Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.Photo: Raduranga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Big Ben.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 620 feet west of Westminster Bridge.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Westminster Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westminster and Whitehall.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of West End theatre.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Waterloo
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterloo is a district in Central London, and part of the Waterloo and South Bank ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated 1 mile east of Charing Cross.
Westminster Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge over the River Thames in London
- Categories: road bridge, arch bridge, tram bridge, and transportation
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Westminster Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Westminster Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر وستمنستر”
- Arabic: “جسر ويستمنستر”
- Armenian: “Վեստմինստերյան կամուրջ”
- Asturian: “Ponte de Westminster”
- Asturian: “Westminster Bridge”
- Azerbaijani: “Vestminster körpüsü”
- Basque: “Westminster Bridge”
- Basque: “Westminster zubia”
- Belarusian: “Вэстмінстэрскі мост”
- Bulgarian: “Уестминстър Бридж”
- Bulgarian: “Уестминстърски мост”
- Catalan: “Pont de Westminster”
- Catalan: “Westminster Bridge”
- Central Kurdish: “پردی وێستمینستەر”
- Chinese: “西敏橋”
- Czech: “Westminster Bridge”
- Czech: “Westminsterský most”
- Danish: “Westminster Bridge”
- Dutch: “Westminster Bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى وستمنستر”
- Esperanto: “Vestminstra Ponto”
- Finnish: “Westminsterin silta”
- French: “pont de Westminster”
- French: “Pont de Westminster”
- Georgian: “ვესტმინსტერის ხიდი”
- Georgian: “უესტმინსტერის ხიდი”
- German: “Westminster Bridge”
- German: “Westminster Brücke”
- Hebrew: “גשר ווסטמינסטר”
- Hebrew: “גשר וסטמינסטר”
- Hindi: “वेस्टमिंस्टर ब्रिज”
- Hungarian: “Westminster híd”
- Irish: “Droichead Westminster”
- Italian: “Ponte di Westminster”
- Italian: “Westminster Bridge”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター・ブリッジ”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター橋”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಮಿನ್ ಸ್ಟರ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನ್ಸ್ಟರ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터 브리지”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터교”
- Macedonian: “Вестминстерски мост”
- Malay: “Jambatan Westminster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminster Bridge”
- Norwegian: “Westminster Bridge”
- Persian: “پل وستمینستر”
- Polish: “Most Westminsterski”
- Polish: “Westminster Bridge”
- Portuguese: “Ponte de Westminster”
- Russian: “Вестминстер”
- Russian: “Вестминстерский мост”
- Russian: “Мост Вестминстер”
- Scots: “Westminster Bridge”
- Serbian: “Vestminsterski most”
- Serbian: “Весминстерски мост”
- Serbian: “Вестминстерски мост”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Westminsterski most”
- Slovak: “Westminster Bridge”
- Slovenian: “Westminstrski most”
- Spanish: “Puente de Westminster”
- Spanish: “Westminster Bridge”
- Swedish: “Westminster Bridge”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్ మిన్ స్టర్ వంతెన”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్మిన్స్టర్ వంతెన”
- Thai: “สะพานเวสต์มินสเตอร์”
- Turkish: “Westminster Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Вестмінстерський міст”
- Urdu: “ویسٹمنسٹر بریج”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Westminster”
- Welsh: “Pont Westminster”
- Yue Chinese: “西敏橋”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bishop’s and Westminster Abbey.
Nearby Places
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