The term West end is commonly used to refer off to the West End London , an urban surface of London largely included in the Cité of Westminster, but also partially in the London Borough off Camden .

West End gathers the majority of the London theaters.

Localization

Located at the west of the City of London ( City off London or " public garden mile"), West End is for a long time the place of residence of the elites of the city, this being, enter others, with will have district of Westminster which includes the two principal institutions of the State: the Abbey of Westminster (Westminster Abbey), where take place the royal crownings and marriages and the Palais of Westminster, seat of the two rooms of the Parliament. Developed during the 17th century, 18th century and 19th century, West End was articulated at the origin around palate, of luxurious residences, stores to the mode and places of entertainment.

The places close to the City of London, on the level of Holborn, Seven Dials and Covent Garden, which sheltered poorer people traditionally, drove out them and were redéveloppés.

The term West End is to be considered with precaution insofar as it can cover different directions according to the contexts. Thus it can refer to the district of entertainment around Leicester Square and Covent Garden, with the shopping area centered on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street (still that some call the shopping area geographically distict around Knightsbridge " West End Shopping"), or to refer to the entirety of the part of the Central London (nonofficial term used by contrast with the Inner London and whose limits are not clearly defined) which is in the west of the City of London.

One of the electoral constituencies ( ward ) of the City of Westminster is called West End . The district is delimited by the City of London in the east, the the Thames in south-east, Horseferry Road and Victoria Street in the south, Grosvenor Place at the west and Piccadilly and Long Acre in north to see the plan.

Districts of West End

Below the districts ( districts ) of West End are listed, which all were developed around the year 1815:

• Bloomsbury

• Holborn
• Covent Garden
• Seven Dials
• Soho
• Fitzrovia
• Westminster
• Marylebone
• Mayfair
• St James' S

The districts in the south, the north and the west of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens were developed between the end of the Napoleonean wars in 1815 and the end of the 19th century, in certain cases starting from preexistent villages. They are not always referred like making party of West End London. The two last listed here are even rather with the periphery.

• Knightsbridge

• Belgravia
• Pimlico
• Chelsea
• South Kensington
• Bayswater
• Paddington
• Notting Hill
• Holland Park

The most known streets of West End

• Charing Cross-country race Road

• Oxford Street
• Regent Street
• Jump Street
• Shaftesbury Avenue
• Tottenham Short Road
• The Strand
• Piccadilly
• Kingsway
• Wardour Street
• Park Lane

Places and famous crossroads of West End

• Leicester Public garden

• Trafalgar Public garden
• Berkeley Public garden
• Grosvenor Public garden
• Piccadilly Circus
• Oxford Circus
• Hyde Park Corner
• Marble Arch
• Soho Public garden

See too

• West End Theater

• East End
• North London
• South London
• East London