- The Palace of Westminster, along with Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
- Although, a reconstruction was done in the year 1870. However, the Westminster Palace has beautiful, intricate architecture which has more of a Gothic style.
- It was only when Henry VIII left Westminster Palace for Whitehall in 1512 that Westminster Palace became the permanent home of Parliament.
- ...Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey sit adjacent at a corner of Parliament Square, and a short stroll along The Mall leads to Buckingham Palace.
- Westminster Hall, the oldest existing part of the Palace of Westminster, was erected in 1097, at which point it was the largest hall in Europe.
- Control of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts was for centuries exercised by the Queen's representative, the Lord Great Chamberlain.
- 1. The Houses of Parliament is its informal name. The Houses of Parliament are located in a building called “The Palace of Westminster.”
- The Palace of Westminster contains the House of Commons, House of Lords and Westminster Hall.
- The old Palace of Westminster, London, the seat of parliamentary government of the United Kingdom, was destroyed in a fire in 1834.
- The Palace of Westminster was established by King Canute in the early-11th century and much expanded by Edward the Confessor after his coronation in 1042.