Westminster

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Westminster
Middlesex

The Palace of Westminster
Location
Grid reference: TQ295795
Location: 51°29’58"N, 0°7’60"W
Data
Post town: London
Postcode: SW1
Dialling code: 020
Local Government
Council: Westminster
Parliamentary
constituency:
Cities of London
and Westminster

Westminster is a city in Middlesex.

The effective capital of the United Kingdom, Westminster is the site of all the organs of rule and government. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's town residence. Around Parliament Square stands the Palace of Westminster, home of Parliament, Whitehall where the chief offices of state are found and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, housed in the Middlesex Guildhall. On the fourth side of the Square, moderator between these three organs of government, stands Westminster Abbey.

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