Conservation areas

Conservation Areas are 'areas of special architectural and historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance'. The City of Westminster now has 56 designated Conservation Areas. This means that special efforts will be made to retain the unique character of these areas and the buildings within them.

Please click here for a an enlarged and zoom-able version of the Map of Conservation Areas (PDF - Nov 09).

More information and publications for each area, includings maps and mini guides, can be accessed by clicking on the name of the conservation area you are interested in below:

Adelphi  |  Albert Gate  |  Aldridge and Leamington Road Villas  |  Bayswater  |  Belgravia  |  Birdcage Walk  |  Broadway and Christchurch Gardens  |  Charlotte Street West  |  Chinatown  |  Churchill Gardens  |  Cleveland Street  |  Covent Garden  |  Dolphin Square  |  Dorset Square  |  East Marylebone |  Fisherton Street Estate  |  Grosvenor Gardens  |  Hallfield Estate  |  Hanway Street  |  Harley Street  |  Haymarket  |  Knightsbridge  |  Knightsbridge Green  |  Leicester Square  |  Lillington and Longmoore Gardens  |  Lisson Grove  |  Maida Vale  |  Mayfair  |  Medway Street  |  Millbank  |  Molyneux Street  |  Paddington Green  |  Page Street  |  Peabody Avenue  |  Peabody Estates: South Westminster  |  Pimlico  |  Portman Estate |  Queens Park Estate  |  Queensway  |  Regency Street  |  Regent Street  |  Regent's Park  |  Royal Parks |  Savoy  |  Smith Square  |  Soho  |  St James's  |  St John's Wood  |  Strand  |  Stratford Place  |  Trafalgar Square  |  Vincent Square  |  Westbourne  |  Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square  |  Westminster Cathedral  |  Whitehall

Use our online map to find out if a property is in a conservation area.