Westminster

Found in: Southwest London

Just southwest of the City of London and right beside the Thames, the neighborhood of Westminster (not to be confused with its borough, the City of Westminster) contains many of the city’s greatest tourist attractions, including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

A Brief History of Westminster

Tube stations:
Westminster
Victoria
St James’s Park

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Cathedral
St Margaret’s
Banqueting House
Buckingham Palace
Changing of the Guard
St James’s Park
Green Park
Household Cavalry Museum
10 Downing Street
Churchill War Rooms
Tate Britain
Central Hall
Blewcoat School (National Trust Gift Shoppe)
Red Lion (600 year-old pub)

Also nearby

Victoria Embankment
Cleopatra’s Needle
Golden Jubilee Bridges
Charing Cross

Trafalgar Square
National Portrait Gallery
National Gallery
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Chinatown

Florence Nightingale Museum
County Hall
London Eye
The Queen’s Walk

Accommodation

Westminster Hotels
Hotels in Victoria London
Belgravia Hotels
Waterloo Hotels
Piccadilly Hotels