Birdcage Walk

Birdcage Walk is a small conservation area, at the heart of Westminster and just to the south of St James Park. The area retains some of Westminster's finest early eighteenth century buildings in Queen Anne's Gate. The oldest of these date from 1704-5 and are listed Grade I. Much of the rest of the area consists of small scale, stock brick townhouses, with an attractive collection of neo-Georgian and Queen Anne buildings around Catherine Place. These all have an intimate scale and peaceful, domestic character, despite many of the buildings now being occupied by commercial uses.

The barracks and parade grounds form the only large institutional use, right at the centre of the conservation area. Yet, despite the size of these buildings and their formal architectural character, their set-back means that their scale does not dominate. The presence of St James's Park, spreading across the northern boundary of the conservation area, is also of key importance to character. It provides a green edge to the northern boundary of the area, which creates a tranquil setting.

Birdcage Walk was first designated in 1969 and extended in 2007.