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Ceety o Wastmeenster
Lunnon burgh, Ceety
Palace o Wastmeenster
Palace o Wastmeenster
Wastmeenster shown athin Greater Lunnon
Wastmeenster shown athin Greater Lunnon
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Constituent kintraIngland
RegionLunnon
Ceremonial coontyGreater Lunnon
StatusLunnon burgh, Ceety
Admin HQCeety Haw, Victoria Street
Incorporatit1 Aprile 1965
Govrenment
 • TeepLunnon borough cooncil
 • BodiWastmeenster Ceety Cooncil
 • LeadershipLeader & Cabinet (Conservative)
 • Laird MayorCllr Susie Burbridge
 • MPsKaren Buck (Lab)
Mark Field (Con)
 • Lunnon AssemblyKit Malthouse (Con) AM for Wast Central
 • EU ParliamentLunnon
Area
 • Total21.48 km2 (8.29 sq mi)
Area rank318t (o 326)
Population
 (mid-2016 est.)
 • Rank69t (o 326)
 • Ethnicity[1]
35.2% White Breetish

2.3% White Erse
24.1% Ither White
0.9% White & Black Caribbean
0.9% White & Black African
1.6% White & Asie
1.8% Ither Mixed
3.3% Indie
1.1% Pakistani
2.9% Bangladeshi
4.6% Ither Asie
2% Black Caribbean
4.2% Black African
1.3% Ither Black
2.7% Cheenese

3.9% Ither
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes
NW, SW, WC
Area code(s)020
Polis forceMetropolitan Polis
Website[[1] www.westminster.gov.uk/%20]]

The Ceety o Wastmeenster (Inglis: City of Westminster) is a Lunnon burgh occupyin hintle o the central aurie o Lunnon, Ingland, includin maist of the Wast End. It is locatit tae the wast o an adjoinin the auncient Ceety o Lunnon, directly tae the east o the Ryal Burgh o Kensington an Chelsea, an its soothren bundary is the River Thames. It is an Inner Lunnon borough an wis creatit in 1965 when Greater Lunnon wis established. At its creation Wastmeenster wis awairdit ceety status, which haed been previously held bi the smawer Metropolitan Burgh o Wastmeenster. Aside frae a nummer o lairge pairks an open spaces, the population density o the destrict is heich. Mony steids commonly associatit wi Lunnon are locatit in the borough, includin Buckingham Palace, the Hooses o Parliament, an 10 Downing Street. The ceety is dividit intae a nummer o localities includin the auncient poleetical destrict o Wastmeenster aroond the Palace o Wastmeenster; the shoppin auries aroond Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly an Bond Street; an the nicht time entertainment destrict o Soho. Hintle o the ceety is residential, an in 2008 it wis estimatit tae hae a population o 236,000. The local authority is Wastmeenster Ceety Cooncil.

History

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In 1965 the Ceety o Wastmeenster wis creatit frae the umwhile aurie o the metropolitan burghs o St Marylebone, Paddington, an the smawer Metropolitan Burgh o Wastmeenster. The earlier Wastmeenster metropolitan burgh wis itsel the result o an amalgamation in 1900.

Demography

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Accordin tae the 2001 census, the ceety haed a population o 181,279. Wastmeenster Ceety Cooncil unnerteuk several studies, supportit bi baith poleetical pairties on the cooncil, that indicatit that this figur wis too law. The Office for National Statistics eventually addit 17,500 fowk tae Wastmeenster's population, increasin its grant frae the Breetish govrenment. The offeecial population is nou 198,779, but some estimates put it at 220,000. Approximately 71% o the population is White (Breetish: 49.0%, Erse: 2.0%, an Ither White: 19.0%), 16% are o ony Asie ethnicity, 7% Black, 6% Mixed, an 4% belang tae ither racial groups. Aboot 35% o hoosehaulds are occupeed bi thair awners.

Governance

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The ceety is dividit intae 20 wards, each electin 3 cooncillors. Wastmeenster Ceety Cooncil is currently componed o 48 Conservative Pairty members an 12 Labour Pairty members.[2][3]

Destricts

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The Ceety o Wastmeenster covers aw or pairt o the follaein auries o Lunnon:

Economy

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The Ceety o Wastmeenster is hame tae a lairge nummer o companies. Mony leadin global corporations hae chosen tae locate thair global or European heidquarters in the Ceety o Wastmeenster. Mayfair an St. James's athin the Ceety o Wastmeenster an aw hae a lairge concentration o hedge fund an private equity funds. The Wast End is kent as the Theatre Destrict an is hame tae mony o the leadin performin airts businesses. Soho an its adjoinin auries hoose a concentration o media an creative companies. Oxford Street is ane o the leadin shoppin destinations in the warld. The leet o companies includes

BP heid office in St. James's, Ceety o Wastmeenster

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Lunnon is locatit in Wastmeenster.[9][30]

Companies that previously haed thair heid offices in the Ceety o Wastmeenster include British Aircraft Corporation,[9][31] British Midland (Portland House),[32] British United Airways,[33] British Mediterranean Airways,[34] Cadbury,[35] Diageo,[36] BAA Limited,[9][37][38] Lloyd International Airways,[39] an P&O Princess Cruises.[40]

Laundmerks

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Palace o Wastmeenster
Main airticle: Leet o tourist steids in the Ceety o Wastmeenster
Further information: Leet o roads in the Ceety o Wastmeenster

Wastmeenster contains mony o the maist famous steids in Lunnon. Some o the popular tourist steids are Buckingham Palace, Palace o Wastmeenster (Hooses o Parliament) an Big Ben an nearbi Wastmeenster Abbey.

Pairks an open spaces

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Lord's Cricket Ground
Main airticle: Wastmeenster pairks an open spaces

Thir include Green Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park an St. James's Park. In addition tae pairks an open spaces athin the burggh, the Ceety awns an maintains East Finchley Cemetery an crematorium in the Lunnon Burgh o Barnet.

Transport

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Brigs

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Thir include Chelsea Bridge, Hungerford Bridge, Grosvenor Bridge, Lambeth Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Waterloo Bridge an Westminster Bridge.

National Rail stations

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Stations include: Lunnon Charing Cross, Lunnon Marylebone, Lunnon Paddington an Lunnon Victoria thir are aw main Lunnon termini stations.

London Underground

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The Ceety o Wastmeenster is served bi 27 tube stations, an 10 o the 11 Unnergrund lines (the Waterloo an City line is the exception).

Electric chairgin pynts

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Wastmeenster Ceety Cooncil nou haes electric vehicle chairgin pynts in 15 locations throu the ceety (13 caur pairks an twa on-street pynts). Uisers pey an annual fee tae civer admeenistration costs tae register an uise the pynts.[41]

Road

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Motorcyclists are subject tae a motorcycle pairkin chairge that haes caused protest in the borough.

Education

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LSE's Old Building entrance
Main airticle: Leet o schuils in the Ceety o Wastmeenster

Westminster Childer's Services operates mony community primary and seicontar schuils. In addition, several voluntary-aidit Kirk o Ingland (CE), Roman Catholic (RC), an Christian non-denominational (ND) schuils are in the ceety.[42]

Varsities an colleges

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Public libraries

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Charing Cross Library

The London Library, an independent lendin leebrar, is locatit at 14 St. James Square in the Ceety o Wastmeenster.[9][43]

The ceety operates ane reference leebrar, the Westminster Reference Library.[44] City-operated public lending libraries in Westminster include the Charing Cross Library,[45] the Kirk Street Library,[46] the Maida Vale Library,[47] the Marylebone Library,[48] the Mayfair Library,[49] the Paddington Library,[50] the Pimlico Library,[51] the Queen's Park Library,[52] St. James's Library,[53] St. John's Wood Library,[54] an the Victoria Library.[55] In addition the ceety haes twa specialist libraries, the Westminster Music Library, the lairgest muisic leebrar in the Unitit Kinrick,[56] an the Westminster Cheenese Library in the Charing Cross Library.[57]

Banksy an offeecial policy towards graffiti

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Ane nation under CCTV.[58]

In Apryle 2008 the street airtist Banksy creatit a wirk "One Nation Under CCTV" on the side o the Newman Street Royal Mail biggin in Soho, apparently accomplished bi erectin scaffauldin owernicht unner the direct observation o a CCTV camera. The wirk wis describit bi the Daily Mail as "his biggest wirk yet in central Lunnon".[59] Wastmeenster Ceety Cooncil statit in October 2008 that the wirk wad be paintit ower as it is graffiti. The cooncil explained that it wad remuive ony graffiti, regairdless o the reputation o its creautor, an specifically statit that Banksy "haes nae mair richt tae paint graffiti than a child". Robert Davis, the chairman o the cooncil plannin committee tauld The Times newspaper: "If we condone this then we might as well say that any kid with a spray can is producing art". The wirk wis paintit ower in Aprile 2009.[60][61]

Internaitional relations

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Twin Touns - Sister Ceeties

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See an aa

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References

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