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id="toc-City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>City and Liberty of Westminster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Metropolitan Borough of Westminster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Royal_seat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_seat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Royal seat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_seat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medieval_and_Tudor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medieval_and_Tudor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Medieval and Tudor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medieval_and_Tudor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Victorian_divide" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Victorian_divide"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Victorian divide</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Victorian_divide-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wider_uses_of_the_name" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wider_uses_of_the_name"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Wider uses of the name</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wider_uses_of_the_name-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="وستمنستر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="وستمنستر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestminster" title="Vestminster – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vestminster" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="وست‌مینستر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="وست‌مینستر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Вэстмінстэр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вэстмінстэр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Уестминстър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уестминстър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(Ciutat_de_Westminster)" title="Westminster (Ciutat de Westminster) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Westminster (Ciutat de Westminster)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(London)" title="Westminster (London) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Westminster (London)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Ουέστμινστερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ουέστμινστερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="وست‌مینستر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وست‌مینستر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(wyk)" title="Westminster (wyk) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Westminster (wyk)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%AF%BC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0" title="웨스트민스터 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="웨스트민스터" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%A9%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վեսթմինսթեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վեսթմինսթեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="वेस्टमिंस्टर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वेस्टमिंस्टर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8" title="וסטמינסטר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וסטמינסטר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="უესტმინსტერი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="უესტმინსტერი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Вестминстер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Вестминстер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Вестминстер – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Вестминстер" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Westminster" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ვესტმინსტერი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ვესტმინსტერი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="ويستمينستر – 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0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Westminster</th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster,_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Westminster%2C_2023.jpg/240px-Westminster%2C_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Westminster%2C_2023.jpg/360px-Westminster%2C_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Westminster%2C_2023.jpg/480px-Westminster%2C_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div>The <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.58 mi (0.9 km) <a href="/wiki/Points_of_the_compass" title="Points of the compass">NEbE</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">London borough</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">Westminster</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">London</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Ambulance_Service" title="London Ambulance Service">London</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td 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.hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_London" title="List of places in London">London</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Westminster&params=51_29_41_N_00_08_07_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°29′41″N</span> <span class="longitude">00°08′07″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.49472°N 0.13528°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.49472; -0.13528</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Westminster</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral" title="Westminster Cathedral">cathedral</a> <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city</a> and the main settlement of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">the London Borough of the City of Westminster</a> in <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">Central</a> <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England. It extends from the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> to <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a> and has many famous landmarks, including the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral" title="Westminster Cathedral">Westminster Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> and much of the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a> cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of <a href="/wiki/West_End_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="West End Theatre">West End Theatre</a>. </p><p>The name (<a href="/wiki/Old_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old English language">Old English</a>: <i lang="ang">Westmynstre</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originated from the informal description of the <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">abbey</a> church and <a href="/wiki/Royal_peculiar" title="Royal peculiar">royal peculiar</a> of St Peter's (Westminster Abbey), west of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> (until the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a> there was also an <a href="/wiki/Eastminster" title="Eastminster">Eastminster</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End of London</a>). The abbey's origins date from between the 7th and 10th centuries, but it rose to national prominence when rebuilt by <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a> in the 11th century. Westminster has been the home of <a href="/wiki/Governance_of_England" title="Governance of England">England's government</a> since about 1200, and from 1707 the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>. In 1539, it became a city. </p><p>Westminster is often used as a <a href="/wiki/Metonymy" title="Metonymy">metonym</a> to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>, which sits in the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physical_geography">Physical geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Physical geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster" title="City and Liberty of Westminster">City and Liberty of Westminster</a> and other historical Westminster administrative units (except the broader modern <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>, a London Borough created in 1965) extended from the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Highway_(Roman_Britain)" title="Devil's Highway (Roman Britain)">old Roman road</a> from the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City</a> to western England, which is now locally called <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a>. </p> <div class="noresize thumb tleft" style=";"> <div class="thumbinner" style="overflow:hidden;width:197px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="height:177px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; background-color:white;"> <div style=";left:-240px; top:-355px; width:1000px; position:absolute;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LondonBeforeHouses.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Westminster before urbanisation. The Roman road (modern Oxford Street) is shown at top running west."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/LondonBeforeHouses.jpg/1000px-LondonBeforeHouses.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="946" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/LondonBeforeHouses.jpg/1500px-LondonBeforeHouses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/LondonBeforeHouses.jpg/2000px-LondonBeforeHouses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2342" data-file-height="2216" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align:left; background-color:transparent; line-height:110%;"> <p>{{{annotations}}} </p> </div> <div style="visibility:hidden"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:LondonBeforeHouses.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/LondonBeforeHouses.jpg/1000px-LondonBeforeHouses.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="946" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/LondonBeforeHouses.jpg/1500px-LondonBeforeHouses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/LondonBeforeHouses.jpg/2000px-LondonBeforeHouses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2342" data-file-height="2216" /></a></span></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:LondonBeforeHouses.jpg" title="File:LondonBeforeHouses.jpg"> </a></div>Westminster before urbanisation. The Roman road (modern <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a>) is shown at top running west.</div> </div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Thorney_Island_(Westminster)" title="Thorney Island (Westminster)">Thorney Island</a> lay between the arms of the former <a href="/wiki/River_Tyburn" title="River Tyburn">River Tyburn</a> at its confluence with the Thames, while the western boundary with Chelsea was formed by the similarly lost <a href="/wiki/River_Westbourne" title="River Westbourne">River Westbourne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line of the river still forms (with very slight revisions) the boundaries of the modern borough with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png/220px-Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png/330px-Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png/440px-Westminster_Civil_Parish_Map_1870.png 2x" data-file-width="8153" data-file-height="5384" /></a><figcaption>Parishes and Places of the City and Liberty of Westminster. The lower <a href="/wiki/River_Westbourne" title="River Westbourne">Westbourne</a> formed part of the western boundary, and <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a> the north.</figcaption></figure> <p>Further north, away from the river mouth, Westminster included land on both sides of the Westbourne, notably <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a> (including the parts of Hyde Park west of the <a href="/wiki/Serpentine_(lake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpentine (lake)">Serpentine</a> lake (originally formed by damming the river) and most of Kensington Gardens). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Localities">Localities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westminster includes the sub-districts of <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s" title="St James's">St James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayfair" title="Mayfair">Mayfair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pimlico" title="Pimlico">Pimlico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_London" title="Victoria, London">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgravia" title="Belgravia">Belgravia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a> (shared with neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a>). </p><p>The former City of Westminster merged with the neighbouring boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Paddington" title="Paddington">Paddington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marylebone" title="Marylebone">Marylebone</a> in 1965 to form a larger modern borough. These neighbouring areas (except for a small area of Paddington in part of Kensington Gardens), lie north of <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a> and its westward continuation, Bayswater Road. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_spaces">Open spaces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Open spaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district's open spaces include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gardens" title="Kensington Gardens">Kensington Gardens</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Park" title="Green Park">Green Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_at_Buckingham_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden at Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Park" title="St James's Park">St James's Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins_and_administration">Origins and administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Origins and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The development of the area began with the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> on a site then called <a href="/wiki/Thorney_Island_(Westminster)" title="Thorney Island (Westminster)">Thorney Island</a>. The site may have been chosen because of the <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street#Westminster_ford" title="Watling Street">natural ford</a> which is thought to have carried <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a> over the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">Thames</a> in the vicinity.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wider district became known as Westminster in reference to the church. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legendary_origin">Legendary origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legendary origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legendary origin<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is that in the early 7th century, a local fisherman named Edric (or Aldrich) ferried a stranger in tattered foreign clothing over the Thames to <a href="/wiki/Thorney_Island_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thorney Island (London)">Thorney Island</a>. It was a miraculous appearance of <a href="/wiki/St_Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter">St Peter</a>, a fisherman himself, coming to the island to <a href="/wiki/Consecration" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecration">consecrate</a> the newly built church, which later developed into <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>. He rewarded Edric with a bountiful catch when he next dropped his nets. Edric was instructed to present the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A6berht_of_Essex" title="Sæberht of Essex">king</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mellitus" title="Mellitus">St. Mellitus, Bishop of London</a>, with a salmon and various proofs that the consecration had already occurred. Every year on 29 June, St Peter's Day, the <a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Fishmongers" title="Worshipful Company of Fishmongers">Worshipful Company of Fishmongers</a> presents the Abbey with a salmon in memory of this event.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recorded_origin">Recorded origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Recorded origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A charter of 785, possibly a forgery, grants land to <i>the needy people of God in Thorney, in the dreadful spot which is called Westminster</i>. The text suggests a pre-existing monastic community who chose to live in a very challenging location. </p><p>The recorded origins of the Abbey (rather than a less important religious site) date to the 960s or early 970s, when <a href="/wiki/Saint_Dunstan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Dunstan">Saint Dunstan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edgar_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar of England">King Edgar</a> installed a community of <a href="/wiki/Benedictine" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monks</a> on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-wpage_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1042 and 1052, King <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a> began rebuilding St Peter's Abbey to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was the first church in England built in the <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> style. The building was completed around 1060 and was consecrated on 28 December 1065, only a week before Edward's death on 5 January 1066.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later, he was buried in the church; and, nine years later, his wife <a href="/wiki/Edith_of_Wessex" title="Edith of Wessex">Edith</a> was buried alongside him.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His successor, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Godwinson" title="Harold Godwinson">Harold II</a>, was probably crowned in the abbey, although the first documented coronation is that of <a href="/wiki/William_the_Conqueror" title="William the Conqueror">William the Conqueror</a> later the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BayeuxTapestryScene26.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BayeuxTapestryScene26.jpg/370px-BayeuxTapestryScene26.jpg" decoding="async" width="370" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BayeuxTapestryScene26.jpg/555px-BayeuxTapestryScene26.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/BayeuxTapestryScene26.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="357" /></a><figcaption>St Peter's Abbey at the time of King <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a>’s funeral, depicted in the <a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The only extant depiction of Edward's abbey, together with the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, is in the <a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a>. Some of the lower parts of the monastic dormitory, an extension of the south transept, survive in the Norman Undercroft of the Great School, including a door said to come from the previous <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Saxon</a> abbey. Increased endowments supported a community that increased from a dozen monks in Dunstan's original foundation, up to a maximum of about eighty monks.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/220px-Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/330px-Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/440px-Westminster_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1265" data-file-height="886" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster" title="Metropolitan Borough of Westminster">Metropolitan Borough of Westminster</a> was almost co-terminous with the older <a href="/wiki/City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster" title="City and Liberty of Westminster">City and Liberty of Westminster</a>, with ancient Oxford Street as the northern boundary.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parish_of_Westminster_St_Margaret">Parish of Westminster St Margaret</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Parish of Westminster St Margaret"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg/220px-John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg/330px-John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg/440px-John_Norden%27s_Map_of_Westminster_Large_version.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3050" data-file-height="2120" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Norden" title="John Norden">John Norden</a>'s map of Westminster (1593)</figcaption></figure> <p>Most of the parishes of Westminster originated as daughter parishes of <a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_Margaret_and_St_John#Governance" title="Westminster St Margaret and St John">St Margaret's parish</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster" title="City and Liberty of Westminster">City and Liberty of Westminster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>. The exceptions to this were <a href="/wiki/St_Clement_Danes" title="St Clement Danes">St Clement Danes</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_le_Strand" title="St Mary le Strand">St Mary le Strand</a> and possibly some other small areas. </p><p>The ancient parish was <a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_Margaret_and_St_John" title="Westminster St Margaret and St John">St Margaret</a>; after 1727 this became the civil parish of 'St Margaret and St John', the latter a new church required for the increasing population. The area around Westminster Abbey formed the extra-parochial <a href="/wiki/Close_of_the_Collegiate_Church_of_St_Peter" title="Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter">Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter</a>. Like many large parishes, Westminster was divided into smaller units called <i><a href="/wiki/Civil_Parish#sub-divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Parish">Hamlets</a></i> (meaning a territorial sub-division, rather than a small village). These would later become independent daughter parishes. </p><p>Until 1900 the local authority was the combined <a href="/wiki/Vestry" title="Vestry">vestry</a> of St Margaret and St John (also known as the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_District_Board_of_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster District Board of Works">Westminster District Board of Works</a> from 1855 to 1887), which was based at <a href="/wiki/Caxton_Hall" title="Caxton Hall">Westminster Town Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Caxton_Street" title="Caxton Street">Caxton Street</a> from 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster">City and Liberty of Westminster</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: City and Liberty of Westminster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Liberty of Westminster, governed by the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Court_of_Burgesses" title="Westminster Court of Burgesses">Westminster Court of Burgesses</a>, also included <a href="/wiki/St_Martin_in_the_Fields_(parish)" title="St Martin in the Fields (parish)">St Martin in the Fields</a> and several other <a href="/wiki/City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster#Constituent_parishes_and_other_areas" title="City and Liberty of Westminster">parishes and places</a>. Westminster had its own <a href="/wiki/Quarter_sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter sessions">quarter sessions</a>, but the Middlesex sessions also had jurisdiction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster">Metropolitan Borough of Westminster</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Metropolitan Borough of Westminster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_City_Hall,_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Westminster_City_Hall%2C_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg/220px-Westminster_City_Hall%2C_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Westminster_City_Hall%2C_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg/330px-Westminster_City_Hall%2C_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Westminster_City_Hall%2C_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg/440px-Westminster_City_Hall%2C_Victoria_Street_SW1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1284668.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Westminster_City_Hall" title="Westminster City Hall">Westminster City Hall</a>, completed in 1965</figcaption></figure> <p>Under local government reforms in 1889, the area fell within the newly created <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a>, and the local government of Westminster was further reformed in 1900, when the court of burgesses and the parish vestries were abolished and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster" title="Metropolitan Borough of Westminster">Metropolitan Borough of Westminster</a>. The borough was given <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> at the same time, allowing it to be known as the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> and its council as <a href="/wiki/Westminster_City_Council" title="Westminster City Council">Westminster City Council</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/City_and_Liberty_of_Westminster" title="City and Liberty of Westminster">City and Liberty of Westminster</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster" title="Metropolitan Borough of Westminster">Metropolitan Borough of Westminster</a> were very similar in extent, covering the parts of the wider modern <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> south of the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a>, and its continuations Hyde Park Place. The exception is that part of <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gardens" title="Kensington Gardens">Kensington Gardens</a>, south of that road, are part of <a href="/wiki/Paddington" title="Paddington">Paddington</a>. </p><p>Westminster merged with St Marylebone and Paddington in 1965, but the combined area was allowed to keep the title <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>For a list of street name etymologies for Westminster see <a href="/wiki/Street_names_of_Westminster" title="Street names of Westminster">Street names of Westminster</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_seat">Royal seat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Royal seat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="B&W photo of Westminster from the air" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg/420px-Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="420" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg/630px-Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg/840px-Bird_Eye_Pictures_of_London_Westminster_in_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="494" /></a><figcaption>Bird's-eye view of Westminster and the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in 1909</figcaption></figure> <p>The former <a href="/wiki/Thorney_Island_(Westminster)" title="Thorney Island (Westminster)">Thorney Island</a>, the site of <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, formed the historic core of Westminster. The abbey became the traditional venue of the <a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">coronations</a> of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs" title="List of English monarchs">kings and queens of England</a> from that of <a href="/wiki/Harold_Godwinson" title="Harold Godwinson">Harold Godwinson</a> (1066) onwards. </p><p>From about 1200 the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, near the abbey, became the principal royal residence, a transition marked by the transfer of royal treasury and financial records to Westminster from <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a>. Later the palace housed the developing <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">England's law courts</a>. Thus, London developed two focal points: the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> (financial/economic) and Westminster (political and cultural). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarchy">monarchs</a> moved their principal residence to the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Whitehall" title="Palace of Whitehall">Palace of Whitehall</a> (1530–1698), then to <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Palace" title="St James's Palace">St James's Palace</a> in 1698, and eventually to <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> and other palaces after 1762. The main law courts moved to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Courts_of_Justice" title="Royal Courts of Justice">Royal Courts of Justice</a> in the late-19th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_and_Tudor">Medieval and Tudor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Medieval and Tudor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The settlement grew up around the palace and abbey, as a service area for them. The parish church, <a href="/wiki/St_Margaret%27s,_Westminster" title="St Margaret's, Westminster">St Margaret's Westminster</a> served the wider community of the parish; the servants of the palace and abbey as well as the rural population and those associated with the high status homes developing on the road from the city. The area became larger and in the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian</a> period became connected through urban <a href="/wiki/Ribbon_development" title="Ribbon development">ribbon development</a> with the City along the Strand. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a> in the early 16th century abolished the abbey and established a cathedral – thus the parish ranked as a "City", although it was only a fraction of the size of the City of London and the Borough of <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a> at that time. </p><p>Indeed, the cathedral and diocesan status of the church lasted only from 1539 to 1556, but the "city" status remained for a mere parish within Middlesex. As such it is first known to have had two Members of Parliament in 1545 as a new <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Borough">Parliamentary Borough</a>, centuries after the City of London and Southwark were enfranchised.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emanuel_Hospital,_Westminster,_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Emanuel_Hospital%2C_Westminster%2C_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg/220px-Emanuel_Hospital%2C_Westminster%2C_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Emanuel_Hospital%2C_Westminster%2C_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg/330px-Emanuel_Hospital%2C_Westminster%2C_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Emanuel_Hospital%2C_Westminster%2C_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg/440px-Emanuel_Hospital%2C_Westminster%2C_1890_by_Philip_Norman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Emanuel Hospital, Westminster, 1890 by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Norman_(artist)" title="Philip Norman (artist)">Philip Norman</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The growing Elizabethan city had a High Constable, Bailiff, Town Clerk, and a keeper of the ponds.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victorian_divide">Victorian divide</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Victorian divide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg/255px-Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg/383px-Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg/510px-Booth_map_of_Westminster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Part of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Booth_(philanthropist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Booth (philanthropist)">Charles Booth</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Poverty_map" title="Poverty map">poverty map</a> showing Westminster in 1889. The colours of the streets represent the economic class of the residents: Yellow ("Upper-middle and Upper classes, Wealthy"), red ("Lower middle class – Well-to-do middle class"), pink ("Fairly comfortable good ordinary earnings"), blue ("Intermittent or casual earnings"), and black ("lowest class occasional labourers, street sellers, loafers, criminals and semi-criminals"). Booth coloured Victoria Street, with its new shops and flats, yellow. The model dwellings built by the <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Trust" title="Peabody Trust">Peabody Trust</a> on the side streets off Victoria Street appear as pink and grey, signalling modest respectability, while the black and blue streets represent the remaining slum areas housing the poorest.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Booth_(philanthropist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Booth (philanthropist)">Charles Booth</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Poverty_map" title="Poverty map">poverty map</a> showing Westminster in 1889 recorded the full range of income- and capital-brackets living in adjacent streets within the area; its central western area had become (by 1850) (the) Devil's Acre in the southern flood-channel ravine of the <a href="/wiki/River_Tyburn" title="River Tyburn">River Tyburn</a>, yet Victoria Street and other small streets and squares had the highest colouring of social class in London: yellow/gold. Westminster has shed the abject poverty with the clearance of this <a href="/wiki/Slum" title="Slum">slum</a> and with drainage improvement, but there is a typical <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">Central London</a> property distinction within the area which is very acute, epitomised by grandiose 21st-century developments, architectural high-point <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed buildings</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and nearby <a href="/wiki/Social_housing" class="mw-redirect" title="Social housing">social housing</a> (mostly non-<a href="/wiki/Council_housing" class="mw-redirect" title="Council housing">council housing</a>) buildings of the <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Trust" title="Peabody Trust">Peabody Trust</a> founded by philanthropist <a href="/wiki/George_Peabody" title="George Peabody">George Peabody</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wider_uses_of_the_name">Wider uses of the name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Wider uses of the name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Given the focus on Westminster in English and British public life over centuries, the name "Westminster" is casually used as a <a href="/wiki/Metonymy" title="Metonymy">metonym</a> for the UK Parliament and for the political community of the United Kingdom generally. (The <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">civil service</a> is similarly referred to using the name of the northern sub-neighbourhood which it inhabits, "<a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>".) "Westminster" is consequently also used in reference to the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a>, the parliamentary model of democratic government that has evolved in the United Kingdom and for those other nations, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> and for other parts of the former <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> that adopted it. </p><p>The term "Westminster Village", sometimes used in the context of British politics, does not refer to a geographical area at all; employed especially in the phrase "Westminster Village gossip", it denotes a supposedly close social circle of members of parliament, political journalists, so-called <a href="/wiki/Spin_(public_relations)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin (public relations)">spin-doctors</a> and others connected to events in the Palace of Westminster and in Government ministries. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:758px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of Westminster taken from the roof of the Methodist Central Hall, with Westminster Abbey at right"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg/750px-Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="750" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg/1125px-Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg/1500px-Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5657" data-file-height="2538" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Westminster_from_the_dome_on_Methodist_Central_Hall.jpg" title="File:Westminster from the dome on Methodist Central Hall.jpg"> </a></div>Panorama of Westminster taken from the roof of the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Central_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Central Hall">Methodist Central Hall</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> at right</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area has a substantial residential population. By the 20th century Westminster saw rising numbers of residential <a href="/wiki/Apartments" class="mw-redirect" title="Apartments">apartments</a> with wealthy inhabitants. Hotels, large Victorian homes and barracks exist near to <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_Commissions">High Commissions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: High Commissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westminster hosts the <a href="/wiki/High_commissioner_(Commonwealth)" title="High commissioner (Commonwealth)">High Commissions</a> of many <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> countries:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Australia,_London" title="High Commission of Australia, London">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_The_Bahamas,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of The Bahamas, London">The Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Brunei,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of Brunei, London">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Canada,_London" title="High Commission of Canada, London">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Cyprus,_London" title="High Commission of Cyprus, London">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Eswatini,_London" title="High Commission of Eswatini, London">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Ghana,_London" title="High Commission of Ghana, London">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_India_to_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of India to the United Kingdom">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Lesotho,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of Lesotho, London">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Malaysia,_London" title="High Commission of Malaysia, London">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_New_Zealand,_London" title="High Commission of New Zealand, London">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Nigeria,_London" title="High Commission of Nigeria, London">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Pakistan,_London" title="High Commission of Pakistan, London">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Papua_New_Guinea,_London" title="High Commission of Papua New Guinea, London">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Commission_of_the_Seychelles,_London&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Commission of the Seychelles, London (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Singapore,_London" title="High Commission of Singapore, London">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_South_Africa,_London" title="High Commission of South Africa, London">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago,_London" title="High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, London">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Uganda,_London" title="High Commission of Uganda, London">Uganda</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within the area is <a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a>, a major <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (UK)">public school</a> which grew out of the abbey, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Westminster" title="University of Westminster">University of Westminster</a>, attended by over 20,000 students. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finn_Azaz" title="Finn Azaz">Finn Azaz</a> (born 2000), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Bray" title="Andy Bray">Andy Bray</a> (born 1981), cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Barnby" title="Arthur Barnby">Arthur Barnby</a> (1881–1937), first-class cricketer and Royal Marines/Royal Naval Air Service officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Colley_(cricketer)" title="Richard Colley (cricketer)">Richard Colley</a> (1833–1902), first-class cricketer and British Army officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Cooke_(cricketer)" title="Geoffrey Cooke (cricketer)">Geoffrey Cooke</a> (1897–1980), first-class cricketer and British Army officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fuller_(cricketer)" title="John Fuller (cricketer)">John Fuller</a> (1834–1893), first-class cricketer, clergyman and theologian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a> (24 December 1922 – 25 January 1990), American actress and singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hady_Ghandour" title="Hady Ghandour">Hady Ghandour</a> (born 2000), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Hambro" title="Tatiana Hambro">Tatiana Hambro</a> (born 1989), fashion writer and editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hiddleston" title="Tom Hiddleston">Tom Hiddleston</a> (born 1981), Golden Globe-winning actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Leonidas" title="Stephanie Leonidas">Stephanie Leonidas</a> (born 1982), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Liddell" title="Alice Liddell">Alice Liddell</a> (1852–1934), inspiration for Alice In Wonderland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dua_Lipa" title="Dua Lipa">Dua Lipa</a> (born 1995), singer and songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Low" title="Edward Low">Edward Low</a> (1690–1724), <a href="/wiki/Pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate">pirate</a> during the latter days of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy" title="Golden Age of Piracy">Golden Age of Piracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Redmayne" title="Eddie Redmayne">Eddie Redmayne</a> (born 1982), Oscar-winning actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Twiss" title="Quintin Twiss">Quintin Twiss</a> (1835–1900), first-class cricketer and stage actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Woffington" title="Mary Woffington">Mary Woffington</a> (1729–1811), socialite<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110726221008/http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/c/c-L.html">"Manuscript C: Cotton Tiberius C.i"</a>. <i>asc.jebbo.co.uk</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GOV.UK&rft.atitle=Foreign+embassies+in+the+UK&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fforeign-embassies-in-the-uk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestminster" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFByrne-Costigan1979" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ethna_Byrne-Costigan" title="Ethna Byrne-Costigan">Byrne-Costigan, Ethna</a> (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30104171">"Peg Woffington"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Historical_Record" title="Dublin Historical Record">Dublin Historical Record</a></i>. <b>33</b> (1): 19. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0012-6861">0012-6861</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30104171">30104171</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dublin+Historical+Record&rft.atitle=Peg+Woffington&rft.volume=33&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=19&rft.date=1979&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F30104171%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.issn=0012-6861&rft.aulast=Byrne-Costigan&rft.aufirst=Ethna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F30104171&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestminster" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Manchee, W. H. (1924), <i>The Westminster City Fathers (the Burgess Court of Westminster) 1585–1901: Being some account of their powers and domestic rule of the City prior to its incorporation in 1901</i>; with a foreword by Walter G. Bell and 36 illustrations which relate to documents (some pull-outs) and artefacts. London: John Lane (The Bodley Head).</li> <li>Davies, E. A. (1952), <i>An Account of the Formation and Early Years of The Westminster Fire Office</i>; (Includes black-and-white photographic plates with a colour <a href="/wiki/Book_frontispiece" title="Book frontispiece">frontispiece</a> of 'A Waterman' and a foreword by Major K. M. Beaumont. London: Country Life Limited for the Westminster Fire Office.</li> <li>Hunting, P. (1981), <i>Royal Westminster</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Institution_of_Chartered_Surveyors" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors">The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors</a>. Printed by Penshurst Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85406-127-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-85406-127-4">0-85406-127-4</a> (paper); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85406-128-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-85406-128-2">0-85406-128-2</a> (cased).</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTimbs1867" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Timbs" title="John Timbs">Timbs, John</a> (1867), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/curiositiesoflon00timbrich#page/820/mode/2up">"Westminster"</a>, <i>Curiosities of London</i> (2nd ed.), London: J.C. Hotten, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/12878129">12878129</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Westminster&rft.btitle=Curiosities+of+London&rft.place=London&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=J.C.+Hotten&rft.date=1867&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F12878129&rft.aulast=Timbs&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fcuriositiesoflon00timbrich%23page%2F820%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestminster" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/40px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/60px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/80px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikivoyage has a travel guide for <i><b><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Westminster#Q189960" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Westminster">Westminster</a></b></i>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/">Westminster Borough Council</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060222181831/http://www.gardenvisit.com/travel/london/3_westminster.htm">Westminster Walks – from Findlay Muirhead's 1927 guidebook to <i>London and its Environs</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21648">Westminster</a>, by Sir Walter Besant and Geraldine Edith Mitton and A. 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href="/wiki/British_Dental_Association_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="British Dental Association Museum">British Dental Association Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Optical_Association_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="British Optical Association Museum">British Optical Association Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_House_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada House Gallery">Canada House Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_War_Rooms" title="Churchill War Rooms">Churchill War Rooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_House" title="Clarence House">Clarence House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtauld_Gallery" title="Courtauld Gallery">Courtauld Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_Museum" title="Crime Museum">Crime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faraday_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Faraday Museum">Faraday Museum</a></li> <li><a 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title="London Film Museum">London Film Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Transport_Museum" title="London Transport Museum">London Transport Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mall_Galleries" class="mw-redirect" title="Mall Galleries">Mall Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Gallery">Queen's Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Arts" title="Royal Academy of Arts">Royal Academy of Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music_Museum" title="Royal Academy of Music Museum">Royal Academy of Music Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Mews" title="Royal Mews">Royal Mews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum" title="Sherlock Holmes Museum">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_House" title="Somerset House">Somerset House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_House,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Spencer House, London">Spencer House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twinings_Museum" title="Twinings Museum">Twinings Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Temple_Place" title="Two Temple Place">Two Temple Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Collection" title="Wallace Collection">Wallace Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Arch" title="Wellington Arch">Wellington Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Zoo" title="London Zoo">London Zoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_open_spaces_in_the_City_of_Westminster" title="Parks and open spaces in the City of Westminster">Parks and open spaces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Green_Park" title="Green Park">Green Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gardens" title="Kensington Gardens">Kensington Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park" title="Regent's Park">Regent's Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Park" title="St James's Park">St James's Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in London">Constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster North (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster North</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_London" title="Local government in London">Local government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_City_Council" title="Westminster City Council">Westminster City Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_City_Council_elections" title="Westminster City Council elections">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Westminster_City_Council_election" title="2010 Westminster City Council election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Westminster_City_Council_election" title="2014 Westminster City Council election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Westminster_City_Council_election" title="2018 Westminster City Council election">2018</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_Community_Council" title="Queen's Park Community Council">Queen's Park Community Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_London" title="List of bridges in London">Bridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Bridge" title="Chelsea Bridge">Chelsea Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_Bridge" title="Grosvenor Bridge">Grosvenor Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_Bridge_and_Golden_Jubilee_Bridges" title="Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges">Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Bridge" title="Lambeth Bridge">Lambeth Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge" title="Vauxhall Bridge">Vauxhall Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Bridge" title="Waterloo Bridge">Waterloo Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Bridge" title="Westminster Bridge">Westminster Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster#Transport" title="City of Westminster">Rail and tube stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station"><img alt="Baker Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station"><img alt="Baker Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station"><img alt="Baker Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station"><img alt="Baker Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station"><img alt="Baker Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station">Baker Street</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bayswater_tube_station" title="Bayswater tube station"><img alt="Bayswater tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bayswater_tube_station" title="Bayswater tube station"><img alt="Bayswater tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bayswater_tube_station" title="Bayswater tube station">Bayswater</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bond_Street_station" title="Bond Street station"><img alt="Bond Street station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bond_Street_station" title="Bond Street station"><img alt="Bond Street station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bond_Street_station" title="Bond Street station"><img alt="Bond Street station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bond_Street_station" title="Bond Street station">Bond Street</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_railway_station" title="Charing Cross railway station"><img alt="Charing Cross railway station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_railway_station" title="Charing Cross railway station">Charing Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_tube_station" title="Charing Cross tube station"><img alt="Charing Cross tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_tube_station" title="Charing Cross tube station"><img alt="Charing Cross tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_tube_station" title="Charing Cross tube station">Charing Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Edgware_Road_tube_station_(Bakerloo_line)" title="Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line)"><img alt="Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Edgware_Road_tube_station_(Bakerloo_line)" title="Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line)">Edgware Road</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Edgware_Road_tube_station_(Circle,_District_and_Hammersmith_%26_City_lines)" title="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)"><img alt="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Edgware_Road_tube_station_(Circle,_District_and_Hammersmith_%26_City_lines)" title="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)"><img alt="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Edgware_Road_tube_station_(Circle,_District_and_Hammersmith_%26_City_lines)" title="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)"><img alt="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Edgware_Road_tube_station_(Circle,_District_and_Hammersmith_%26_City_lines)" title="Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)">Edgware Road</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Embankment_tube_station" title="Embankment tube station"><img alt="Embankment tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Embankment_tube_station" title="Embankment tube station"><img alt="Embankment tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Embankment_tube_station" title="Embankment tube station"><img alt="Embankment tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Embankment_tube_station" title="Embankment tube station"><img alt="Embankment tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Embankment_tube_station" title="Embankment tube station">Embankment</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Great_Portland_Street_tube_station" title="Great Portland Street tube station"><img alt="Great Portland Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Great_Portland_Street_tube_station" title="Great Portland Street tube station"><img alt="Great Portland Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Great_Portland_Street_tube_station" title="Great Portland Street tube station"><img alt="Great Portland Street tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Portland_Street_tube_station" title="Great Portland Street tube station">Great Portland Street</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station" title="Green Park tube station"><img alt="Green Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station" title="Green Park tube station"><img alt="Green Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station" title="Green Park tube station"><img alt="Green Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station" title="Green Park tube station">Green Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Corner_tube_station" title="Hyde Park Corner tube station"><img alt="Hyde Park Corner tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Corner_tube_station" title="Hyde Park Corner tube station">Hyde Park Corner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Gate_tube_station" title="Lancaster Gate tube station"><img alt="Lancaster Gate tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Gate_tube_station" title="Lancaster Gate tube station">Lancaster Gate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square_tube_station" title="Leicester Square tube station"><img alt="Leicester Square tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square_tube_station" title="Leicester Square tube station"><img alt="Leicester Square tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square_tube_station" title="Leicester Square tube station">Leicester Square</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale_tube_station" title="Maida Vale tube station"><img alt="Maida Vale tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale_tube_station" title="Maida Vale tube station">Maida Vale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch_tube_station" title="Marble Arch tube station"><img alt="Marble Arch tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch_tube_station" title="Marble Arch tube station">Marble Arch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_station" title="Marylebone station"><img alt="Marylebone station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_tube_station" title="Marylebone tube station"><img alt="Marylebone tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_station" title="Marylebone station">Marylebone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_tube_station" title="Oxford Circus tube station"><img alt="Oxford Circus tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_tube_station" title="Oxford Circus tube station"><img alt="Oxford Circus tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_tube_station" title="Oxford Circus tube station"><img alt="Oxford Circus tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_tube_station" title="Oxford Circus tube station">Oxford Circus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paddington_station" title="Paddington station"><img alt="Paddington station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Bakerloo,_Circle_and_District_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)"><img alt="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Bakerloo,_Circle_and_District_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)"><img alt="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Bakerloo,_Circle_and_District_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)"><img alt="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Bakerloo,_Circle_and_District_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)">Paddington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Circle_and_Hammersmith_%26_City_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)"><img alt="Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Bakerloo,_Circle_and_District_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)"><img alt="Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Paddington_tube_station_(Circle_and_Hammersmith_%26_City_lines)" title="Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)">Paddington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus_tube_station" title="Piccadilly Circus tube station"><img alt="Piccadilly Circus tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus_tube_station" title="Piccadilly Circus tube station"><img alt="Piccadilly Circus tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Piccadilly_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus_tube_station" title="Piccadilly Circus tube station">Piccadilly Circus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pimlico_tube_station" title="Pimlico tube station"><img alt="Pimlico tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Pimlico_tube_station" title="Pimlico tube station">Pimlico</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Queensway_tube_station" title="Queensway tube station"><img alt="Queensway tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Queensway_tube_station" title="Queensway tube station">Queensway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park_tube_station" title="Regent's Park tube station"><img alt="Regent's Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Regent%27s_Park_tube_station" title="Regent's Park tube station">Regent's Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak_tube_station" title="Royal Oak tube station"><img alt="Royal Oak tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak_tube_station" title="Royal Oak tube station"><img alt="Royal Oak tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak_tube_station" title="Royal Oak tube station"><img alt="Royal Oak tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Metropolitan_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak_tube_station" title="Royal Oak tube station">Royal Oak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Park_tube_station" title="St James's Park tube station"><img alt="St James's Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Park_tube_station" title="St James's Park tube station"><img alt="St James's Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Park_tube_station" title="St James's Park tube station">St James's Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Wood_tube_station" title="St John's Wood tube station"><img alt="St John's Wood tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Jubilee_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Wood_tube_station" title="St John's Wood tube station">St John's Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Temple_tube_station" title="Temple tube station"><img alt="Temple tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Temple_tube_station" title="Temple tube station"><img alt="Temple tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Temple_tube_station" title="Temple tube station">Temple</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station"><img alt="Tottenham Court Road station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Central_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station"><img alt="Tottenham Court Road station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Northern_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station"><img alt="Tottenham Court Road station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station">Tottenham Court Road</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station"><img alt="London Victoria station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station#Circle_and_District_lines" title="London Victoria station"><img alt="London Victoria station#Circle and District lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station#Circle_and_District_lines" title="London Victoria station"><img alt="London Victoria station#Circle and District lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-District_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station#Victoria_line" title="London Victoria station"><img alt="London Victoria station#Victoria line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Victoria_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station">Victoria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Avenue_tube_station" title="Warwick Avenue tube station"><img alt="Warwick Avenue tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Bakerloo_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Avenue_tube_station" title="Warwick Avenue tube station">Warwick Avenue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Westbourne_Park_tube_station" title="Westbourne Park tube station"><img alt="Westbourne Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Westbourne_Park_tube_station" title="Westbourne Park tube station"><img alt="Westbourne Park tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-H%26c_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Westbourne_Park_tube_station" title="Westbourne Park tube station">Westbourne Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Westminster_tube_station" title="Westminster tube station"><img alt="Westminster tube station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Circle_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" 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Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catford" title="Catford">Catford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiswick" title="Chiswick">Chiswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalston" title="Dalston">Dalston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham" title="East Ham">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgware" title="Edgware">Edgware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfield Town">Enfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham" title="Fulham">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith" title="Hammersmith">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag%27s_Head,_London" title="Nag's Head, London">Holloway Nags Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_High_Street" title="Kensington High Street">Kensington High Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilburn,_London" title="Kilburn, London">Kilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road" title="King's Road">King's Road East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney" title="Putney">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall" title="Southall">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham" title="Streatham">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooting" title="Tooting">Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley" title="Wembley">Wembley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts<br /><span style="font-weight:normal">(principal)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_London" title="Acton, London">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckenham" title="Beckenham">Beckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgravia" title="Belgravia">Belgravia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford" title="Brentford">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_Water" title="Canada Water">Canada Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton" title="Carshalton">Carshalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath" title="Chadwell Heath">Chadwell Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford" title="Chingford">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace,_London" title="Crystal Palace, London">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon" title="Coulsdon">Coulsdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricklewood" title="Cricklewood">Cricklewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich" title="Dulwich">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_London" title="Edmonton, London">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle" title="Elephant and Castle">Elephant and Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith" title="Erith">Erith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltham" title="Feltham">Feltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley" title="Finchley">Finchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Gate" title="Forest Gate">Forest Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London" title="Forest Hill, London">Forest Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golders_Green" title="Golders Green">Golders Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlesden" title="Harlesden">Harlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harringay" title="Harringay">Harringay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon" title="Hayes, Hillingdon">Hayes (Hillingdon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon" title="Hendon">Hendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch" title="Hornchurch">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentish_Town" title="Kentish Town">Kentish Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Hill" title="Mill Hill">Mill Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitcham" title="Mitcham">Mitcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morden" title="Morden">Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hill" title="Muswell Hill">Muswell Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Malden" title="New Malden">New Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_London" title="Northwood, London">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill" title="Notting Hill">Notting Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penge" title="Penge">Penge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinner" title="Pinner">Pinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purley,_London" title="Purley, London">Purley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip" title="Ruislip">Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidcup" title="Sidcup">Sidcup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southgate,_London" title="Southgate, London">Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Norwood" title="South Norwood">South Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanmore" title="Stanmore">Stanmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Newington" title="Stoke Newington">Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surbiton" title="Surbiton">Surbiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydenham,_London" title="Sydenham, London">Sydenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddington" title="Teddington">Teddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamesmead" title="Thamesmead">Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolworth" title="Tolworth">Tolworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulse_Hill" title="Tulse Hill">Tulse Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twickenham" title="Twickenham">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upminster" title="Upminster">Upminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood" title="Upper Norwood">Upper Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanstead" title="Wanstead">Wanstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealdstone" title="Wealdstone">Wealdstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welling" title="Welling">Welling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hampstead" title="West Hampstead">West Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Norwood" title="West Norwood">West Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel" title="Whitechapel">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willesden" title="Willesden">Willesden Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodford,_London" title="Woodford, London">Woodford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Neighbourhoods<br /><span style="font-weight:normal">(principal)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Wood" title="Abbey Wood">Abbey Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alperton" title="Alperton">Alperton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerley" title="Anerley">Anerley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archway,_London" title="Archway, London">Archway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes,_London" title="Barnes, London">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsbury" title="Barnsbury">Barnsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea" title="Battersea">Battersea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckton" title="Beckton">Beckton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey" title="Bermondsey">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Cross" title="Brent Cross">Brent Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockley" title="Brockley">Brockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonbury" title="Canonbury">Canonbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_London" title="Charlton, London">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessington" title="Chessington">Chessington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet" title="Chipping Barnet">Chipping Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst" title="Chislehurst">Chislehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerkenwell" title="Clerkenwell">Clerkenwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmers_End" title="Elmers End">Elmers End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gidea_Park" title="Gidea Park">Gidea Park</a></li> <li><a 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