The Archives Centre houses extensive collections relating to Westminster past and present. The City of Westminster extends from Marylebone and Paddington in the north to Pimlico in the south, and from Hyde Park and Knightsbridge in the west to Covent Garden in the east. It includes Bayswater and Queen’s Park, St John’s Wood and Maida Vale, Belgravia and Mayfair, and St James’s and Soho.
 
Material includes amongst other items, books, newspapers and periodicals, parish registers, maps and plans, photos and prints, census returns and rate books.
 
The collections provide an opportunity to explore family history, local history, the history of a house or street, fashion and design, business studies and academic research.
 
Special services are also provided. These include services for schools, adult education courses, publications for sale, meeting room hire, conservation, exhibitions, tours of the Archives Centre, a London-wide general reference collection and the 1881 census index for the whole country.
 

Opening Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday	10.00am	-	7.00pm
Friday, Saturday	10.00am	-	5.00pm
Sunday, Monday	CLOSED

Address: 10 St Ann’s Street, London SW1P 2DE.
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Tel: 020 7641 5180
Fax: 020 7641 5179
E-mail: archives@westminster.gov.uk
Web: www.westminster.gov.uk/archives