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The '''West End of London''' (commonly referred to as '''the West End''') is a district of [[Central London]], London, England, west of the [[City of London]] and north of the [[River Thames]], in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including [[West End theatre]]s, are concentrated.
The term was first used in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of [[Charing Cross]].<ref name=mills>Mills, A., ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001)</ref> The West End covers parts of the boroughs of [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] and [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]].<ref name=plan>Greater London Authority, ''[http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/strategies/sds/london_plan/lon_plan_5.pdf The London Plan: The Sub Regions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604095551/http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/strategies/sds/london_plan/lon_plan_5.pdf# |date=4 June 2011 }}''</ref>
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==History==
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[[File:Map of the West End of London.png|thumb|Londons West End & immediate vicinity]]
[[Medieval]] [[London]]
[[File:Temple-bar-griffin.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Dragon statue on the [[Temple Bar, London|Temple Bar]] monument, which marks the boundary between the City of Westminster and [[City of London]]]]
[[File:Aldwych Theatre 2.jpg|thumb|left|Aldwych Theatre in London Theatreland]]
Over time they came to form the centre of modern London, although each kept its own distinct character and its separate legal identity (for example, the City of London has its own police force and is a distinct [[county]]). The City of London became a centre for the banking, financial, legal and professional sectors, while Westminster became associated with the leisure, shopping, commerce, and entertainment sectors, the government, and home to [[university|universities]] and [[embassy|embassies]]. The modern West End is closely associated with this area of central London.
Lying to the west of the historic [[
{{See also|Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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As the West End is a term used colloquially by Londoners and is not an official geographical or municipal definition, its exact constituent parts are up for debate. [[Westminster City Council]]'s 2005 report ''Vision for the West End'' included the following areas in its definition: [[Covent Garden]], [[Soho]], [[Chinatown, London|Chinatown]], [[Leicester Square]], the shopping streets of [[Oxford Street]], [[Regent Street]] and [[Bond Street]], the area encompassing [[Trafalgar Square]], the [[Strand, London|Strand]] and [[Aldwych]], and the district known as [[West End theatre#Theatreland|Theatreland]]. The [[Edgware Road]] to the north-west and the [[Victoria Embankment]] to the south-east were also covered by the document but were treated as "adjacent areas" to the West End.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/CSU/Cabinet%20Member%20Decisions/Economic_Development_and_Transport%202003-08/2005/49%20-%20Vision%20for%20the%20West%20End/West%20End%20Vision%20final%20report%20Oct05.pdf|title=Vision for the West End|date=October 2005|publisher=Westminster City Council|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103651/http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/CSU/Cabinet%20Member%20Decisions/Economic_Development_and_Transport%202003-08/2005/49%20-%20Vision%20for%20the%20West%20End/West%20End%20Vision%20final%20report%20Oct05.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
According to Ed Glinert's ''West End Chronicles'' (2006) the districts falling within the West End are [[Mayfair]], [[Soho]], [[Covent Garden]], [[Fitzrovia]] and [[Marylebone]].<ref>E. Gilnert, West End Chronicles (Penguin, 2006)</ref> By this definition, the West End borders [[Temple, London|Temple]], [[Holborn]] and [[Bloomsbury]] to the east, [[Regent's Park]] to the north, [[Paddington]], [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and [[Knightsbridge]] to the west, and [[Victoria, London|Victoria]] and [[Westminster]] to the south. Other definitions include
One of the [[City of Westminster]] [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]] is called "[[West End (Westminster ward)|West End]]". This electoral unit includes some of the most prosperous areas of the borough, including [[Soho]], [[Mayfair]] and parts of southern [[Marylebone]].<ref>[http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/2559_West%20End%20Ward_A4_NTonkin.pdf Westminster City Council ward boundary information]</ref> The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 10,575.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689156&c=West+End&d=14&e=62&g=6340682&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476554268317&enc=1|title=City of Westminstee ward population 2011|access-date=15 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
*[[Hotels in London|Hotels]]▼
==Notable streets==
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*[[Charing Cross Road]]
*[[Denmark Street]]
*[[Great Marlborough Street]]
*[[Great Portland Street]]
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*[[Haymarket (London)|Haymarket]]
*[[High Holborn]]
*[[Lisson Grove]]
*[[Kingsway (London)|Kingsway]]
▲*[[Neal Street]]
*[[Old Compton Street]]
*[[Oxford Street]]
*[[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]]
*[[Park Lane (road)|Park Lane]]
*[[Piccadilly]]
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*[[Shaftesbury Avenue]]
*[[Strand, London|Strand]]
*[[Wardour Street]]
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==Notable squares and circuses==
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The West End is laid out with many notable [[Squares in London|public squares]] and circuses.
*[[Berkeley Square]]
*[[Cambridge Circus, London|Cambridge Circus]]
*[[Cavendish Square]]
*[[Grosvenor Square]]
*[[Hanover Square, Westminster|Hanover Square]]
*[[Hyde Park Corner]]
*[[Leicester Square]]
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*[[Parliament Square]]
*[[Piccadilly Circus]]
*[[Portman Square]]
*[[Russell Square]]
*[[Soho Square]]
*[[St James's Square, London|St James's Square]]
*[[St Giles Circus]]
*[[Trafalgar Square]]
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==References==
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