West End

West End is a locality in Westminster, Greater London, England and has about 11,500 residents. West End is situated nearby to the locality Oxford Circus, as well as near the region Inner London.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leicester Square and Royal Academy of Arts.

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.

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects.

St George’s, Hanover Square

Church

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St George's, Hanover Square, is an Anglican church, the parish church of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, built in the early eighteenth century as part of a project to build fifty new churches around London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayfair-Marylebone and Soho.

Mayfair-Marylebone

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Soho

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Soho is a district of central London, part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

St James’s

Neighborhood

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

West End

Type: Locality with 11,500 residents
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51235° or 51° 30′ 45″ north

Longitude

-0.14358° or 0° 8′ 37″ west

Population

11,500

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Open location code

9C3XGV64+WH

GeoNames ID

12048199

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