Westminster
Westminster is a district of central London, at the heart of the United Kingdom's royal and political life. Location of the Westminster area in London…Photo: Mgimelfarb, Public domain.
- Type: City with 233,000 residents
- Description: city and borough in the London Region in England
- Neighbors: City of London, Lambeth and South Kensington-Chelsea
Notable Places in the Area
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.
Westminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.
St James's Park
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St James's Park is a 23-hectare urban park in the City of Westminster, central London.
Localities in the Area
Mayfair-Marylebone
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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London.
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.
Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane.
Westminster
- Categories: borough of London Region, district with city status, unparished area and locality
- Location: Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49732° or 51° 29' 50" northLongitude
-0.13715° or 0° 8' 14" westPopulation
233,000Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)Abbreviation
WSMOpen Location Code
9C3XFVW7+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 27365306OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3333218Wikidata ID
Q179351Westminster Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: City of Westminster
- Albanian: Westminster
- Arabic: Westminster
- Arabic: مدينة وستمنستر
- Armenian: Վեստմինստեր
- Asturian: Ciudá de Westminster
- Azerbaijani: Vestminster
- Azerbaijani: Vestminster borosu
- Basque: Westminster Hiria
- Belarusian: Ўэстмінстэр
- Belarusian: Вэстмінстэр
- Bengali: ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার শহর
- Bulgarian: Град на Уестминстър
- Bulgarian: Уестминстър
- Catalan: City of Westminster
- Catalan: Ciutat de Westminster
- Cebuano: City of Westminster
- 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): Westminister
- Dutch: City of Westminster
- Dutch: Westminster
- Dutch: Westmunster
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينة ويستمينستر
- English: City of Westminster, London, England
- English: City of Westminster
- English: Westminster (unparished area)
- Esperanto: City of Westminster
- Esperanto: Civito de Vestminstro
- Estonian: Westminster
- Finnish: City of Westminster
- French: City of Westminster
- French: Cité de Westminster
- French: Westminster
- French: cité de Westminster
- Galician: Cidade de Westminster
- Georgian: უესტმინსტერი (ლონდონის ბორო)
- German: City of Westminster
- German: GB-WSM
- Greek: Πόλη του Ουέστμινστερ
- Greek: Πόλη του Ουεστμίνστερ
- Gujarati: પશ્ચિમમિન્સ્ટરનું શહેર
- Hebrew: הסיטי של וסטמינסטר
- Hebrew: וסטמינסטר
- Hebrew: רובע וסטמינסטר
- Hindi: सिटि ऑफ़ वेस्टमिंस्टर
- Hindi: सिटी ऑफ़ वेस्टमिंस्टर
- Hungarian: City of Westminster
- 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: 시티오브웨스트민스터
- Korean: 시티 오브 웨스트민스터
- 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 Westminster
- Manipuri: ꯋꯦꯁꯠꯃꯤꯟꯁꯇꯔ ꯒꯤ ꯃꯌꯣꯜꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ
- Marathi: वेस्टमिन्स्टर
- Marathi: वेस्टमिन्स्टरचे शहर
- Marathi: सिटी ऑफ वेस्टमिन्स्टर
- Mazanderani: وستمینستر
- Min Nan Chinese: City of Westminster
- Mongolian: ꯋꯦꯁꯠꯃꯤꯟꯁꯇꯔ ꯒꯤ ꯃꯌꯣꯜꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ
- Northern Frisian: City of Westminster
- Norwegian: City of Westminster
- Norwegian Bokmål: City of Westminster
- Norwegian Nynorsk: City of Westminster
- Norwegian Nynorsk: London Borough of 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
- 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: Град Вестминстер
- Serbo-Croatian: City of Westminster
- Sinhala: වෙස්ට්මිනිස්ටර් නගරය
- Slovak: City of Westminster
- Slovak: Westminster
- Slovenian: City of Westminster
- South Azerbaijani: شهر وستمینستر
- Spanish: City of Westminster
- Spanish: Ciudad de Westminster
- Spanish: Ciudad de Westminster, Londres, Inglaterra
- Spanish: Westminster (área sin patriarcas)
- Spanish: ciudad de Westminster
- 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
- Uighur: Wéstminstér Shehiri
- 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
- Yiddish: סיטי פון וועסטמינסטער
- Yue Chinese: 西敏市
- უესტმინსტერი
Other Places Named Westminster
In the Area
- Westminster AbbeyLocality
- Regency ApartmentsNeighbourhood
- Pelican RockLocality
- Lillington Gardens EstateNeighbourhood
- MillbankSuburb
- WestminsterQuarter
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Westminster. Photo: Pablo BM, CC BY 2.0.