull resolution (3500 × 2409 pixel, file size: 10. ... Shaftesbury Avenue is a major London street, named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, that runs in a north-easterly direction from Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, crossing Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... The City of Westminster is a borough of London, England with city status. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ... The Seven Dials sundial pillar, 2004. ... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ...

The name "West End" is a flexible term with different meanings in different contexts. It may refer to the entertainment district around Leicester Square and Covent Garden; to the shopping district centred on Oxford Street, Regent Street, and Bond Street (but the geographically distinct shopping district around Knightsbridge would also be counted as "West End Shopping" by some); or, less commonly, to the whole of that part of Central London (itself an area with no generally agreed boundaries) which lies to the west of the City of London. It is one of two international centres identified in the London Plan; the other is Knightsbridge. Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ... Oxford Street, with Centre Point in the background Oxford Street in 1875, looking west from the junction with Duke Street. ... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... An arcade in Old Bond Street Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ...

One of the local government wards within the City of Westminster is called "West End". It is bounded by the City of London to the east, the Thames to the south east, Horseferry Road and Victoria Street to the south, Grosvenor Place to the west and Piccadilly and Long Acre to the north. [1] This is quite a narrow boundary. However, in the United Kingdom, ward boundaries are generally only familiar to people involved in local politics and administration, and this ward carries little weight as an "official" definition of the West End, and is not intended to do so. A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... The City of Westminster is a borough of London, England with city status. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames... Victoria Street is the name of several streets in various countries: In Australia: Victoria Street, Sydney, New South Wales Victoria Street, Melbourne, Victoria In Singapore: Victoria Street In the United Kingdom: Victoria Street, London, England In the United States: Victoria Street, Carson, California See also: List of places named after... Grosvenor Place may refer to: Grosvenor Place (Sydney), an office building in the CBD Grosvenor Place (London), an area in the City of Westminster Category: ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... Long Acre is a street in central London, England. ...

Activities

Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket, home to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera.

Taking a fairly broad definition of the West End, the area contains the main concentrations of most of London's metropolitan activities apart from financial services, which are concentrated primarily in the City of London. There are major concentrations of the following buildings and activities in the West End: ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 750 KB) Her Majesty’s Theatre in The Haymarket, London, England, home (as at June 2005) to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 750 KB) Her Majesty’s Theatre in The Haymarket, London, England, home (as at June 2005) to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. ... A perfomance at Opera House, Haymarket, predecessor of Her Majestys Theatre in circa 1808. ... This article is about a street in London, England. ...

• Art galleries and museums
• Company headquarters outside the financial services sector (although London's many hedge funds are based mainly in the West End)
• Educational institutions
• Embassies
• Government buildings (mainly around Whitehall)
• Hotels
• Institutes, learned societies and think tanks
• Legal institutions
• Media establishments
• Places of entertainment: theatres; cinemas; nightclubs; bars and restaurants
• Shops

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Districts in the West End

Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner.

Using the broadest definition, these are the inner districts of the West End, which were all developed by about 1815: Image File history File links Trafalgarsquarecolumnandfountains. ... Image File history File links Trafalgarsquarecolumnandfountains. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...

• Bloomsbury
• Covent Garden
• Fitzrovia
• Holborn
• Marylebone
• Mayfair
• Seven Dials
• Soho
• St. James's
• Westminster

The districts to the south, north and west of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens were developed between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the late 19th century, in some cases based on existing villages. The more fashionable of them were generally regarded as being in the West End at that time, but the extension of the term to these areas west of Park Lane is less common nowadays. The last two listed especially are fringe cases: The Bloomsbury, a corner pub Bloomsbury is an area of central London, in the Borough of Camden, named after early landowner William de Blemund who acquired the land in 1201. ... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ... Fitzrovia is an area of central London. ... Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... The Seven Dials sundial pillar, 2004. ... Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... St Jamess is an area of west central London, England. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... See also Kensington Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. ... Combatants Austria[1] Portugal Prussia[1] Russia[2] Sicily  Spain[3]  Sweden United Kingdom[4] French Empire Holland Italy Naples [5] Duchy of Warsaw Bavaria[6] Saxony[7] Denmark-Norway [8] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack von Leiberich João Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun Gebhard von... Park Lane is a major road in Central London, England. ...

• Knightsbridge
• Belgravia
• Pimlico
• Chelsea
• South Kensington
• Bayswater
• Paddington
• Notting Hill
• Holland Park

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Famous streets in the West End

• Albemarle Street
• Baker Street
• Bond Street
• Carnaby Street
• Charing Cross Road
• Gower Street
• Great Marlborough Street
• Great Portland Street
• Harley Street
• Haymarket
• High Holborn
• Kingsway
• Old Compton Street
• Oxford Street
• Park Lane
• Piccadilly
• Regent Street
• Shaftesbury Avenue
• The Strand
• Tottenham Court Road
• Wardour Street

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Notable squares and circuses in the West End

Marble Arch

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• Berkeley Square
• Cambridge Circus
• Grosvenor Square
• Hyde Park Corner
• Leicester Square
• Manchester Square
• Marble Arch
• Oxford Circus
• Piccadilly Circus
• Russell Square
• Soho Square
• St Giles' Circus
• Trafalgar Square

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See also

• Theatreland

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Transport

London Underground Stations in the West End The London Underground is a transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ...

• Baker Street
• Bond Street
• Charing Cross
• Covent Garden
• Embankment
• Goodge Street
• Great Portland Street
• Green Park
• Holborn
• Hyde Park Corner
• Leicester Square
• Marble Arch
• Oxford Circus
• Piccadilly Circus
• Regent's Park
• Temple
• Tottenham Court Road
• Warren Street
• Westminster

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• Charing Cross Station.

External links

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• Shop West End London Official website of London's New West End with information on events, shops, opening times, parking, congestion charging, safety and links to the represented Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street.
• New West End BID New West End Company is a business led partnership working to create a more profitable trading environment for the West End’s three famous shopping Streets – Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street. The Company was formally established as a Business Improvement District (BID) on 4 April 2005 for an initial three-year period.
• London's West End Theatres Information and archive material on London's historic West End Theatres.
• Some Old Postcards of London's West End

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