The London borough of the City of Westminster,  is a part of London’s wider West End, which includes both areas in other wards of Westminster and areas of the London borough of Camden.

It lies in the east of the borough, and its boundaries broadly cover the neighbourhoods of Mayfair and Soho, the southern part of Fitzrovia, and the south-eastern corner of Marylebone. It is separated from St. James’s ward by Shaftesbury Avenue, Piccadilly, and Hyde Park Corner; Hyde Park ward by Park Lane; Bryanston and Dorset Square ward by Oxford Street; Marylebone High Street ward by Oxford Street, Vere Street, Henrietta Place, Cavendish Square, Harley Street, and New Cavendish Street; and from the borough of Camden by Cleveland Street, Goodge Street, Charlotte Place, Rathbone Street, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, Gresse Street, Hanway Street, Tottenham Court Road, and Charing Cross Road.

A thriving centre with a host of activities including:

• Art galleries and museums
• Company headquarters outside the financial services sector (although London’s many hedge funds are based mainly in the West End)
• Educational institutions
• Embassies
• Government buildings (mainly around Whitehall)
• Hotels
• Institutes, learned societies and think tanks
• Legal institutions
• Media establishments
• Places of entertainment: theatres; cinemas; nightclubs; bars and restaurants
• Shops