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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>
 
==Activities==
[[File:her.majestys.theatre.london.arp.jpg|thumb|[[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in [[Haymarket (London)|Haymarket]], home to [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]’s ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'']]
Taking a fairly broad definition of the West End, the area contains the main concentrations of most of London's metropolitan activities apart from financial and many types of legal services, which are concentrated primarily in the City of London. There are major concentrations of the following buildings and activities in the West End:
*Art galleries and museums
*Company headquarters outside the financial services sector (although London's many financial companies are also operating in the West End)
*Educational institutions
*Embassies
*Government buildings (mainly around [[Whitehall]])
*[[Hotels in London|Hotels]]
*Institutes, [[learned societies]] and think tanks
*Legal institutions
*Media establishments
*Places of entertainment: theatres, cinemas, nightclubs, music venues, bars and restaurants
*Shops
 
The annual [[New Year's Day Parade]] takes place on the streets of the West End.
 
==Notable streets==