West End, London

The West End of London is an area of Central London often associated with London's theatres. It is symbolically seen as one of the three poles of London: The Square Mile for finance, The City of Westminster for government (with Whitehall and Palace of Westminster located there), and the West End for entertainment and retail.

West End is located west of the Roman walls of the City of London. It was a favoured residential area for the wealthy during the earlier centuries, as it is located upwind of the smoke drifting from the inner City. Much of West End is within the borough of the City of Westminster. The areas closest to the City is also the poorest in comparison.

The name "West End" can mean different things under different contexts. Generally, it refers to the theatre district around Leicester Square and Covent Garden, the shopping district centred on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street - although the geographically distinct shopping district of Knightsbridge would also be regarded as "West End Shopping" by some.

By the broadest definition, the inner districts of West End, developed by 1815 include Bloomsbury, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, Holborn, Marylebone, Mayfair, Seven Dials, Soho, St James's and Westminster. [an error occurred while processing this directive] Regent Street
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_Busy_Regent_Street.jpg
Author: Soham Banerjee

List of Places in London

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.