Covent+garden,+Leicester+Square+and+Picadilly

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 * Covent garden, Leicester Square and Picadilly **

__Covent Garden__

Covent Garden is a district of London, England, located in the eastern most parts of the City of Westminster and the southwestern corner of the London Borough of Camden. The area is dominated by shopping, street performers, and entertainment facilities, and it contains an entrance to the Royal Opera House, which is also widely-known simply as "Covent Garden", and the bustling Seven Dials area. The area is bounded by High Holborn to the north, Kingsway to the east, the Strand to the south and Charing Cross Road to the west. Covent Garden Piazza is located in the geographical centre of the area and was the site of a flower, fruit and vegetable market from the 1500s until 1974, when the wholesale market relocated to New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms. Nearby areas include Soho, St James's, Bloomsbury, and Holborn.

__Leicester Square__

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west. The park at the centre of the Square is bound by Cranbourn Street, to the north; Leicester Street, to the east; Irving Street, to the south; and a section of road designated simply as Leicester Square, to the west. It is within the City of Westminster, and about equal distances (about 400 yards/370 metres) north of Trafalgar Square, east of Picadilly Circus, west of Covent Garden, and south of Cambridge Circus.

__Piccadilly__

Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regen Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly. In this context a //circus//, from the Latin word meaning a circle, is a circular open space at a street junction.It now links directly to the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue as well as the Haymarkert, Covent Street (onwards to Leicester Square), and Glasshouse Street. The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainment areas in the heart of the West End.