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The West End of London is an area of Central London
Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London"....
, England
England

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, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatre
West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
s. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
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The West End of London is an area of Central London
Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London"....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatre
West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
s. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
. For strategic planning the area is identified as one of two international centres in the London Plan
London Plan

The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. The plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended....
.

Location

Located to the west of the historic Roman
Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
 and Mediaeval City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
, the West End was long favoured by the rich elite as a place of residence because it was usually upwind of the smoke drifting from the crowded City. It was also located close to the royal seat of power at Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
, and is largely contained within the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 (one of the 32 London borough
London borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London....
s). Developed in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was originally built as a series of palaces, expensive town houses, fashionable shops and places of entertainment. The areas closest to the City around Holborn
Holborn

Holborn is an area of Central London, England. Holborn is also the name of the area's principal east-west street, running from St Giles's High Street as High Holborn to Gray's Inn Road to Holborn Viaduct, crossing the borders of the City of Westminster, London Borough of Camden and the City of London....
, Seven Dials
Seven Dials

Seven Dials is a small but well-known road junction in the West End of London of London near Covent Garden where seven streets converge. At the centre of the roughly circular space is a pillar bearing six sundials....
 and Covent Garden
Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
 historically contained poorer communities that were cleared and redeveloped in the nineteenth century.

The name "West End" is a flexible term with different meanings in different contexts. It may refer to the entertainment district around Leicester Square
Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised city square in the West End of London of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west....
 and Covent Garden
Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
; to the shopping district centred on Oxford Street
Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. With over 300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense....
, Regent Street
Regent Street

Regent Street is one of the major high street in London's West End of London, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations....
, and Bond Street
Bond Street

Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. It is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is more upmarket than nearby Regent Street and Oxford Street....
 (but the geographically distinct shopping district around Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, London, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
 would also be counted as "West End Shopping" by some); or, less commonly, to the whole of that part of Central London
Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London"....
 (itself an area with no generally agreed boundaries) which lies to the west of the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
.

One of the local government wards within the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 is called "West End". It is bounded by the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
 to the east, the Thames to the south east, Horseferry Road
Horseferry Road

Horseferry Road is a street in the City of Westminster in central London, England, running between Millbank and Greycoat Place. It is perhaps best known as the site of City of Westminster Magistrates' Court ....
 and Victoria Street to the south, Grosvenor Place to the west and Piccadilly
Piccadilly

Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster....
 and Long Acre to the north. This is quite a narrow boundary. However, in the United Kingdom, ward boundaries are generally only familiar to people involved in local politics and administration, and this ward carries little weight as an "official" definition of the West End, and is not intended to do so.

Activities

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Taking a fairly broad definition of the West End, the area contains the main concentrations of most of London's metropolitan activities apart from financial services, which are concentrated primarily in the City of London. There are major concentrations of the following buildings and activities in the West End:
  • Art galleries and museums
  • Company headquarters outside the financial services sector (although London's many hedge fund
    Hedge fund

    A hedge fund is an investment fund open to a limited range of investors that is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment funds and also pays a performance fee to its investment management....
    s are based mainly in the West End)
  • Educational institutions
  • Embassies
  • Government buildings (mainly around Whitehall
    Whitehall

    Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I of England, which is often regarded as the heart of London....
    )
  • Hotels
    Hotels in London

    This article describes the hotels in London, England. Hotels are an important part of London's tourism industry....
  • Institutes, learned societies and think tanks
  • Legal institutions
  • Media establishments
  • Places of entertainment: theatres; cinemas; nightclubs; bars and restaurants
  • Shops


The annual New Year’s Day Parade
New Year's Day Parade

The New Year's Day Parade is a parade of 10,000 performers through the streets of the West End of London which takes place annually on 1 January....
 takes place on the streets of the West End. West End Live, a showcase of musical theater, takes place in Leicester Square
Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised city square in the West End of London of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west....
 in June.

Districts in the West End

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Using the broadest definition, these are the inner districts of the West End, which were all developed by about 1815:
  • Bloomsbury
    Bloomsbury

    Bloomsbury may refer to:* Bloomsbury, an area in central London.* the Bloomsbury Group, an English literary group active around from around 1905 to the start of World War II....
  • Covent Garden
    Covent Garden

    Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
  • Fitzrovia
    Fitzrovia

    Fitzrovia is an area of central London, near London's West End, London. It is a formally designated area lying partly in the London Borough of Camden and partly in the City of Westminster ....
  • Holborn
  • Marylebone
  • Mayfair
  • Seven Dials
    Seven Dials

    Seven Dials is a small but well-known road junction in the West End of London of London near Covent Garden where seven streets converge. At the centre of the roughly circular space is a pillar bearing six sundials....
  • Soho
    Soho

    Soho is an area in the centre of the West End of London of London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is an entertainment district which for much of the later part of the 20th century had a reputation for its sex shops as well as its night life and film industry....
  • St. James's
    St. James's

    St James's is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. It is bounded to the north by Piccadilly, to the west by Green Park, to the south by The Mall and St James's Park and to the east by The Haymarket....
  • Westminster


The districts to the south, north and west of Hyde Park
Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine ....
 and Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens

See also Kensington Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, AustraliaKensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park, London....
 were developed between the end of the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
 in 1815 and the late 19th century, in some cases based on existing villages. The more fashionable of them were generally regarded as being in the West End at that time, but the extension of the term to these areas west of Park Lane
Park Lane (road)

Park Lane is a major road in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Originally a country lane, it became a fashionable residential address from the eighteenth century onwards, with several large mansions such as the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor House and the Holford family's Dorchester House....
 is less common nowadays. The last two listed especially are fringe cases:

  • Knightsbridge
    Knightsbridge

    Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, London, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
     (listed as a distinct 'international center' in the London Plan
    London Plan

    The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. The plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended....
    )
  • Belgravia
    Belgravia

    Belgravia is a district of central London in the City of Westminster, situated to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. Belgravia is approximately bounded by Knightsbridge to the north , Grosvenor Place and Buckingham Palace Road to the east, Pimlico Road to the south, and Sloane Street to the west....
  • Pimlico
    Pimlico

    Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster that is primarily residential and well known for its collection of small hotels and impressive Regency architecture....
  • Chelsea
    Chelsea, London

    Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
  • South Kensington
    South Kensington

    South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
  • Bayswater
    Bayswater

    Bayswater is an area of west London in the City of Westminster. It is a built-up district located 3 miles west north-west of Charing Cross and borders the north of Hyde Park, London over Kensington Gardens....
  • Paddington
    Paddington

    Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. It was formerly a London_borough#Inner_London_boroughs of itself, but was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965....
  • Notting Hill
    Notting Hill

    Notting Hill is an area in West London, England close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park, London, and lying within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
  • Holland Park
    Holland Park

    Holland Park is a district and a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London in England. Holland Park is widely regarded as one of the most romantic parks in London, due to its abundant wildlife and secluded hideaways....


Famous streets in the West End

  • Albemarle Street
    Albemarle Street

    Albemarle Street is a street in Mayfair in central London, off Piccadilly. It has historic associations with George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, whose publisher John Murray was based here, and Oscar Wilde, a member of the Albemarle Club, where an insult he received led to his suing for libel and to his eventual imprisonment....
  • Baker Street
    Baker Street

    Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It forms part of the A41 road. It is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at 221B Baker Street, an address that does not actually exist....
  • Bond Street
    Bond Street

    Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. It is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is more upmarket than nearby Regent Street and Oxford Street....
  • Carnaby Street
    Carnaby Street

    Carnaby Street is a Car-free zone shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the 'Carnaby' area within the Soho district, near Oxford Street, just to the east of Regent Street....
  • Charing Cross Road
    Charing Cross Road

    Charing Cross Road is a London street which runs immediately north of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Giles' Circus and then becomes Tottenham Court Road....
  • Denmark Street
    Denmark Street

    Denmark Street is a short narrow road in central London, notable for its connections with United Kingdom popular music, and is known as the British Tin Pan Alley....
  • Gower Street
    Gower Street (London)

    Gower Street is a street in Bloomsbury, Central London, England, running between Euston Road to the north and Montague Place to the south. It continues as North Gower Street north of Euston Road and Bloomsbury Street south of Montague Place....
  • Great Marlborough Street
    Great Marlborough Street

    Great Marlborough Street runs west to east through the western part of Soho in London. At its western end it joins Regent Street. Carnaby Street also runs off it on its way east to meet Berwick Street Market....
  • Great Portland Street
    Great Portland Street

    Great Portland Street is a street in the West End of London of London. Linking Oxford Street with Albany Street and the busy A501 road Marylebone Road and Euston Road, the road forms the boundary between Fitzrovia to the east and Marylebone to the west....
  • Harley Street
    Harley Street

    Harley Street is a road in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is noted for its large number of private dentists, surgerys, and physician....
  • Haymarket
  • High Holborn
    High Holborn

    High Holborn is a road in Holborn in central London, England. It starts in the west near St Giles' Circus, then goes east, past Bloomsbury Street, the Kingsway and Southampton Row, and continues east....
  • Kingsway
    Kingsway (London)

    Kingsway is a major road in central London in the United Kingdom, designated as part of the A4200 road. It runs from High Holborn, at its north end in the London Borough of Camden, and meets Aldwych in the south in the City of Westminster at Bush House....
  • Old Compton Street
    Old Compton Street

    Old Compton Street runs east-west through Soho, London, England....
  • Oxford Street
    Oxford Street

    Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. With over 300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense....
  • Park Lane
    Park Lane (road)

    Park Lane is a major road in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Originally a country lane, it became a fashionable residential address from the eighteenth century onwards, with several large mansions such as the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor House and the Holford family's Dorchester House....
  • Piccadilly
    Piccadilly

    Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster....
  • Regent Street
    Regent Street

    Regent Street is one of the major high street in London's West End of London, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations....
  • Shaftesbury Avenue
    Shaftesbury Avenue

    Shaftesbury Avenue is a major street in London, England, named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, that runs in a north-easterly direction from Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, crossing Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus, London....
  • The Strand
    Strand, London

    The Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London, England. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar London, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its #History has been longer than this....
  • Tottenham Court Road
    Tottenham Court Road

    Tottenham Court Road is a road in Central London, England, running from St Giles' Circus north to Euston Road, near the border of the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden....
  • Wardour Street
    Wardour Street

    File:Ann-Summers-1.jpgWardour Street in a street located in London's Soho, running one-way south to north from Leicester Square, passing through Chinatown, London, across Shaftesbury Avenue, to Oxford Street....


Notable squares and circuses in the West End

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The West End is laid out with many notable public squares and circuses, the later being the original name for roundabouts in London.
  • Berkeley Square
    Berkeley Square

    Berkeley Square is a town square in the West End of London of London in the City of Westminster, originally laid out in the mid 18th century by architect William Kent....
  • Cambridge Circus
    Cambridge Circus, London

    Cambridge Circus is a London traffic intersection at the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road. The Palace Theatre, London is located on the west side of the junction....
  • Grosvenor Square
    Grosvenor Square

    Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor"....
  • Hyde Park Corner
    Hyde Park Corner

    Hyde Park Corner is a place in London, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London. It is a major intersection where Park Lane , Knightsbridge, Piccadilly, Grosvenor Place and Constitution Hill, London converge....
  • Leicester Square
    Leicester Square

    Leicester Square is a pedestrianised city square in the West End of London of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west....
  • Manchester Square
    Manchester Square

    Manchester Square is an 18th century garden square in the Marylebone area in London, England, a short distance north of Oxford Street. It is one of the smaller but better preserved Georgian architecture squares in central London....
  • Marble Arch
    Marble Arch

    Marble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London, at the western end of Oxford Street in London, England, near the Marble Arch tube station of the same name....
  • Oxford Circus
    Oxford Circus

    Oxford Circus is the area of London at the busy intersection of Regent Street and Oxford Street, in the City of Westminster. It is served by Oxford Circus tube station, which is directly beneath the junction itself....
  • Piccadilly Circus
    Piccadilly Circus

    Piccadilly Circus is a famous junction and public space of London's West End of London in the City of Westminster,built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly....
  • Russell Square
    Russell Square

    Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum....
  • Soho Square
    Soho Square

    Soho Square is a square in Soho, London, England, with a park and garden area at its centre that dates back to 1681. It was originally called King Square after Charles II of England, whose statue stands in the square....
  • St Giles' Circus
    St Giles' Circus

    St Giles's Circus is the intersection of Oxford Street, New Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road in the West End of London....
  • Trafalgar Square
    Trafalgar Square

    Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction; its trademark is Nelson's Column which stands in the centre and the four lion statues that guard the column....


Transport

London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 Stations in the West End
  • Baker Street
    Baker Street tube station

    Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines....
  • Bond Street
    Bond Street tube station

    Bond Street tube station is a London Underground station on Oxford Street, near the junction with New Bond Street. Note that the street-level entrances are several metres west of New Bond Street itself....
  • Charing Cross
    Charing Cross tube station

    Charing Cross tube station is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square and Strand, London....
  • Covent Garden
    Covent Garden tube station

    Covent Garden is a London Underground station in Covent Garden. It is on the Piccadilly Line between Leicester Square tube station and Holborn tube station....
  • Embankment
    Embankment tube station

    Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known for most of its history as Charing Cross.The station is served by the Circle line , District Line, Northern Line and Bakerloo Line Lines....
  • Goodge Street
    Goodge Street tube station

    Goodge Street is a London Underground station on Tottenham Court Road. It is on the Northern Line between Tottenham Court Road tube station and Warren Street tube station, and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
  • Great Portland Street
    Great Portland Street tube station

    Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. It is between Baker Street tube station and Euston Square tube station on the Hammersmith & City Line, Circle line and Metropolitan Line lines....
  • Green Park
    Green Park tube station

    Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian Queen's Walk....
  • Holborn
    Holborn tube station

    Holborn is a station of the London Underground in Holborn in London, located at the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway . It is on the Piccadilly Line between Covent Garden tube station and Russell Square tube station, and on the Central Line between Tottenham Court Road tube station and Chancery Lane tube station....
  • Hyde Park Corner
    Hyde Park Corner tube station

    Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park, London. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge tube station and Green Park tube station on the Piccadilly Line....
  • Leicester Square
    Leicester Square tube station

    Leicester Square is a station on the London Underground, located on Charing Cross Road, a short distance to the east of Leicester Square itself....
  • Marble Arch
    Marble Arch tube station

    Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. The station is between Lancaster Gate tube station and Bond Street tube station stations on the Central Line, and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
  • Oxford Circus
    Oxford Circus tube station

    Oxford Circus is a London Underground station serving Oxford Circus at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on all four corners of the intersection....
  • Piccadilly Circus
    Piccadilly Circus tube station

    Piccadilly Circus tube station is the London Underground station located directly beneath Piccadilly Circus itself, with entrances at every corner....
  • Regent's Park
    Regent's Park tube station

    Regent's Park tube station is a London Underground station by Regent's Park. It is on the Bakerloo Line, between Baker Street tube station and Oxford Circus tube station....
  • Temple
    Temple tube station

    Temple is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, between Victoria Embankment and Temple Place. It is on the Circle line and District Line lines between Embankment tube station and Blackfriars station and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
  • Tottenham Court Road
    Tottenham Court Road tube station

    Tottenham Court Road is a station on the London Underground, serving as an interchange between the Central Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line....
  • Warren Street
    Warren Street tube station

    Warren Street tube station is a London Underground station. It is on the Charing Cross tube station branch of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street tube station and Euston station, and the Victoria Line between Oxford Circus tube station and Euston station....
  • Westminster
    Westminster tube station

    Westminster is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. The station is served by the Circle line , District Line and Jubilee Line lines....


National Rail
National Rail

National Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies. ATOC is an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger Train Operating Company of Great Britain which now run the passenger services previously provided by the British Railways Board ....
 Station in the West End
  • Charing Cross station
    Charing Cross railway station

    Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus. It is unusual among London's railway termini in that its services connect it to two of the others, Waterloo railway station and London Bridge station....
    .


Education

The City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 operates the Charing Cross Library with the Westminster Chinese Library.

See also

  • West End theatre
    West End theatre

    West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....


External links

  • Information and archive material on London's historic West End Theatres.