St Anne’s Court, W1D

St Anne’s Court is an alleyway that connects Dean Street and Wardour Street.

St Anne’s Court, Soho in the early 1960s
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Parts of St Anne’s Court can be dated back to the late seventeenth century. The eastern part was originally built in c. 1690 and the western end was built on the Pulteney estate. A plan of the south side is included in the Portland estate plan, made around 1792.

The buildings fronting the narrow western end have been rebuilt at various times, but several original houses survive in the eastern end.

Sites in St Anne’s Court included the model lodgings designed by William Burges between 1864 and 1866 for the banker and philanthropist Lackland Mackintosh Rate. This resulted in a series of thirty lodging rooms ’to be let to artisans’. The building was subsequently demolished.

Sites also include Trident Studios at number 17 and the 1970s science fiction bookshop Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed. In the 1980s, a basement in St Anne’s Court was home to Shades Records, a store specialising in Death Metal and Thrash Metal. As the only such store in the country, it played a particularly important role in the growth of those music genres in the UK.

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Gossard House, W1S

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Great Castle Street, W1B

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Great Castle Street, W1W

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Great Chapel Street, W1D

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Great Marlborough Street, W1B

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Great Marlborough Street, W1F

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Great Newport Street, WC2H

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Greek Court, W1D

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Green’s Court, W1F

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Greens Court, W1D

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Gresse Street, W1T

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Ham Yard, W1D

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Hammer House, W1F

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Hanway Place, W1T

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Heddon House, W1B

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Heddon Street, W1B

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Heddon Street, W1B

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Hills Place, W1F

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Holland Street, W1F

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Hollen Street, W1F

Hop Gardens, WC2N Hop Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

Hop Gardens, WC2N

Hopkins Street, W1F Hopkins Street is a road in the W1F postcode area

Hopkins Street, W1F

Horse and Dolphin Yard, W1D Horse and Dolphin Yard once lay behind the Horse and Dolphin Inn.

Horse and Dolphin Yard, W1D

Ingestre Court, W1F Ingestre Court is sited on Ingestre Place.

Ingestre Court, W1F

Ingestre Place, W1F Ingestre Place is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Ingestre Place, W1F

International House, W1S Residential block

International House, W1S

Isis House, WC1A Isis House is a building on New Oxford Street.

Isis House, WC1A

John Street, W1F John Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

John Street, W1F

Jubilee House, W1 Jubilee House is located on Oxford Street.

Jubilee House, W1

Kemble House, W1D Kemble House is sited on Dean Street.

Kemble House, W1D

Kemp’s Court, W1F Kemp’s Court is situated in the heart of Berwick Street Market where a line of stalls stretch down both sides of the road.

Kemp’s Court, W1F

Kent House, W1W Kent House is a block on Market place.

Kent House, W1W

Khiara House, W1D Khiara House can be found on Poland Street.

Khiara House, W1D

Kingly Court, W1B Kingly Court is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.

Kingly Court, W1B

Kingly Court, W1F Kingly Court is a building on Kingly Court.

Kingly Court, W1F

Kingly Street, W1F Kingly Street is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.

Kingly Street, W1F

Leicester Place, WC2H Leicester Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Leicester Place, WC2H

Leicester Square, WC2H Leicester Square is a central tourist attraction of London.

Leicester Square, WC2H

Leicester Street, WC2H Leicester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Leicester Street, WC2H

Lexington House, W1F Lexington House is a block on Lexington Street.

Lexington House, W1F

Lexington Street Cos, W1F Lexington Street Cos is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Lexington Street Cos, W1F

Lexington Street, W1F Lexington Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Lexington Street, W1F

Linen Hall, W1B Linen Hall is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.

Linen Hall, W1B

Lisle Street, WC2H Lisle Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Lisle Street, WC2H

Lison House, W1F Lison House is a block on Wardour Street.

Lison House, W1F

Litchfield Street, WC2H Litchfield Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Litchfield Street, WC2H

Little Compton Street, W1D Little Compton Street was a street in Soho.

Little Compton Street, W1D

Little Marlborough Street, W1B Little Marlborough Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Little Marlborough Street, W1B

Little Newport Street, WC2H Little Newport Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Little Newport Street, WC2H

Little Portland Street, W1W Little Portland Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.

Little Portland Street, W1W

Little Titchfield Street, W1W Little Titchfield Street is a road in the W1W postcode area

Little Titchfield Street, W1W

Livonia Street, W1F Livonia Street was originally Bentinck Street, family name of owner the Duke of Portland.

Livonia Street, W1F

Lower James Street, W1F Lower James Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Lower James Street, W1F

Lower John Street, W1F Lower John Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Lower John Street, W1F

Lowndes Court, W1F Lowndes Court is located on Lowndes Court.

Lowndes Court, W1F

Macclesfield Street, W1D Macclesfield Street is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Macclesfield Street, W1D

Manette Street, W1D Manette Street in Soho is named after the character from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.

Manette Street, W1D

Mappin House, W1 Mappin House is a block on Winsley Street.

Mappin House, W1

Margaret Court, W1W Margaret Court is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.

Margaret Court, W1W

Margaret Street, W1W Margaret Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.

Margaret Street, W1W

Market Place, W1W Market Place is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.

Market Place, W1W

Marlborough Court, W1F Marlborough Court is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Marlborough Court, W1F

Marlborough House, WC2H Marlborough House is a block on Earlham Street.

Marlborough House, WC2H

Marshall Street, W1F Marshall Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Marshall Street, W1F

Marylebone Passage, W1W Marylebone Passage is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.

Marylebone Passage, W1W

Meard Street, W1D John Meard, the younger was a carpenter, later a landowner, who developed the street.

Meard Street, W1D

Mercer Street, WC2H Mercer Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Mercer Street, WC2H

Minden House, W1F Minden House is a building on D’Arblay Street.

Minden House, W1F

Monmouth Street, WC2H Monmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Monmouth Street, WC2H

Moor Street, W1D Moor Street is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Moor Street, W1D

Mortimer Street, W1T A street within the W1W postcode

Mortimer Street, W1T

Mortimer Street, W1W Mortimer Street is one of the streets of London in the W1 postal area.

Mortimer Street, W1W

Morwell Street, WC1B Morwell Street is a road in the WC1B postcode area

Morwell Street, WC1B

Nassau House, WC2H Nassau House is a block on Shaftesbury Avenue.

Nassau House, WC2H

National House, W1D National House is located on Wardour Street.

National House, W1D

National House, W1F National House is a block on Wardour Street.

National House, W1F

Neals Yard, WC2H Neals Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Neals Yard, WC2H

New Burlington Mews, W1B New Burlington Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.

New Burlington Mews, W1B

New Burlington Place, W1S New Burlington Place is one of the streets of London in the W1S postal area.

New Burlington Place, W1S

New Burlington Street, W1B New Burlington Street is one of the streets of London in the W1S postal area.

New Burlington Street, W1B

New Burlington Street, W1B New Burlington Street is a road in the W1B postcode area

New Burlington Street, W1B

New Compton Street, WC2H New Compton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

New Compton Street, WC2H

Newburg Road, W1F Newburg Road is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Newburg Road, W1F

Newburgh Street, W1F Newburgh Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Newburgh Street, W1F

Newlands House, W1T Newlands House is sited on Berners Street.

Newlands House, W1T

Newman House, W1T Newman House can be found on Newman Street.

Newman House, W1T

Newman Passage, W1T Newman Passage is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.

Newman Passage, W1T

Newman Street, W1T Newman Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.

Newman Street, W1T

Newport Court, WC2H Newport Court was laid out approximately on the site of the courtyard of Newport House.

Newport Court, WC2H

Newport Place, W1D Newport Place was named after Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport (Isle of Wight), who owned a house on Newport Street in the 17th century.

Newport Place, W1D

Noel Street, W1F Noel Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Noel Street, W1F

Noland House, W1D Noland House is a block on Poland Street.

Noland House, W1D

Old Burlington Street, W1J Old Burlington Street connects Burlington Gardens and Clifford Street.

Old Burlington Street, W1J

Old Compton Street, W1D Old Compton Street is a road that runs east–west through Soho.

Old Compton Street, W1D

Orion House, WC2H Orion House is a block on Upper St Martin’s Lane.

Orion House, WC2H

Oxford Circus Avenue, W1F Oxford Circus Avenue exists on a lot of London maps but doesn’t exist.

Oxford Circus Avenue, W1F

Oxford Circus House, W1D Oxford Circus House is sited on Oxford Street.

Oxford Circus House, W1D

Oxford Circus, W1B Oxford Circus was originally called Regent Circus.

Oxford Circus, W1B

Oxford Street, W1F Oxford Street is the main shopping street of London.

Oxford Street, W1F

Palladium House, W1B Palladium House is a grade II listed (in 1981) Art Deco office building located on the corner of Great Marlborough Street and Argyll Street.

Palladium House, W1B

Palladium House, W1F Palladium House is a block on Argyll Street.

Palladium House, W1F

Paramount House, W1F Paramount House can be found on Wardour Street.

Paramount House, W1F

Pargiter Court, W1F Pargiter Court is a block on Silver Place.

Pargiter Court, W1F

Parnell House, WC1 Parnell House is a block on Streatham Street.

Parnell House, WC1

Parnell House, WC1A Parnell House is a block on Streatham Street.

Parnell House, WC1A

Peter Street, W1F Peter Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Peter Street, W1F

Phoenix House, WC2H Phoenix House is sited on Phoenix Street.

Phoenix House, WC2H

Phoenix Street, WC2H Phoenix Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Phoenix Street, WC2H

Poland Street, W1D Poland Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Poland Street, W1D

Poland Street, W1F Poland Street is a location in London.

Poland Street, W1F

Portland House, W1W Portland House is a block on Great Portland Street.

Portland House, W1W

Portland Mews, W1F Portland Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Portland Mews, W1F

Princess House, W1D Residential block

Princess House, W1D

Ramillies House, W1F Ramillies House is sited on Ramillies Street.

Ramillies House, W1F

Ramillies Place, W1D Ramillies Place is a short street situated off the southern side of Oxford Street.

Ramillies Place, W1D

Ramillies Street, W1F Ramillies Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Ramillies Street, W1F

Rathbone Place, W1T Rathbone Place honours Captain Rathbone who was the builder of the road and properties thereon from 1718 onwards.

Rathbone Place, W1T

Rathbone Square, W1T Rathbone Square is a location in London.

Rathbone Square, W1T

Rathbone Street, W1T Rathbone Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.

Rathbone Street, W1T

Regency House, W1B Regency House is sited on Warwick Street.

Regency House, W1B

Regent Place, W1B Regent Place is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.

Regent Place, W1B

Regent Street, W1B Regent Street dates from the 1810s and was named after the Prince Regent, later George IV.

Regent Street, W1B

Richmond Buildings, W1D Richmond Buildings is a turning off Dean Street.

Richmond Buildings, W1D

Richmond Mews, W1D Richmond Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Richmond Mews, W1D

Riding House Street, W1W Riding House Street commemorates a riding house and barracks of the First Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards.

Riding House Street, W1W

Romilly Street, W1D Romilly Street is a small street that runs behind Shaftesbury Avenue and takes its name from lawyer Samuel Romilly.

Romilly Street, W1D

Rose Street, WC2N Rose Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Rose Street, WC2N

Royalty Mews, W1D Royalty Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Royalty Mews, W1D

Rupert Court, W1D Rupert Court was named for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the First Lord of the Admiralty when the court was built in 1676.

Rupert Court, W1D

Rupert Street, W1D Rupert Street – after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, noted 17th century general and son of Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I.

Rupert Street, W1D

Salt House, W1F Salt House is a building on Peter Street.

Salt House, W1F

Sandringham Court, W1F Sandringham Court can be found on Dufour’s Place.

Sandringham Court, W1F

Savile Row, W1S Savile Row is known worldwide for gentlemen’s tailoring.

Savile Row, W1S

Screen House, W1F Screen House is a block on Wardour Street.

Screen House, W1F

Seven Dials, WC2H Seven Dials was built on the site of the Cock-and-Pie Fields, named for a nearby inn.

Seven Dials, WC2H

Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D Shaftesbury Avenue is a major street in the West End of London, named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D

Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H Shaftesbury Avenue was named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Victorian politician and philanthropist.

Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H

Sheraton Street, W1D Sheraton Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Sheraton Street, W1D

Sherwood Street, W1F Sherwood Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Sherwood Street, W1F

Silver House, W1F Silver House is located on Carnaby Street.

Silver House, W1F

Silver Place, W1F Silver Place is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Silver Place, W1F

Smiths Court, W1D Smiths Court is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Smiths Court, W1D

Soho Place, Soho Place lies within the postcode.

Soho Place,

Soho Square, W1D In its early years, Soho Square was one of the most fashionable places to live in London.

Soho Square, W1D

Soho Street, W1D Soho Street is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Soho Street, W1D

Sounding Alley, WC2H Sounding Alley is a road in the E3 postcode area

Sounding Alley, WC2H

St Anne’s Court, W1F St Anne’s Court is a block on St Anne’s Court.

St Anne’s Court, W1F

St George’s House, W1T St George’s House is a block on Wells Street.

St George’s House, W1T

St George’s House, WC1A St George’s House is a block on Coptic Street.

St George’s House, WC1A

St Giles High Street, WC2H St Giles High Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

St Giles High Street, WC2H

St Giles House, W1D St Giles House is a block on Poland Street.

St Giles House, W1D

St Giles Square, WC2H St Giles Square is a modern piazza-style development.

St Giles Square, WC2H

St Martins Court, WC2H St Martins Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

St Martins Court, WC2H

St Martins Lane, WC2N St Martins Lane runs up to Seven Dials from St Martin’s-in-the-Fields.

St Martins Lane, WC2N

St. Giles Square, WC2H St. Giles Square is a location in London.

St. Giles Square, WC2H

Stacey Street, WC2H Stacey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Stacey Street, WC2H

Stedham Place, WC2H Stedham Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Stedham Place, WC2H

Stephen Mews, W1T Stephen Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.

Stephen Mews, W1T

Stephen Street, W1T Stephen Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.

Stephen Street, W1T

Stirling Court, W1F Stirling Court is a block on Marshall Street.

Stirling Court, W1F

Streatham Street, WC1A Streatham Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Streatham Street, WC1A

Sutherland House, W1F Sutherland House is a block on Argyll Street.

Sutherland House, W1F

Sutton Row, W1D Sutton Row has existed since 1681.

Sutton Row, W1D

Swan House, W1D Swan House is a block on Poland Street.

Swan House, W1D

Swiss Court, W1D Swiss Court is located on Swiss Court.

Swiss Court, W1D

The White House, W1W The White House can be found on Mortimer Street.

The White House, W1W

Thomas Neal Centre, WC2H Thomas Neal Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Thomas Neal Centre, WC2H

Tisbury Court, W1D Tisbury Court lies off Wardour Street.

Tisbury Court, W1D

Tower Court, WC2H Tower Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Tower Court, WC2H

Tower Street, WC2H Tower Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Tower Street, WC2H

Townsend House, W1D Residential block

Townsend House, W1D

Turner House, W1B Turner House is a block on Great Marlborough Street.

Turner House, W1B

United Kingdom House, W1D United Kingdom House is a block on Great Titchfield Street.

United Kingdom House, W1D

Upper James Street, W1F Upper James Street is one of the streets of London in the W1F postal area.

Upper James Street, W1F

Upper John Street, W1F Upper John Street is a road in the W1F postcode area

Upper John Street, W1F

Upper St Martin’s Lane, WC2H This is a street in the WC2H postcode area

Upper St Martin’s Lane, WC2H

Urbanora House, W1F Urbanora House is a block on Wardour Street.

Urbanora House, W1F

Vale Royal House, WC2H Vale Royal House is a block on Charing Cross Road.

Vale Royal House, WC2H

Walkers Court, Walkers Court lies within the postcode.

Walkers Court,

Walker’s Court, W1D Walker’s Court is one of the many passageways which in past years was known as ’Paved Alley’.

Walker’s Court, W1D

Wardour Mews, W1F Wardour Mews is a cul-de-sac off of Portland Street.

Wardour Mews, W1F

Wardour Street, W1D The W1D part of Wardour Street south of Shaftesbury Avenue runs through London’s Chinatown.

Wardour Street, W1D

Wardour Street, W1F Wardour Street is a street that runs north from Leicester Square, through Chinatown, across Shaftesbury Avenue to Oxford Street.

Wardour Street, W1F

Warwick Street, W1B Warwick Street is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.

Warwick Street, W1B

Waverley House, W1F Waverley House is a block on Noel Street.

Waverley House, W1F

Wedgwood Mews, W1D Wedgwood Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Wedgwood Mews, W1D

Wells Mews, W1W Wells Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.

Wells Mews, W1W

Wells Street, W1D Wells Street - ’Welses Lane’ - is first recorded in 1692.

Wells Street, W1D

West End House, W1D West End House is a block on Hill’s Place.

West End House, W1D

West Street, WC2H West Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

West Street, WC2H

Western House, W1F Western House is a block on Argyll Street.

Western House, W1F

Westmorland House, W1B Westmorland House is a block on Regent Street.

Westmorland House, W1B

Wilder Walk, W1F This is a street in the W1B postcode area

Wilder Walk, W1F

William Blake House, W1F William Blake House is a block on Marshall Street.

William Blake House, W1F

Willoughby Street, WC1B Willoughby Street was formerly known as both Vine Street and Wooburn Street.

Willoughby Street, WC1B

Wingate House, WC2H Wingate House is a block on Shaftesbury Avenue.

Wingate House, WC2H

Winnett Street, W1D Winnett Street is one of the streets of London in the W1D postal area.

Winnett Street, W1D

Winsley Street, W1D Winsley Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.

Winsley Street, W1D

Winsley Street, W1D Winsley Street is a road in the W1D postcode area

Winsley Street, W1D

Woolverstone House, W1T Woolverstone House is a block on Berners Street.

Woolverstone House, W1T

York House, W1T York House is sited on Berners Street.

York House, W1T

NEARBY PUBS

Adam And Eve

Adam and Eve Inn The Adam and Eve was an inn on Oxford Street.

Adam and Eve Inn

Admiral Duncan The Admiral Duncan is well-known as one of Soho’s oldest gay pubs.

Bourne & Hollingsworth

Bricklayers Arms The Bricklayers Arms is on Gresse Street.

Clock House The Coach & Horses is a pub on the corner of Romilly Street and Greek Street.

Clock House

Club 49

Coach And Horses The Coach and Horses pub has been on Great Marlborough Street since the mid-18th century.

Coach And Horses

Cock Tavern The Cock Tavern is on Great Portland Street.

Cock Tavern

Comptons Of Soho

De Hems De Hems has become a base for London’s Dutch community, serving bitterballen and frikandellen.

De Hems

Dog and Duck The Dog and Duck is on the corner of Frith Street and Bateman Street.

Graphic Bar This bar used to be known as the Midas Touch.

Kopapa

Lyric

Molly Moggs Ale & Pie House

Nellie Dean

New Ambassadors Theatre

Newman Arms The Newman Arms has been a Fitzrovia fixture for centuries.

Salsa!

The Cambridge Theatre

The Champion

The Clachan

The Crown

The Crown & Two Chairmen

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Soho

Soho is a world-famous area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London.

The name "Soho" first appears in the 17th century. Most authorities believe that the name derives from a former hunting cry. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, used "soho" as a rallying call for his men at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685, half a century after the name was first used for this area of London. The Soho name has been imitated by other entertainment and restaurant districts such as Soho, Hong Kong; Soho, Málaga; SOHO, Beijing; SoHo (South of Horton), London, Ontario, Canada; and Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires. SoHo, Manhattan, gets its name from its location SOuth of HOuston Street, but is also a reference to London’s Soho.

Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation as a base for the sex industry in addition to its night life and its location for the headquarters of leading film companies. Since the 1980s, the area has undergone considerable gentrification. It is now predominantly a fashionable district of upmarket restaurants and media offices, with only a small remnant of sex industry venues.

Soho is a small, multicultural area of central London; a home to industry, commerce, culture and entertainment, as well as a residential area for both rich and poor. It has clubs, including the former Chinawhite nightclub; public houses; bars; restaurants; a few sex shops scattered amongst them; and late-night coffee shops that give the streets an "open-all-night" feel at the weekends. Record shops cluster in the area around Berwick Street, with shops such as Phonica, Sister Ray and Reckless Records.

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Theatreland, Shaftesbury Avenue Credit: IG/my.wandering.journey TUM image id: 1653838404 Licence: CC BY 2.0	BT Tower The Post Office Tower - now known as the BT Tower - opened in the Fitzrovia area of central London in 1965. The tower’s main structure was 177 metres high. A further section of aerial rigging brought the total height to 191m. It was the tallest building in the UK until London’s NatWest Tower opened in 1980. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1481989234 Licence:	The Prince of Wales Theatre in 1903 shortly before its demolition for the building of the Scala Theatre in 1904. Credit: Caroline Blomfield TUM image id: 1492875482 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fairyland, 92 Tottenham Court Road (1905) Fairyland was an amusement arcade with a shooting range, owned and run by Henry Stanton Morley (1875-1916) during the period leading up to and during the First World War. It was closed after (unintentionally according to its owners), it was used to practice political assassinations. Notably, attempts on the life of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (planned but not carried out) and Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (carried out). TUM image id: 1490541720 Licence:	Transmission TUM image id: 1509553463 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Get Back Credit: Stable Diffusion TUM image id: 1675076090 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Trafalgar Square was a former station on the Bakerloo Line before it combined with Strand station on the Northern Line to become the new Charing Cross underground station. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1624972963 Licence:	Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1625131830 Licence:	Piccadilly Theatre (2007) Credit: Turquoisefish TUM image id: 1556885906 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buses outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Date of photo unknown Credit: Stockholm Transport Museum TUM image id: 1557142527 Licence:
Tottenham Court Road (1927) TUM image id: 1556973109 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Engraving of the Hanover Square Rooms in Hanover Square. For a century this was the principal concert venue in London. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1674215047 Licence:	The Marie Antoinette Suite at the Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly (1914) Credit: Architectural Record Company, New York TUM image id: 1657550221 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Truefitt & Hill products Truefitt & Hill is the oldest barbershop in the world, as certified by Guinness Book of World Records in April 2000. Truefitt was established in 1805 by William Francis Truefitt. Truefitt styled himself as hairdresser to the British Royal Court and the firm received their first Royal Warrant from King George III. In 1911, Edwin Hill set up a barber shop on Old Bond Street, also near the royal neighbourhoods in London and it was to this address H.P. Truefitt (William’s nephew) moved in 1935 to create Truefitt & Hill. The present location of Truefitt & Hill at 71 St James’s Street, was taken up in 1994. Credit: Wiki Commons/psd TUM image id: 1677764605 Licence:	A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution; Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen (1904) Credit: Henry Jamyn Brooks TUM image id: 1661785947 Licence:

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Theatreland, Shaftesbury Avenue
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BT Tower The Post Office Tower - now known as the BT Tower - opened in the Fitzrovia area of central London in 1965. The tower’s main structure was 177 metres high. A further section of aerial rigging brought the total height to 191m. It was the tallest building in the UK until London’s NatWest Tower opened in 1980.
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The Prince of Wales Theatre in 1903 shortly before its demolition for the building of the Scala Theatre in 1904.
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Transmission
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Get Back
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Trafalgar Square was a former station on the Bakerloo Line before it combined with Strand station on the Northern Line to become the new Charing Cross underground station.
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Piccadilly Theatre (2007)
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Buses outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Date of photo unknown
Credit: Stockholm Transport Museum
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Tottenham Court Road (1927)
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London Hippodrome in 2017
Credit: Ethan Doyle White
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