This bustling locality covers the area from Victoria up to the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace, and includes Victoria railway station, one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom. Several major thoroughfares pass through the neighbourhood, including Buckingham Palace Road, which connects Victoria railway station to Victoria coach station, and also hosts several bus stops for intercity and local buses. Grosvenor Place also cuts into the area, merging with Buckingham Palace Road at Victoria railway station. The area features Victorian and Edwardian architecture, but with a high concentration of modern glass buildings around Victoria station and along Buckingham Palace Road. The area is quite commercial, with the older buildings tending to be host to pubs and hotels, some with flats above, while the newer builds are predominantly offices. The Buckingham Palace complex dominates to the north, separating the area from Green Park.

Amongst the notable buildings in the Victoria area is the Victoria Palace Theatre, which, much like the neighbourhood itself, has gone through many iterations and refurbishments. It was built in 1911 on the site of the Royal Standard Music Hall (itself built in 1832, and rebuilt in 1886). The music hall hosted restaurants and numerous plays, a tradition which was to be continued by the considerably bigger Victoria Palace, the last ‘variety theatre’ to be built in west London. Since December 2017 the Broadway musical Hamilton has been playing at the newly refurbished theatre.

The Royal Mews was built by Buckingham Palace in 1825, though the institution of the Royal Mews traces back to the late-1500s.

For the century preceding the Buckingham Palace site, the King’s Mews were located at Charing Cross, where the National Gallery is today. The mews could accommodate 100 horses when it was completed – during Queen Victoria’s time it also held a school for the children of families working there, along with a forge and many other buildings.

Victoria is no doubt a transport hub, and naturally it brings with it the congestion from buses, cars, trains and commuters in general. However, Victoria is also host to considerable construction and development, which can impede mobility through the area. Works are in place, however, to facilitate foot traffic throughout the area.

The entire Victoria area has been undergoing developments for many years now, from Cardinal Place to Nova North, adding office and shopping space to the area. Victoria railway and tube station are set to undergo their own redevelopment to cope with the increase in passengers going through the area. A new entrance at Wilton Road was being built, meaning commuters no longer have to enter via the main station. It was also announced that the main Victoria station will be receiving a £30 million upgrade, intended to start work on enhancing its capacity and improving its accessibility. More ticket barriers will be placed and the halls expanded to accommodate the increased number of users and passengers the station is now serving. Food halls and outlets will be removed but new outlets will be constructed on platform level elsewhere to compensate.