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Westminster is a district of central , at the heart of the United Kingdom's royal and political life. Many of its attractions are of an historical and cultural variety.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Leicester Square and Westminster Abbey.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Church
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, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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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 in London, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayfair-Marylebone and Soho.

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central . 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.

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

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

Westminster

Latitude
51.49732° or 51° 29′ 50″ north
Longitude
-0.13715° or 0° 8′ 14″ west
Population
211,000
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
Abbreviation
“WSM”
Open location code
9C3XFVW7+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27365306
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3333218
Wiki­data ID
Q179351
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Westminster” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “City of Westminster”
  • Albanian: “Qyteti i Westminster”
  • Albanian: “Westminster”
  • Arabic: “مدينة وستمنستر”
  • Arabic: “وستمنستر”
  • Armenian: “Վեստմինստեր”
  • Asturian: “Ciudá de Westminster”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vestminster borosu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vestminster”
  • Basque: “Westminster Hiria”
  • Belarusian: “Вэстмінстэр”
  • Belarusian: “Ўэстмінстэр”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার শহর”
  • Bulgarian: “Град на Уестминстър”
  • Bulgarian: “Уестминстър”
  • Catalan: “City of Westminster”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat de Westminster”
  • Cebuano: “City of Westminster”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاری وێستمینستەر”
  • Chinese: “City of Westminster”
  • Chinese: “威斯敏斯特”
  • Chinese: “威斯敏斯特城”
  • Chinese: “威斯敏斯特市”
  • Chinese: “西敏寺市”
  • Chinese: “西敏市”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Vestminster”
  • Czech: “Westminster”
  • Danish: “City of Westminster”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Westminster”
  • Dutch: “City of Westminster”
  • Dutch: “Westminster”
  • Dutch: “Westmunster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة ويستمينستر”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه وستمنستر”
  • Esperanto: “City of Westminster”
  • Esperanto: “Civito de Vestminstro”
  • Estonian: “Westminster”
  • Extremaduran: “Cía de Westminster”
  • Extremaduran: “Cidá de Westminster”
  • Extremaduran: “City of Westminster”
  • Extremaduran: “Westminster”
  • Finnish: “City of Westminster”
  • French: “cité de Westminster”
  • French: “Cité de Westminster”
  • French: “City of Westminster”
  • French: “Westminster”
  • Galician: “Cidade de Westminster”
  • Georgian: “უესტმინსტერი (ლონდონის ბორო)”
  • Georgian: “უესტმინსტერი”
  • German: “City of Westminster”
  • German: “GB-WSM”
  • Greek: “Πόλη του Ουεστμίνστερ”
  • Greek: “Πόλη του Ουέστμινστερ”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમમિન્સ્ટરનું શહેર”
  • Hebrew: “הסיטי של וסטמינסטר”
  • Hebrew: “וסטמינסטר”
  • Hebrew: “עיריית וסטמינסטר”
  • Hebrew: “רובע וסטמינסטר”
  • Hindi: “सिटि ऑफ़ वेस्टमिंस्टर”
  • Hindi: “सिटी ऑफ़ वेस्टमिंस्टर”
  • Hungarian: “City of Westminster”
  • Hungarian: “Westminstrer (London)”
  • Icelandic: “City of Westminster”
  • Icelandic: “Westminsterborg”
  • Indonesian: “City of Westminster”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Westminster”
  • Irish: “Cathair Westminster”
  • Italian: “Città di Westminster”
  • Italian: “Westminster”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・ウェストミンスター”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・ウエストミンスター”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಟಿ ಆಫ್ ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್”
  • Korean: “시티 오브 웨스트민스터”
  • Korean: “시티오브웨스트민스터”
  • Kurdish: “City of Westminster”
  • Ladin: “City of Westminster”
  • Latin: “City of Westminster”
  • Latin: “Urbs Vestmonasteriensis”
  • Latin: “Westmonasterium”
  • Latvian: “Vestminstera”
  • Latvian: “Vestminsteras Sitija”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestminsterio miestas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestminsteris”
  • Luxembourgish: “City of Westminster”
  • Macedonian: “Вестминстер”
  • Maithili: “सिटी अफ वेस्टमिन्स्टर”
  • Malay: “bandar raya Westminster”
  • Malay: “bandaraya Westminster”
  • Manipuri: “ꯋꯦꯁꯠꯃꯤꯟꯁꯇꯔ ꯒꯤ ꯃꯌꯣꯜꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Marathi: “वेस्टमिन्स्टर”
  • Marathi: “वेस्टमिन्स्टरचे शहर”
  • Marathi: “सिटी ऑफ वेस्टमिन्स्टर”
  • Mazanderani: “وستمینستر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “City of Westminster”
  • Northern Frisian: “City of Westminster”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “City of Westminster”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “City of Westminster”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of City of Westminster”
  • Norwegian: “City of Westminster”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “City of Westminster”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “ciutat de Westminster”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westmynsterceaster”
  • Persian: “شهر وست‌مینستر”
  • Persian: “وست‌مینستر”
  • Polish: “City of Westminster”
  • Polish: “Westminster”
  • Portuguese: “Borough de Cidade Westminster”
  • Portuguese: “Borough de Westminster”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Westminster”
  • Portuguese: “City of Westminster”
  • Portuguese: “Westminster”
  • Quechua: “Westminster llaqta”
  • Quechua: “Westminster Llaqta”
  • Romanian: “City of Westminster”
  • Romanian: “Westminster”
  • Russian: “Вестминстер”
  • Scots: “Ceety o Wastmeenster”
  • Scots: “City o Westminster”
  • Scots: “City of Westminster”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Westminster”
  • Serbian: “Vestminster”
  • Serbian: “Вестминстер”
  • Serbian: “Град Вестминстер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “City of Westminster”
  • Sinhala: “වෙස්ට්මිනිස්ටර් නගරය”
  • Slovak: “City of Westminster”
  • Slovak: “Westminster”
  • Slovenian: “City of Westminster”
  • Slovenian: “GB-WSM”
  • Slovenian: “Westminster”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شهر وست‌مینستر”
  • Spanish: “City of Westminster”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Westminster, Londres, Inglaterra”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Westminster”
  • Spanish: “Westminster (área sin patriarcas)”
  • Swedish: “City of Westminster”
  • Swedish: “Westminster”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Westminster”
  • Tagalog: “Westminster”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Вестминстер”
  • Tamil: “வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர் நகரம்”
  • Telugu: “వెస్ట్మిన్స్టర్ నగరం”
  • Thai: “City of Westminster”
  • Thai: “นครเวสต์มินสเตอร์”
  • Turkish: “Westminster”
  • Uighur: “Wéstminstér Shehiri”
  • Uighur: “Wéstminstér”
  • Uighur: “ۋېستمىنستېر”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестмінстер”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ منسٹر شہر”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹمنسٹر شہر”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Westminster, Luân Đôn”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Westminster”
  • Vlaams: “City of Westminster”
  • Waray (Philippines): “City of Westminster”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Westminster”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Westminster”
  • Welsh: “San Steffan”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուեսթմինսթըր”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویسٹمنسٹر”
  • Wu Chinese: “威斯敏斯特”
  • Wu Chinese: “威斯敏斯特市”
  • Yiddish: “סיטי פון וועסטמינסטער”
  • Yue Chinese: “西敏市”

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