City of Westminster
Westminster sits at the heart of London and is the centre of British political life. It’s home to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, where 39 monarchs have been crowned.
Tourists flock to landmarks like Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Covent Garden’s shops and theatres. Then there’s the dilemma of whether to take tea at the Ritz, dim sum in Chinatown – or maybe a pint in one of Soho’s many pubs?
Composer George Frideric Handel wrote Messiah in Mayfair, next door to where rock legend Jimi Hendrix would live some 200 years later. Two miles away is Abbey Road Studios, and the zebra crossing made famous by The Beatles.
And yet with all that heritage, Westminster never sits still – a key example of London’s way of respecting its past while embracing the future.
The Palace of Westminster from Westminster Bridge
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A Communist Rally at the Stoll Theatre (pencil drawing)
Golden, Grace
1944
A Copy of Verses for 1866, Humbly Presented to the Worthy Inhabitants of the Upper Liberty of St Andrew, Holborn (woodcut)
Price, John, Reynell, C.W.
1866
A Copy of Verses humbly presented to all my worthy Masters and Mistresses In the Parish of Chiswick, in the County of Middlesex (woodcut)
Cotton, John, Bayley, T.
1808
A couple and a male friend sit on a wall in central London (silver gelatin print)
Collins, Bob
1950-1959
A couple and policemen at a protestors' meeting in Trafalgar Square (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1960
A craftsman makes cut-outs of figures performing at the London Palladium, including Norman Wisdom (silver gelatin print)
Collins, Bob
1956
A crowd, including two military men, wait by The Mall on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation (silver gelatin print)
Collins, Bob
1953-06-01
A crowded commuter train, 5:30pm at Charing Cross (silver gelatin print)
Lewis, Barry
1977
A decorated street during Edward VII's coronation (watercolour)
Flower, Charles Edwin
1902-06
A demolition site at Floral Street, The Strand (silver gelatin print)
Barkshire, Paul
1980-04-02
A demonstration against the Colour Bar Immigration Bill, Trafalgar Square (negative)
Grant, Henry
1962
A demonstration against the Colour Bar Immigration Bill, Trafalgar Square (negative)
Grant, Henry
1962
A discriminating window sign targets the Travelling community (negative)
Grant, Henry
1953
A Drawing Room at St. James's Palace (watercolour, ink and pencil drawing)
Rowlandson, Thomas
1808-1809
