Districts
Using the broadest definition, these are the inner districts of the West End, which were all developed by about 1815:
- Bloomsbury
- Covent Garden
- Fitzrovia
- Holborn
- Marylebone
- Mayfair
- Seven Dials
- Soho
- St. James's
- Westminster
The districts to the south, north and west of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens were developed between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the late 19th century, in some cases based on existing villages. The more fashionable of them were generally regarded as being in the West End at that time, but the extension of the term to these areas west of Park Lane is less common nowadays. The last two listed especially are fringe cases:
- Knightsbridge (listed as a distinct 'international centre' in the London Plan)
- Belgravia
- Pimlico
- Chelsea
- South Kensington
- Bayswater
- Paddington
- Notting Hill
- Holland Park
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