Victoria, London
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Victoria is an informal area of inner city London, lying wholly within the City of Westminster.
The area is vaguely defined as the streets around, and named after Victoria Station, including Victoria Street (see below), the northern section of Buckingham Palace Road, Wilton Road, Grosvenor Gardens, Bressenden Place and Eccleston Street. The district consists predominantly of commercial property and social housing, with offices and shops lining most of the thoroughfares.
Victoria Street runs on an east-west axis from the station to Broad Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. There is a new development, called Cardinal Walk (perhaps aptly located across the street from Westminster Cathedral), which contains a selection of restaurants, banks and shops, including a Marks and Spencer store. Further along the street, there is a large House of Fraser department store, which was formerly the Army and Navy store, opposite Westminster City Hall. At the Broad Sanctuary end is the Department of Trade and Industry building and (New) Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service.
On 5 February, an explosion on Victoria Street injured one woman.
