This area is located in the middle of Westminster, stretching from Vauxhall Bridge Road to Victoria Street. To the south is Vincent Square, a large grass-covered square and playing fields for Westminster School. The square is used as a sports facility, with cricket, football and tennis grounds there. The Royal Horticultural Society is also based here. To the north, the area is integrated into Westminster, with Horseferry Road cutting through the postcode sector. The buildings are a mix of commercial, retail and residences, and are predominantly Victorian and Regency-era terraces. There are a few modern buildings, such as the colourful Channel 4 Television Station, as well as a series of office buildings along Victoria Street. Overall, the area is a mix of uses, though commercial and retail buildings dominate. Government buildings, as is expected, are also present, including the Department for Transport, and nearby, the Home Office and Department for Education. The Indonesian Embassy is also located on Great Peter Street.

The area around Vincent Square was once known as Tot-hill Fields, or Tuttle Fields (deriving from toot hill, or a patch of high ground where a messenger point would have been placed), and was an area just outside of Westminster, extending to Chelsea. The area was comprised of marshy land with a few buildings, some of them noble residences. The fields were, apparently, known for their parsley in the 1500s, though by the 1600s people would arrive here during the summertime for recreation. Dean William Vincent of Westminster School would later convert a patch of land which the school owned into Vincent Square.

Strutton Ground Market, located between Victoria and Great Peter Street, is a small street market which opens during the weekdays – one of the most central in London. A coffee stall (Flatcap) won the Westminster City Council’s Market Trader of the Year Award in 2010.

The area can get very crowded, and beyond St. James’s Park (itself very touristy), the area has no public green spaces, or indeed public spaces in general, for one to relax. Tourists and government office workers alike dominate the area during the day, and leave it quiet at night.

There have been a few modifications made to some buildings in the area. 29 Great Peter Street, for example, underwent slight renovation to its façade, and a roof extension was added. There are much larger construction sites going on in the area around St James’s Park, as well as in the direct surrounding of Victoria station, which will result in added office, commercial and hospitality spaces, as well as more tall modern buildings to the area.