{"id":2735,"date":"2015-09-16T15:43:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T15:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/top-5-interesting-attractions-in-westminster\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:37:15","slug":"top-5-interesting-attractions-in-westminster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/top-5-interesting-attractions-in-westminster\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Interesting Attractions in Westminster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Westminster is the biggest tourist attraction in <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >London<\/a>. Thousands flood through Westminster station every day taking identical photos of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye. But what they perhaps don&#8217;t realise is that Westminster features many other fascinating sites, and facts, &#8211; all mere minutes away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Dean&#8217;s Yard<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.e-architect.co.uk\/images\/jpgs\/london\/westiminster_abbey_nw050709_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: www.e-architect.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It&#8217;s forgiveable to miss <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dean's_Yard\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dean&#8217;s Yard<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> when its neighbour is Westminster Abbey. But take a good look at its impressive collegiate architecture, which is the entrance to a large quad (below).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/s0.geograph.org.uk\/geophotos\/03\/37\/40\/3374089_aaf085fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: www.geograph.org.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It was once the largest precinct of the former Westminster monasteries and now comprises various parts of Westminster School. This space between the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cgh4;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Building\" >buildings<\/a> is referred to by the pupils and members as &#8216;The Green&#8217;. Legend has it that this patch of grass is where the game of football was founded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Queen Elizabeth II Centre<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.ltstatic.com\/2008\/February\/YL718360_942long.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" align=\"none\" \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: www.Itstatic.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Opposite Dean&#8217;s Yard is a newer building, but one equally steeped in history.<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qeiicc.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The QE II Centre<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> was commissioned by Margaret Thatcher and it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 (hence the name). Its <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brutalist_architecture\">Brutalist<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">design includes twenty-nine meeting, event and exhibition spaces across seven floors, as well as at least three underground levels. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There are many other venues in the area now holding meetings and events. See One Great George Street, Methodist Central Hall and Church House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Westminster Underground Tunnels<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Westminster has a labyrinth of underground tunnels beneath it. The tunnels apparently begin underneath 10 Downing Street; running from the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >Houses<\/a> of Parliament, Parliament Square, the QE II Centre, down under Birdcage Walk, up to Buckingham Palace and then out of London into Kent. The reason for digging the tunnels was to discreetly evacuate the Prime Minister or the Queen (or other important people) if their lives were endangered. Unfortunately, as these tunnels are private &#8211; and secret &#8211; there are no photographs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are interested in other subterranean places in London, see also <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedungeons.com\/london\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The London Dungeons<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Old_Vic_Tunnels\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Old Vic tunnels<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>10 Downing Street<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/13\/10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532.jpg\/405px-10_Downing_Street._MOD_45155532.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0 \u00a0image source: www.wikimedia.org.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is surprising how few people know where the official office and home of the Prime Minister is located. Perhaps that is the point, considering the PM and his family probably don&#8217;t exactly want snapping tourists and paparazzi at their doorsteps &#8211; or worse (the Chancellor of the Exchequer popping over unannounced with a few beers). <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/10_Downing_Street\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">10 Downing Street<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> is tucked away in a cul-de-sac just off Whitehall behind large steel gates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTSmTinLFHz3y9WWXaCKbc67uJfnMU5z2BpeyCCHyFEyKpC_7fdbw\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: www.wikipedia.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Not all Prime Ministers lived at number 10, and former PM Tony Blair actually lived in number 11 because he thought his larger family needed more <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06ht1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Room\" >room<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>JJ Fox<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.timeout.com\/images\/101304193\/660\/370\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: www.timeout.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jjfox.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">JJ Fox<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> is located near St James Street station and resembles a small, dimly lit shop with the friendly, old-fashioned staff resembling characters from a John le Carre novel. It includes a museum downstairs with a collection of cigars &#8211; including those smoked by Winston Churchill, who also frequented the venue. It is one of the only places in London in which you can still smoke indoors. It&#8217;s a blast from the past and not somewhere you would expect to find in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are interested in Winston Churchill see also <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/visits\/churchill-war-rooms\">The Churchill War Rooms.<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Gareth Brown<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Find Properties for Sale in London and the Surrounding Area:<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/barnet\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Barnet<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/bexley\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Bexley<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/brent\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Brent<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Ealing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/enfield\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Enfield<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/fulham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Fulham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/greenwich\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Greenwich<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hackney\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/london\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>London<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/merton\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Merton<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/newham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Newham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/redbridge\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Redbridge<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/richmond\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Richmond<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/southwark\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Southwark<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/sutton\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Sutton<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/tower-hamlets\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Tower Hamlets<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/waltham-forest\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Waltham Forest<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/wandsworth\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Wandsworth<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/westminster\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Westminster<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westminster is the biggest tourist attraction in London. Thousands flood through Westminster station every day taking identical photos of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye. 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