West End (major part)
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West End is a central district of London renowned for its theatres, shopping streets, entertainment venues, and cultural attractions.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West End | 3 |
| West End of London | 2 |
| London West End theatre district | 1 |
| West End shopping district | 1 |
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district of London
ⓘ
entertainment district ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| economicRole |
major entertainment hub
ⓘ
major retail centre ⓘ |
| famousFor |
West End theatres
ⓘ
commercial theatre ⓘ musical theatre productions ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dense nightlife
ⓘ
high concentration of theatres ⓘ high retail rents ⓘ major tourist destination ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Apollo Theatre
ⓘ
Dominion Theatre ⓘ Garrick Theatre ⓘ Her Majesty's Theatre, London ⓘ
surface form:
Her Majesty's Theatre
London Coliseum ⓘ London Palladium ⓘ Lyceum Theatre ⓘ National Gallery ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery (adjacent at Trafalgar Square)
Palace Theatre ⓘ Prince of Wales Theatre ⓘ Queen's Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Queen's Theatre (Sondheim Theatre)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Opera House
Somerset House, London ⓘ
surface form:
Somerset House (eastern fringe)
|
| hasMajorStation |
Charing Cross Underground station
ⓘ
surface form:
Charing Cross station
Covent Garden station NERFINISHED ⓘ Holborn station NERFINISHED ⓘ Leicester Square station NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford Circus station NERFINISHED ⓘ Piccadilly Circus station NERFINISHED ⓘ Tottenham Court Road station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bloomsbury ward
ⓘ
surface form:
Bloomsbury (western part)
Bond Street ⓘ Carnaby Street ⓘ
surface form:
Carnaby Street area
Charing Cross Road ⓘ Chinatown, London ⓘ Covent Garden (part) ⓘ
surface form:
Covent Garden
Fitzrovia ⓘ Haymarket ⓘ Kingsway ⓘ
surface form:
Kingsway (northern section)
Leicester Square ⓘ Mayfair, London, England ⓘ
surface form:
Mayfair
New Oxford Street ⓘ Oxford Street ⓘ Piccadilly Circus ⓘ Regent Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Dials ⓘ Shaftesbury Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Soho ⓘ St James's ⓘ The Strand (western section) ⓘ Theatreland ⓘ Tottenham Court Road (southern section) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trafalgar Square ⓘ |
| historicalNote | term West End used since at least the 17th century for fashionable areas west of the City of London ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural attractions
ⓘ
entertainment venues ⓘ shopping ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central London
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
BST
ⓘ
GMT ⓘ |
| partOf |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
London Borough of Camden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| tourismRole | one of London's main tourist areas ⓘ |
| transportServedBy |
Bakerloo line
ⓘ
Central line ⓘ Jubilee line ⓘ London Underground ⓘ Northern line ⓘ Piccadilly line ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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West End shopping district
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London West End theatre district
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West End of London