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Vincent Square, London — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Vincent Square is a grass-covered square in Westminster, London, and at 13 acres the capital's largest privately owned square.
About Vincent Square
Where to stay in Vincent Square
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Vincent Square gives a calm, residential base in London, away from the crowds of the main sights. The square itself sets the tone. Rooms in the streets around Vincent Square look onto open ground and quiet terraces, a short distance from the wider centre of London yet held apart from its busiest lanes.
If you want a settled, low-key corner of the capital, base yourself around Vincent Square. Tate Britain, the Churchill War Rooms and Big Ben all fall inside the same corner of Westminster, which is what a room here buys beyond the quiet.
About Vincent Square
What are the main landmarks in Vincent Square?
Vincent Square is best known for the open square that gives the district its name. Terraces face it on every side. The surrounding streets of London run outward from its edges toward the rest of the capital, tying this quiet corner to the wider city beyond.
Westminster School owns the ground outright and plays on it, and the mature London planes around the edge make the square a green lung for the homes, hotel and organisations that face it. Nine adjoining buildings carry statutory protection. Jewel Tower, Methodist Central Hall and the Royal Mews stand in the same quarter of Westminster.
What is the history of Vincent Square?
Vincent Square took its form as a planned square within the growth of London. Its shape has held. The terraces and open ground that frame it belong to the older pattern of squares laid out across the capital, a plan repeated in many corners of London.
The square sits in among a network of backstreets in Westminster, in England, and remains private ground rather than a public park.
Where is Vincent Square?
Vincent Square lies in Westminster, west of the City of London, ringed by quiet residential streets and mature London planes.
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Updated August 2026