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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 West End''') ~~refers to~~is 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> While the [[City of London]]~~, or the Square Mile,~~ is the main business and financial district in London, the West End is the main commercial and entertainment centre of the city. It is the largest [[central business district]] in the United Kingdom, comparable to [[Midtown Manhattan]] in [[New York City]], [[Causeway Bay]] in [[Hong Kong]], [[Shibuya]] in [[Tokyo]], or the [[8th arrondissement of Paris\|8th arrondissement]] in [[Paris]]. It is one of the most expensive locations in the world in which to rent office space. ==History==

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