https://westminsterpost.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Marylebone, Pimlico and the rest of Westminster.en-GBMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:22:59 +0000https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-halloween/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-halloween/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnFree Halloween days in Hyde Park 27 to 29 October, Hamleys' spooky shows from 24 October and an over-18s silent disco on 31 October, with times and prices.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-ice-rink/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-ice-rink/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWestminster's three outdoor rinks open on 31 October, 11 November and 19 November. Winter Wonderland skating from £12.65, Somerset House from £13.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-santa-grotto/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-santa-grotto/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHamleys' Regent Street grotto opens 14 November at £75 for three, rising to £120 in the last 11 days. Its Langham grotto is £275, from 12 December.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-libraries-archives-survey/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-libraries-archives-survey/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWestminster's first libraries and archives survey closes 16 November, with free forums at 13 venues. The council cites financial pressures. Dates and times.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/london-to-brighton-veteran-car-run/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/london-to-brighton-veteran-car-run/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnOver 400 veteran cars leave Serpentine Road in Hyde Park from sunrise on Sunday 1 November. The free Pall Mall car show is the day before, 10am to 3pm.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/covent-garden-christmas-lights/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/covent-garden-christmas-lights/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnCovent Garden switches on its Christmas lights on Thursday 12 November, with 300,000 lights and the West Piazza tree. Free; the start time is not out yet.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/skate-at-somerset-house/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/skate-at-somerset-house/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSkate at Somerset House runs 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027. Adults £13 to £28.50, children from £11, plus a £1.50 fee. Closed Christmas Day.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-next-steps-supported-accommodation-changing-lives/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-next-steps-supported-accommodation-changing-lives/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsChanging Lives now runs Westminster's Next Steps service: 58 beds for homeless single adults in six Marylebone and Maida Vale properties, three staffed 24/7.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-roadworks-travel/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-roadworks-travel/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoGreat Portland Street is closed at Oxford Street to 16 October for pedestrianisation works. Northumberland Avenue stays shut southbound to 8 October.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/whats-on-westminster-this-month/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/whats-on-westminster-this-month/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnFrieze opens to the public in Regent's Park on 15 October, Diwali fills Trafalgar Square free on the 25th, and veteran cars leave Hyde Park on 1 November.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/oxford-street-traffic-free-26-october/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/oxford-street-traffic-free-26-october/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOxford Street shuts to all traffic from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street on Monday 26 October. Buses go from 25 October, and roads are already closing.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-primary-school-admissions/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-primary-school-admissions/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoWestminster primary school admissions close on 15 January 2027. 22 of 30 schools took every applicant in 2026; the tightest cut-off was 0.202 miles.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/route-6-buses-for-london-public-bus-company/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/route-6-buses-for-london-public-bus-company/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsRoute 6, Willesden to Victoria via Maida Vale, Marble Arch and Park Lane, will be the first run by Buses for London, the new TfL-owned company, from late 2027.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/blue-note-london-opens-st-martins-lane/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/blue-note-london-opens-st-martins-lane/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBlue Note London is open at 42-49 St Martin's Lane, licensed to 1am and bound to stay a jazz venue. Its first licence was cut to earlier hours; a second bid won the later close.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/lydford-community-hall-reopens-north-paddington/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/lydford-community-hall-reopens-north-paddington/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsLydford Community Hall on Fernhead Road has reopened after a refit budgeted at £602,889. It holds 80 people and can be booked from £20 an hour, three working days ahead.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/remembrance-sunday-cenotaph/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/remembrance-sunday-cenotaph/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe National Service of Remembrance is at the Cenotaph on Sunday 8 November 2026 at 11am. No ticket needed to watch; Whitehall opened at 8am last year.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/trafalgar-square-christmas-tree-lighting/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/trafalgar-square-christmas-tree-lighting/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWestminster lit the Trafalgar Square tree on the first Thursday of December in 2024 and 2025, at 6pm, free. That points to Thursday 3 December 2026.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/london-palladium-pantomime/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/london-palladium-pantomime/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Palladium panto is Cinderella, 5 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Julian Clary. From £25, no under-4s.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/leicester-square-christmas-market/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/leicester-square-christmas-market/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnLeicester Square's Christmas market and rink run 31 October 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed Christmas Day. Weekdays open at noon until 26 November.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/tolkien-memorial-westminster-abbey/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/tolkien-memorial-westminster-abbey/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA 2.5-metre memorial to J.R.R. Tolkien will be inlaid into a pillar in the Abbey's south transept from spring 2027, built partly from his favourite Oxford pine.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-secondary-school-applications/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-secondary-school-applications/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoWestminster secondary school admissions close at 11.59pm on 31 October 2026. Six of the ten schools offered every applicant a place last year.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/angelica-kauffman-green-plaque-golden-square/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/angelica-kauffman-green-plaque-golden-square/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWestminster approved a green plaque for Angelica Kauffman at 16 Golden Square on 28 September. Seven sponsors pay the £3,500 fee, not the council.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-food-hygiene-inspection-backlog/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-food-hygiene-inspection-backlog/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOverdue food hygiene inspections in Westminster rose more than fivefold in a year, to 646, after staff vacancies. Seventeen venues currently hold a zero rating.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-housing-register/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-housing-register/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoWestminster housing register: 6,482 applicants by April 2025, up 21.4% in a year, against about 700 lettings. The bands, the bidding week and the real odds.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-house-prices-july-2026/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-house-prices-july-2026/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWestminster's average home lost £229,558 in a year, to £876,788, the steepest fall of all 33 London boroughs. But prices have risen for three months.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/paddington-shopfront-scheme-phase-2-scrapped/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/paddington-shopfront-scheme-phase-2-scrapped/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWestminster has cancelled the second phase of its Paddington and Bayswater shopfront scheme after the contractor collapsed. Thirteen shops are dropped.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-article-4-planning-permission/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-article-4-planning-permission/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoWestminster planning permission and Article 4: every basement needs it, most shops cannot become flats without it, and seven streets have extra rules.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-e-bike-theft-crackdown-arrests/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-e-bike-theft-crackdown-arrests/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA Met operation against e-bike and moped thieves in Westminster made 187 arrests from February to July. Theft from the person here fell 46% in those months.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-congestion-charge-resident-discount/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/westminster-congestion-charge-resident-discount/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoWestminster residents inside the zone pay £1.80 instead of £18. From 1 March 2027 new applicants need an electric vehicle, so registering now locks in 90%.https://westminsterpost.co.uk/tartuffe-remixed-marylebone-theatre/https://westminsterpost.co.uk/tartuffe-remixed-marylebone-theatre/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFour £20 front row seats are drawn by lottery each Wednesday, and 2,250 seats across the run are £30 or less. Mark Rylance plays Park Road to 24 October.