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The open spaces are managed by Westminster City Council and private resident and business associations. Westminster is also home to four of the Royal Parks (Hyde Park,Green Park, St. James's Park and Kensington Gardens). The Royal Parks are managed by Royal Parks. Westminster has a selection of typical London squares and formal gardens.
St James's Park is a 23-hectare (57-acre) urban park in the City of Westminster, central London.A Royal Park, it is at the southernmost end of the St James's area, which was named after a once isolated medieval hospital dedicated to St James the Less, now the site of St James's Palace.
Tourists at Buckingham Palace Palace of Westminster Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus Covent Garden Market A signpost on Parliament Square with directions for nearby attractions. The City of Westminster contains many of the most famous tourist sites in London.
The park is in the middle of a near-continuous chain of green spaces in Westminster that includes St James's Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens. To the northwest of Green Park is the district of St James's including, Lancaster House, Clarence House, and St James's Palace.
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The current Westminster coat of arms was given by an official grant on 2 September 1964. [53] Westminster had other arms before, which had a chief identical to the chief in the present arms. The symbols in the lower two thirds of the shield stand for former municipalities now merged with the city, Paddington and St Marylebone.
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England.It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of West End Theatre.
College Green (aka Abingdon Green, [1] formally known as Abingdon Street Gardens) is a public park in the City of Westminster in Central London. [2] It is east of Westminster Abbey including Westminster Abbey Gardens and across a road from the gardens of the Houses of Parliament. [2] The gardens are not enclosed and are accessible at all times. [2]