What is West End of London?
[[File:Leicester Square, London.jpg|thumb|250px|Night entertainment in [[Leicester Square]] – the heart of the West End.]] The '''West End of London''' (usually referred to as the '''West End''') is an area of [[central London|Central]] and West [[London]]. It contains many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment venues (including the commercial [[:West End theatre]]s). Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of [[Charing Cross]].<ref name=mills>Mills A. 2001. ''Oxford dictionary of London place names''.)</ref> For strategic [[planning]], the area is one of two ''international centres'' in the London Plan.<ref name=plan>[[Greater London Authority]], ''[http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/strategies/sds/london_plan/lon_plan_5.pdf The London Plan: the sub regions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604095551/http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/strategies/sds/london_plan/lon_plan_5.pdf |date=2011-06-04 }}''</ref> The West End is the second most expensive place in the world in which to rent office space, after Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/35581867/page/10|title=The world's most expensive office rents.}}, [[CBC]]. Retrieved on 1 May 2013</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Sub-regions of London}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:City of Westminster]]