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104  L ONDON AREA B Y AREA
To Tottenham Court
Road station
Street-by-Street: Soho and
Trafalgar Square

This area buzzes both day and night with
crowds enjoying the numerous restaurants, 0 Charing C
cinemas, theatres and nightclubs. Broad Cross Road H A
avenues lined with regal office buildings Famous for R I
specialist and
converge at Trafalgar Square, a hub of the second-hand N G
West End and popular meeting place for bookshops.
visitors to the city. G E R R A R D P L A C E
8 Shaftesbury Avenue
Lined with theatres boasting S T R E E T
G E R R A R D S T R E E T L I S L E S T R E E T C R A N B O U R N R O S S R
popular permanent and
new shows, this is the heart
of London’s Theatreland. C

S H A F T E S B U R Y A V E N U E

9 . Chinatown E R O A D
Chinese lanterns adorn this W A R D O U R S T R E E T A U
small district packed with Q
restaurants and shops. S R E
L E I C E S T I R V I N G S T

R U P E R T S T R E E T
Notre Dame, once a
theatre, was converted C O V E N T R Y S T R E E T
into a church in 1855.
The Jean Cocteau murals O X E N D O N S T
P A N T O N S T R E E T O R A N G E S T R E E T
inside date from 1960.

H A Y M A R K E T

WHITCOMB S T R E E T
P A L L M A L L E A S T

The Blue Posts pub stands on the site of a pick-up 6 Leicester Square
point for sedan chairs in the 18th century. A 19th-century statue of William
Shakespeare overlooks the city’s
cinema district.
Key
0 metres 100
Suggested route 7 Theatre Royal Haymarket
0 yards 100 It is graced by a John Nash portico.

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