Westminster Central Hall
Westminster Central Hall, Westminster Methodist Hall or Westminster Methodist Central Hall is a building in London, England. It is situated on Victoria Street, just off Parliament Square, next to the Elizabeth II Conference Centre and Westminster Abbey.
It is a multi-purpose building - a Methodist church, a conference and exhibition centre, an art gallery, an office building, and a tourist attraction. The Great Hall seats up to 2352 people.
It was built in 1912, funded by 1,025,000 contributors between 1898 and 1908.
It hosted the first meeting of the United Nations in 1946. It is frequently used for public enquiries, including those into the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat, and the Bloody Sunday incident in Northern Ireland.
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This is not to be confused with: Westminster Hall (part of the Parliamentary Estate) or Westminster City Hall (the offices of the City of Westminster's authority)
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City of Westminster | London Borough of Westminster | U.N. | UN resolution | United Nations | Westminster, England | Westminster, London, England | Westminster City Hall | Westminster Council
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