It turns out that one of the things people really want to see on the UK Parliament website is the maps. And I thought they should be easier to find.
OpenStreetMap
- Area surrounding the Parliamentary Estate
- Cycle routes approaching the Parliamentary Estate
- Photos recently uploaded to Flickr near this location
Google map
Official maps
The buildings and land around Parliament itself is called the 'Parliamentary Estate'. Parts of the Estate are open to public access.
- A black and white map of the Parliamentary Estate [PDF, one A4 landscape page]
- A colour map of the Parliamentary Estate [PDF, one A4 landscape page]
- Directions to the Parliamentary Estate
These maps include information about public transport facilities and car parking.
If you have access to the Parliamentary Intranet, there are several more maps avaiable, listed on the w4mp site.
Maps hosted at the parliament.uk website are covered by Parliamentary Copyright.
The Parliamentary Estate is in the Congestion Charge Zone.
The House of Commons Information Office produces a Factsheet on The Palace of Westminster itself [PDF, 16 black and white portrait pages], which includes a plan of the first - or 'Principal' - floor.
You can also see photos in the UK Parliament Flickr account on a map.
If you don't visit in person and you've got Adobe Flash 9 installed, you might enjoy Parliament's virtual tours - or, if you're running Quicktime, these panoramas.
TfL buses
- Westminster bus routes [PDF, one page]
- Westminster night bus routes [PDF, one page]
- Central London bus routes [PDF, one landscape page]
- Central London night bus routes [PDF, one landscape page]