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Victoria Victoria Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Victoria Victoria roadworks: 1 Davies Street London (notice of 5 Oct) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked. Covent Garden Covent Garden Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Covent Garden weather today: light rain, 16°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph. Marylebone Marylebone Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Marylebone weather today: light rain, 16°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 13 mph. Paddington Paddington Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Paddington weather today: light rain, 16°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph. Soho Soho Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Soho weather today: light rain, 16°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning. Victoria Victoria Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Victoria weather today: heavy drizzle, 16°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 13 mph. Local Info Westminster Major Works Leaseholders: Now 13 Years to Pay Westminster major works bills: resident leaseholders owing £30,000 or more can now take 8 years interest free, or 13 years. Every payment option. · 9 min read House prices Westminster House Prices Down 14.3% to £887,206 in August The average Westminster home fell 14.3% in a year to £887,206 in August, London's second-steepest fall. July has been revised up by £15,373. · 5 min read Planning Victoria Tower Gardens Holocaust Memorial: Views by 13 Nov Ministers want views on the Victoria Tower Gardens Holocaust Memorial by 13 November, then decide whether to reopen the inquiry. What changed and how to comment. · 5 min read Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Roman Sarcophagus: Bones Likely an Abbot Carbon dating puts the bones at 987 to 1052 AD. The Abbey's archaeologist names Abbot Aelfwig, who died around 1020, as the likely occupant. The coffin is on show. · 4 min read Local Info Westminster Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today Cheapest petrol in Westminster today: unleaded from 136.8p and diesel from 142.8p a litre, across 91 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from... Weather Westminster Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Westminster weather today: light rain, 16°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 13 mph.
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Almost nobody says they live in Westminster. They say Marylebone, Pimlico, Bayswater, Paddington, St John’s Wood, Belgravia, Soho or Queen’s Park. The word means Parliament and the Abbey to the rest of the country, and a council to the people who live under it.

That council is worth paying attention to. It runs controlled parking zones and permits across nearly the whole borough, licenses the West End, and works through a planning caseload in which most buildings are listed or in a conservation area. All of it is published. We read it and write down what it says, with a link to the document on every fact.

The pages people use most

  • Westminster planning: from 10 August the Oxford Street Development Corporation, not the council, decides planning applications on Oxford Street, and the new City Plan consultation is open until 11 December.
  • Westminster house prices: the borough average fell 22.8% in a year, but the typical sale was £805,000 and 86% of them were flats. Postcode by postcode.
  • Roadworks and travel: what is dug up now, the carnival closures, the £18 congestion charge and what an hour of parking costs in each of the seven zones.
  • Tube and train times: £3.10 a trip in Zone 1, £8.90 a day, and journey times from Maida Vale, Pimlico and Paddington.
  • Things to do in Westminster: verified prices, including the Abbey at £27.13 until 1 September and three of the best things here for nothing.

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