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SOHO AND
TRAFALGAR SQUARE

First developed in the late 17th century, fans crowd on Leicester Square after enjoy-
Soho was renowned for the extravagant ing a bite to eat in nearby Chinatown.
parties thrown by its residents. As the But the area is not just for night owls;
years have passed, Soho has consolidated Trafalgar Square, with its historic archi-
its reputation as the West End’s centre for tecture and monuments, is home to two
clubs, pubs, restaurants and cafés, and is of the city’s most renowned galleries, the
at the heart of central London’s nightlife. National Gallery, with its world-class
Theatre buffs descend on the great collection of art, and the National Portrait
playhouses of Shaftesbury Avenue and Gallery, which showcases portraits of some
Charing Cross, while star-struck movie of the country’s prolific personalities.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Churches Restaurants see pp296–9
1 Trafalgar Square 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields 1 Andrew Edmunds
2 Admiralty Arch Museums and Galleries 2 Asia de Cuba
6 Leicester Square 3 National Gallery pp108–11 3 Barrafina
8 Shaftesbury Avenue 5 National Portrait Gallery 4 Bocca di Lupo
9 Chinatown y Photographers’ Gallery 5 Brasserie Zedel
0 Charing Cross Road 6 Dehesa
w Soho Square Theatres 7 Gopal’s of Soho
r Carnaby Street 7 Theatre Royal Haymarket 8 Haozhan
Shops and Markets q Palace Theatre 9 Inamo
10 Kulu Kulu Sushi
e Berwick Street Market 11 Mildred’s
t Liberty 12 Nopi
13 Patara
14 Princi
Tottenham 15 The Portrait
Court Road
O X F O R D S T R E E T SOHO ST C H A 16 Refuel
17 Soho Joe
SOHO SUTTON ROW R I N G C R 18 Tokyo Diner
Oxford Circus SQUARE 19 Vasco and Piero’s Pavilion
NEWMAN ST
ST 20 Yalla Yalla
GREAT MARLBOROUGH ST POL AND ST REET F R I T H S T R E E T MANETTE O S S R O A D 21 Yauatcha
RAMILIES ST
GREEK
BE R WICK ST REET
D E A N S T R E E T
ARGYLL STREET
W A R D O U R S T R E E T
FOUBERT'S PL MARSHALL STREET B R O A D W I C K S T R E E T SOHO BATEMAN ST STREET CAMBRIDGE
OLD COM P T ON S TR EET
CIRCUS
ROMILLY STREET
CARNABY ST
B E A K S T R E E T GREAT PULTENEY R U PE R T AVENUE
KINGLY STREET
ST
LEXINGTON ST
GOLDEN B R E W E R S T R E E T GERRARD STREET
SQUARE SHAFTESBURY WARDOUR ST LISLE STREET Leicester C H A R I N G S T M A R T I N ' S L A N E
R E G E N T S T R E E T
Square
WARWICK STREET
Piccadilly S T R E E T LEICESTER
GLASSHOUSE ST COVENTRY ST SQUARE
A I R S T PICCADILLY Circus
SHERWOOD ST
CIRCUS
PANTON ST
OR AN GE STRE E T C R OSS R O A D
Charing
PALL MALL
Cross
WHITCOMB ST
H AY M A R K E T
TRAFALGAR
SQUARE
EAST
0 metres 250 COCKSPUR ST
0 yards 250
Street Finder maps 11, 12, 13
Chinatown, Soho For keys to symbols see back flap
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