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Carnaby Street, West­min­ster World famous in the 1960s, Carnaby Street is a pedes­tri­anised shopping street running parallel with the middle part of Regent Street The…

Maida Vale, West­min­ster Mansion block territory, located west of St John’s Wood This area belonged to the Bishop of London in 1647, when it was…

Lisson Grove, West­min­ster A cosmopolitan locality situated south of St John’s Wood – and a street running parallel with Edgware Road The locality was known…

Park Lane, West­min­ster This pres­ti­gious thor­ough­fare came into existence on the eastern edge of Hyde Park after Henry VIII enclosed the park in the early…

Bayswater, West­min­ster An enclave of hotels and (mostly) high-class housing lying north of Kens­ington Gardens Bayswater began as a hamlet located close to present-day Lancaster…

Strand, West­min­ster A commer­cial and insti­tu­tional thor­ough­fare running eastward from Charing Cross and meeting Fleet Street just west of the junction with Chancery Lane The…

Wennington, Havering A remote and dispersed marshland village situated two miles south-east of Rainham, on the outer edge of east London First recorded in the…

West­bourne Park, West­min­ster/Kensington & Chelsea A fash­ion­able resi­den­tial locality occupying a crescent of land made by the elevated section of the Westway, north-east of Notting…