Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster & Whitehall

A mini guide to

Westminster & Whitehall: getting there

Stations and how to reach Westminster & Whitehall

Stations

Getting to Westminster & Whitehall

Choose the station closest to where you are going.

StationLinesGood for
WestminsterJubilee, District and Circle linesSteps from Big Ben and the Abbey
St James's ParkDistrict and Circle linesClosest to Buckingham Palace and the park
Charing CrossNorthern and Bakerloo lines, plus national railFor Whitehall and Trafalgar Square
VictoriaVictoria, District and Circle lines, plus national railA 15-minute walk via Victoria Street

From the airports

Reaching Westminster & Whitehall

Routes from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City change with engineering works and time of day, so use the live planner for exact directions from any airport or station.

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A London Underground train

Airport links

Direct trains from the airports

These airport rail services call at a station that serves Westminster & Whitehall, according to each airport's own transport page as summarised on our airport guides. Times and fares are on the airport pages.

  • Gatwick: Gatwick Express to Victoria

    Non-stop to London Victoria.

  • Gatwick: Southern to Victoria

    To London Victoria and Clapham Junction.

  • Stansted: Stansted Express to Victoria

    Direct to Tottenham Hale, Stratford and London Liverpool Street.

Airport guides: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City.

Late at night

The Night Tube runs through the night on Friday and Saturday nights on the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines.1 Near Westminster & Whitehall, that means the Jubilee line at Westminster, the Northern line at Charing Cross and the Victoria line at Victoria. Not every branch or station on those lines is open all night, so check the TfL Night Tube map before you rely on it. On other nights, and on lines without a night service, the last trains run around midnight and night buses take over.

Neighbouring areas

The closest of our other London areas, measured centre to centre in a straight line. The walking time is a minimum at 5 km/h, so allow longer on real streets.

Step-free access differs from station to station and lifts can be out of service. Check TfL's step-free information and the accessible London guide before you travel.

Sources

  1. Night Tube, Wikipedia, read on Nov 1, 2026. TfL's own Night Tube page did not respond to our fact-check request, so check it before you travel.
  2. Airport rail links: the official airport pages cited on each of our airport guides.