Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building.Photo: Francis Dodd (artist), Public domain.
- Type: Administrative facility
- Description: meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, located in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Houses of Parliament”, “Parliament”, “St. Stephen’s”, and “Westminster Palace”
Photo: John Wilson Carmichael, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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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 420 feet north of Palace of Westminster.
Westminster Abbey
Church
Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Westminster Abbey is situated 600 feet west of Palace of Westminster.
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 area of West End theatre.
Whitehall
Locality
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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.
Lambeth
Suburb
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Lambeth is a district in South London, England, which today also gives its name to the London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth itself was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey.
Palace of Westminster
- Categories: parliament building and government building
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Palace of Westminster” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Paleis van Westminster”
- Arabic: “قصر وستمنستر”
- Arabic: “قصر ويستمنستر”
- Aragonese: “Palacio de Westminster”
- Armenian: “Վեստմինստերյան պալատ”
- Asturian: “Palaciu de Westminster”
- Azerbaijani: “Vestminster sarayı”
- Basque: “Westminster jauregia”
- Basque: “Westminsterreko Jauregia”
- Belarusian: “Вестмінстэрскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Вэстмінстэрскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Ўэстмінстэрскі палац”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার প্রাসাদ”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনিস্টার প্রাসাদ”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনিস্টারের প্রাসাদ”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিন্স্টার প্রাসাদ”
- Breton: “Palez Westminster”
- Bulgarian: “Уестминстърски дворец”
- Burmese: “ဝက်စ်မင်စတာ နန်းတော်”
- Catalan: “Palau de Westminster”
- Catalan: “Torre Victòria”
- Central Bikol: “Palasyo nin Westminster”
- Chinese: “Westminster Kiong”
- Chinese: “威斯敏斯特宫”
- Chinese: “威斯敏斯特宮”
- Chinese: “威斯敏斯特王宫”
- Chinese: “英国议会大厦”
- Chinese: “英國國會大廈”
- Chinese: “英國國會大樓”
- Chinese: “西敏宮”
- Chinese: “西敏寺”
- Croatian: “Londonski parlament”
- Croatian: “Palača Westminster”
- Croatian: “Parlament u Londonu”
- Croatian: “Westminsterska palača”
- Czech: “Westminsterský palác”
- Danish: “Houses of Parliament”
- Danish: “Palace of Westminster”
- Danish: “Westminster Palace”
- Danish: “Westminsterpaladset”
- Dutch: “Houses of Parliament”
- Dutch: “Palace of Westminster”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر وستمنستر”
- Esperanto: “Palaco de Westminster”
- Esperanto: “Palaco Westminster”
- Estonian: “Westminsteri palee”
- Finnish: “Lontoon parlamenttitalo”
- Finnish: “Westminsterin palatsi”
- French: “Chambres du Parlement”
- French: “Houses of Parliament”
- French: “Palace of Westminster”
- French: “palais de Westminster”
- French: “Palais de Westminster”
- French: “Westminster Palace”
- Galician: “Palacio de Westminster”
- Galician: “Westminster Hall”
- Georgian: “ვესტმინსტერის სასახლე”
- Georgian: “უესტმინსტერის სასახლე”
- German: “Houses of Parliament”
- German: “Palace of Westminster”
- German: “Palast von Westminster”
- German: “Westminster Palace”
- German: “Westminster-Palast”
- German: “Westminsterhalle”
- German: “Westminsterpalast”
- Greek: “Ανάκτορα του Ουεστμίνστερ”
- Greek: “Ανάκτορο του Ουεστμίνστερ”
- Hebrew: “ארמון ווסטמינסטר”
- Hebrew: “ארמון וסטמינסטר”
- Hebrew: “בניין הפרלמנט הבריטי”
- Hindi: “पैलेस ऑफ़ वेस्टमिन्स्टर”
- Hindi: “पैलेस ऑफ़ वेस्ट्मिन्स्टर”
- Hungarian: “Westminster-palota”
- Icelandic: “Houses of Parliament”
- Icelandic: “Palace of Westminster”
- Icelandic: “Westminster Palace”
- Icelandic: “Westminster-höll”
- Icelandic: “Westminsterhöll”
- Icelandic: “Westminsterhöllin”
- Indonesian: “Istana Westminster”
- Indonesian: “Palace of Westminster”
- Irish: “Pálás Westminster”
- Irish: “Tithe na Parlaiminte”
- Italian: “House of Parliament”
- Italian: “Houses of Parliament”
- Italian: “Palazzo di Westminster”
- Japanese: “イギリスの国会議事堂”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター・ホール”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター宮殿、ウェストミンスター大寺院及び聖マーガレット教会”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター宮殿”
- Japanese: “ウエストミンスター宮殿”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಅರಮನೆ”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಅರಮನೆ”
- Kazakh: “Вестминстер сарайы”
- Korean: “국회 의사당”
- Korean: “국회의사당”
- Korean: “영국 국회의사당”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터 궁”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터 궁전”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터궁”
- Latvian: “Houses of Parliament”
- Latvian: “Palace of Westminster”
- Latvian: “Vestminsteras pils”
- Lithuanian: “Vestminsterio rūmai”
- Macedonian: “Вестминстерска палата”
- Malay: “Istana Westminster”
- Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റ്മിൻസ്റ്റർ കൊട്ടാരം”
- Marathi: “वेस्टमिन्स्टर राजवाडा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westminster Kiong”
- Mongolian: “Вестминстер ордон (Лондон)”
- Mongolian: “Вестминстер ордон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Houses of Parliament”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palace of Westminster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminster Hall”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminster Palace”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminster slott”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminster-palasset”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminsterpalasset”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palace of Westminster”
- Norwegian: “Palace of Westminster”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Palais de Westminster”
- Panjabi: “ਪੈਲੇਸ ਆਫ਼ ਵੈਸਟਮਿੰਸਟਰ”
- Persian: “کاخ وستمینستر”
- Polish: “Pałac Westminsterski”
- Portuguese: “Casas do Parlamento”
- Portuguese: “Houses of Parliament”
- Portuguese: “Palace of Westminster”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Westminster”
- Pushto: “د وېسټ مېنسټر ماڼۍ”
- Romanian: “Palatul Westminster”
- Russian: “Вестминстер-Холл”
- Russian: “Вестминстерский дворец”
- Russian: “Вестминстерский зал”
- Russian: “Здания Парламента”
- Scots: “Hooses o Pairlament”
- Scots: “Pailace o Wastmeenster”
- Scots: “Palace o Wastmeenster”
- Serbian: “Вестминстерска палата”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Westminsterska palača”
- Sindhi: “ويسٽ منسٽر پيلس”
- Sinhala: “වෙස්ට්මිනිස්ටර් මාළිගය”
- Slovak: “Houses of Parliament”
- Slovak: “Palace of Westminster”
- Slovak: “Westminsterský palác”
- Slovenian: “Westminstrska palača”
- Spanish: “Casas del Parlamento”
- Spanish: “Casas del Parlamesnto”
- Spanish: “Houses of Parliament”
- Spanish: “Palace of Westminster”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Westminster”
- Spanish: “Torre Victoria”
- Swedish: “Houses of Parliament”
- Swedish: “Palace of Westminster”
- Swedish: “Westminster hall”
- Swedish: “Westminster Palace”
- Swedish: “Westminsterpalatset”
- Tamil: “வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர் அரண்மனை”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్ మినిస్టర్ రాజభవనం”
- Thai: “Houses of Parliament”
- Thai: “Palace of Westminster”
- Thai: “Westminster Palace”
- Thai: “ตึกรัฐสภาเวสต์มินสเตอร์”
- Thai: “ตึกรัฐสภาแห่งสหราชอาณาจักร”
- Thai: “พระราชวังเวสต์มินสเตอร์”
- Turkish: “Palace of Westminster”
- Turkish: “Westminster Sarayı”
- Ukrainian: “Вестмінстерський палац”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ منسٹر پیلس”
- Uzbek: “Vestminster saroyi”
- Uzbek: “Westminster saroyi”
- Vietnamese: “Cung điện Westminster”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Westminster”
- Vietnamese: “Ðiện Westminster”
- Waray (Philippines): “Palace of Westminster”
- Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo han Westminster”
- Waray (Philippines): “Westminster Palace”
- Welsh: “Palas San Steffan”
- Welsh: “Palas Westminster”
- Welsh: “Plas San Steffan”
- Western Frisian: “Paleis fan Westminster”
- Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ منسٹر پیلس”
- Wu Chinese: “威斯敏斯特宫”
- Yue Chinese: “西敏宮”
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