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COVENT GARDEN
AND THE STRAND

The site of a convent garden in medieval times, restaurants. The surrounding cobbled streets
Covent Garden was laid out as an Italianate give the neighbourhood real charm, with
piazza in the 1630s by Inigo Jones, whose traditional pubs tucked down alleyways and
St Paul’s Church still dominates the west side. designer shops in converted warehouses.
The Piazza has been home to a market, in one Particularly appealing are Neal’s Yard, Floral
form or another, since 1656. The elegant hall Street and Seven Dials. Covent Garden is also
at its centre, dating from the 1830s, housed a synonymous with the Royal Opera House,
produce market until 1974; now it is a bustling while a parade of West End theatres lines the
tourist magnet of shops, craft stalls and Strand and St Martin’s Lane.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Monuments and Statues Restaurants see pp296–9
1 The Piazza and Central Market 9 Seven Dials 1 The 10 Cases
7 Neal Street and Neal’s Yard i Cleopatra’s Needle 2 Atelier de Joël Robuchon
w Savoy Hotel Famous Theatres 3 Belgo Centraal
r Somerset House 5 Theatre Royal Drury Lane 4 Clos Maggiore
y Roman Bath 6 Royal Opera House 5 J Sheekey
u Bush House 0 Wyndham’s Theatre 6 The Northall
p Adelphi q Adelphi Theatre 7 Rules
a Charing Cross 8 Sagar
s The London Coliseum
Museums and Galleries Parks and Gardens 9 Suda Thai
3 London Transport Museum 10 Terroirs
o Victoria Embankment Gardens 11 Thai Pot
Churches Historic Pubs and 12 Wahaca
2 St Paul’s Church Shopping Arcades 13 Wild Food Café
e Savoy Chapel 4 Lamb and Flag
t St Mary-le-Strand
8 Thomas Neal’s
Holborn
NEW OXFORD ST
Tottenham ST DYOTT HI GH H O L BOR N
Court Road MACKLIN ST
SHAFTES BURY AVE MONMOUTH STREET E N D ELL STREET COVENT GARDEN
ST GILES HIG H ST DRURY LANE GREAT QUEEN ST WILD COURT K I N G S W A Y
SHORTS GARDENS
WILD ST
RUSSELL ST
NEAL ST
DRURY LANE
CHARING CROSS ROAD
Covent
JAMES ST
Garden
Leicester SHELTON ST L ONG ACRE BOW ST WELLINGTON ST A L D W YC H
Square
KING ST TAVISTOCK ST Temple
HENRIETTA ST SOUTHAMPTON S T R A N D
ST
BEDFORD
LANCASTER PL
CHANDOS PL ST
ST MARTIN'S LANE
WILLIAM IV ST S T R A N D V I C T O R I A E M B A N K M E N T
Waterloo
Street Finder maps 13, 14 JOHN ADAM ST SA VOY PL R i v e r T h a m e s
Bridge
Charing
Cross
Embankment
CRAVEN ST
Embankment Pier
0 metres 500
0 yards 500 Hungerford
Bridge
and Golden Jubilee
footbridges
Enzo Piazotta’s statue The Young Dancer (1988), Covent Garden For keys to symbols see back flap
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