Westminster /ˈwɛsᵗmɪnstə/ is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It has a large concentration of London's historic and prestigious landmarks and visitor attractions, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Cathedral.
Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England (and later the British government) for almost a thousand years. Westminster is the location of the Palace of Westminster, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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... piece (and the work includes sounds heard in London such as the Westminster Quarters), it was intended to be heard as absolute music ... Lento – Allegro risoluto The symphony opens quietly, and after a few nocturnal bars, the Westminster chimes are heard, played on the harp ... words, "If the listener will imagine himself standing on Westminster Embankment at night, surrounded by the distant sounds of The Strand, with its great hotels on one side and the "New Cut ...
... Westminster, Ontario can mean the following Westminster, Middlesex County, Ontario (formerly Westminster Township, Ontario) Westminster, Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario ...
... He led a revision of the City of Westminster Plan, including the statutory process of consultation ... in the Royal Parks, and upgraded and refined street furniture livery across Westminster ... As chairman of Westminster's finance committee, he led the privatisation of the refuse collection service ...
... Westminster School is an independent, Uniting Church, Early Learning to Year 12, coeducational, day and boarding school located at Marion, South ... boys, the school was opened by the Prime Minister Robert Menzies in 1961 and is named after Westminster School in London ...
... During his time as minister at the Department of Trade and Industry during the eighties he deregulated the mobile telephone market in the UK ... After he left ministerial office he introduced the Property Misdescriptions Act, which aimed to curb "the more extravagant claims of estate agents" ...