Category: W1

Tottenham Court Road, W1T

Tottenham Court Road is a major road running from the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, north to Euston Road – a distance of about three-quarters of a mile.

Wells Street, W1D

Wells Street – ’Welses Lane’ – is first recorded in 1692.

Queen’s Theatre

The Queen’s Theatre is located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street.

Baker Street, W1U

Baker Street was laid out in the 18th century by the builder William Baker, after whom it is named.

Eastcastle Street, W1D

Eastcastle Street was originally called Castle Street East.

Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D

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

Oxford Circus, W1B

Oxford Circus was originally called Regent Circus.

Wardour Street, W1F

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

Oxford Street, W1S

Oxford Street is England’s most famous and popular shopping street.

Fitzrovia

Fitzrovia lies partly in the City of Westminster (in the west), and partly in the London Borough of Camden (in the east); north of Oxford Street and Soho between Bloomsbury and Marylebone. It is characterised by its mixed-use of residential, business, retail, education and healthcare, with no single activity dominating. The historically bohemian area was …

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