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Line 5: [[File:Open Happiness Piccadilly Circus Blue-Pink Hour 120917-1126-jikatu.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|[[Piccadilly Circus]], the heart of the West End, in September 2012]] The '''West End of London''' (commonly referred to as the '''~~the~~ West End''') refers to a distinct region of [[Central London]], 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. Use of the term began 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 part 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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