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WHITEHALL AND
WESTMINSTER

Whitehall and Westminster have been at the Confessor would enlarge into England’s
centre of political and religious power in greatest abbey, giving the area its name
England for a thousand years. King Canute, (a minster is an abbey church). Over the
who ruled at the beginning of the 11th century, fol lowing centuries the offices of state were
was the first monarch to have a palace on what established in the vicinity. All this is still
was then an island in the swampy meeting reflected in Whitehall’s heroic statues and
point of the Thames and its vanished tributary, massive government buildings. To its north,
the Tyburn. Canute built his palace beside the Trafalgar Square marks the start of the West
church that, some 50 years later, Edward the End entertainment district.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Churches, Abbeys and
1 Houses of Parliament pp76–7 Cathedrals
2 Big Ben 4 Westminster Abbey pp80–83
3 Jewel Tower 6 St Margaret’s Church
5 Dean’s Yard i Westminster Cathedral NORTHUMBERLAND AVE
7 Parliament Square o St John’s Smith Square WHITEHALL PLACE
9 Downing Street Museums and Galleries
0 Churchill War Rooms e Household Cavalry WHIT E HALL
q Banqueting House Museum HORSEGUARDS AVE
w Horse Guards Parade t Guards Museum EMBANKMENT
r Queen Anne’s Gate p Tate Britain pp86–9
y St James’s Park Station HORSE GUARDS ROAD
u Blewcoat School Monuments RICHMOND
TERRACE
8 Cenotaph
VICTORIA Westminster
KING CHARLES ST Pier
GREAT ST PARLIAMENT Westminster
GEORGE ST
OLD BRIDGE ST
B I R D C A G E W A L K QUEEN ST STOREY’S GATE Westminster
Bridge
St James's BROAD
Park TOTHILL ST SANCTUARY
PETTY FRANCE BROADWAY
CAXTON ST GREAT SMITH ST YARD OLD PALACE s e
BUCKIN GHAM GATE
TOWER
OLD PYE STREET
GARDENS
V I C T O ARTILLERY R I A S T R E E T GREAT COLLEG E ST VICTORIA m a
Street Finder maps 13, 20, 21 GREAT PETER STREET ST ABINGDON h
HOWI CK PLACE ROW WESTMINSTER T
FRANCIS STREE T GREENCOAT PLACE GREYCOAT HORSEFERRY RD HORSEFERRY ROAD Lambeth
Victoria PLACE MILLBANK

TUFTON ST
ST
Bridge
MONCK ST
THIRLEBY ROAD
ELVERTON ST
ROCHESTER ROW

GREYCOAT

PAGE STREET
CARLISLE PLACE
VINCENT SQUARE
WESTMINSTER
MARSHAM STREET
SCHOOL PLAYING
FIELDS REGENCY STREET VINCENT STREET THORNEY STREET i R e v r
CHAPTER Millbank
ST
0 metres 500 DOUGLAS STREET ERASMUS STREET J O H N IS L I P S T R EET Pier
0 yards 500 MIL L B ANK
ST
ATTERBURY
VAU X HALL B RI D GE R OAD
CAUS T ON ST
Pimlico
150 metres /
165 yards
Restaurants see pp296–9 Vauxhall
Bridge
1 Cinnamon Club
2 Regency Café
The clock face on the Houses of Parliament For keys to symbols see back flap
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