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Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. [1] It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden". [2]
View of Wellington Street from Russell Street. Wellington Street is a street located in Covent Garden, Westminster, London. It connects Bow Street, Russell Street, Tavistock Street, Exeter Street, Strand and Lancaster Place. The street takes its name from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. [1]
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Covent Garden.Covent Garden has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are: Shaftesbury Avenue to the north-west, New Oxford Street and High Holborn to the north, Kingsway and the western half of the Aldwych semi-circle to the east, Strand to the south and Charing Cross Road to the west.
View of Floral Street. Floral Street is a narrow street in the Covent Garden area of London, England. It runs east from Garrick Street to Bow Street and contains a number of fashion stores, including Paul Smith. [1] The Upper School of the Royal Ballet School is located at 46 Floral Street, across the street from the back of the Royal Opera House.
Henrietta Street on a 1690 map, before Southampton Street was built. Henrietta Street was first planned from 1631 and building was completed by 1634. Although the street plan is unchanged from the original, most of the houses are of nineteenth-century construction. The street was named after the consort of Charles I. [2] [3]
Tavistock Street is a street in the Covent Garden area of London which runs parallel to the Strand between Drury Lane and Southampton Street just south of the market piazza. History [ edit ]
Mercer Street, London. Mercer Street is a street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, London, England. [1] [2] Mercer Street runs south east to north west from Long Acre to Shaftesbury Avenue, crossing Shelton Street. About two-thirds up, it meets Seven Dials, where it intersects with Monmouth Street, Earlham Street, and Shorts Gardens.
The part north of Seven Dials was called Great St Andrew's Street and the part south of Seven Dials Little St Andrew's Street. In the 1930s the whole street was renamed Monmouth Street, in an attempt to re-create the original street. The Covent Garden Hotel is situated at no. 10 and the original home of Monmouth Coffee Company at no. 27.