About Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as "Covent Garden".
The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre, north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the elegant buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the London Transport Museum.
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Shaftesbury Hotel, London, c. 1900
Added by @iamtimbo 8 years ago / Views: 2469In Gallery: London Miscellaneous
This is the Shaftesbury Hotel, in Seven Dials, just off Shaftesbury Avenue. The building is still a hotel, the Radisson Blu Mercer Street, but...
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Piccadilly Circus, London, 1912
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 2228In Gallery: Pick of English Heritage
Looking north-eastwards from Piccadilly Circus along the line of Shaftesbury Avenue. Shaftesbury Avenue cut through a slum area and opened in 1886....
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Mitchell's Motor Company, Wardour Street, London, August 1907
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 892In Gallery: Pick of English Heritage
An early motor car in the Mitchell Motor Works and Garage at 114 Old Wardour Street. Mitchell Motor Works and Garage was built in 1906 and offered...
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Newcastle Street, London, 1907
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 3521In Gallery: Allsorts
This building in Newcastle Street carries hoardings advertising all sorts of products, from lager to soap. Newcastle Street no longer exists -...
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Site of Citibank building, Strand, 2006
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 600In Gallery: Citibank demolition, Strand, Westminster, 2006
Here the demolition of the building was almost complete. The bank stood on the junction of Aldwych and Strand. It has been replaced by the ME hotel...
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Citibank building demolition, Strand, Westminster, 2006
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 666In Gallery: Citibank demolition, Strand, Westminster, 2006
Here the demolition of the building was almost complete. The bank stood on the junction of Aldwych and Strand. It has been replaced by the ME hotel...
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Hotel Strand Continental, Strand, Westminster, c.2006
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 594In Gallery: Hotel Strand Continental, Strand, Westminster, 2006
The hotel sits at the junction of Strand and Aldwych. There is a door, here next to Strand News, which leads to an Indian restaurant which is rated...
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Novello Theatre exterior from Aldwych, Strand, 2008
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 635In Gallery: Strand/Novello Theatre, Aldwych/Strand, Westminster, 2000s
Signage for the show 'Eurobeat' which ran at the theatre in 2008
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Novello Theatre from Aldwych, RSC season, Aldwych, 2007
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 646In Gallery: Strand/Novello Theatre, Aldwych/Strand, Westminster, 2000s
The Novello theatre, as renamed from Strand Theatre, after the major refit opened with a season by the Royal Shakespere Company.
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Novello Theatre as Strand Theatre, Aldwych, 2005
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 598In Gallery: Strand/Novello Theatre, Aldwych/Strand, Westminster, 2000s
The Strand Theatre was renamed Novello Theatre following a major refit in 2005 by the owner, Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Here we see the outside of the...
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Strand Theatre, Aldwych, Westminster, 2005
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 627In Gallery: Strand/Novello Theatre, Aldwych/Strand, Westminster, 2000s
The Strand Theatre was renamed Novello Theatre by Sir Cameron Mackintosh following a major refit in 2005. Here we see the previous look of the...
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Junction of Bow Street and Russell Street
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 692In Gallery: BAFTA lighting installation, Covent Garden, Westminster, 2009
Installation of the lighting system for the red carpet walk for the 2009 BAFTA awards at the Royal Opera House, 2009
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Lighting for the 2009 BAFTA red carpet
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 589In Gallery: BAFTA lighting installation, Covent Garden, Westminster, 2009
Lighting installed at the Royal Opera House for the 2009 BAFTA red carpet
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BAFTA red carpet lighting at the Royal Opera House 2009
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 576In Gallery: BAFTA lighting installation, Covent Garden, Westminster, 2009
The lighting and canopy installation for the 2009 BAFTA ceremony at the Royal Opera House
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Removing phone boxes, Aldwych 2006
Added by @Oovis 9 years ago / Views: 621In Gallery: Aldwych phone box, Strand, 2006
It was decided to remove the BT phone boxes in 2006 and here's one being removed. The irony is that at some point soon after this it was decided to...
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Seven Dials Sundial Face, 1998
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 610In Gallery: Seven Dials, St. Giles, 1998
A view of the sundial in Seven Dials, looking towards the Mountbatten Hotel.
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Seven Dials from the Cambridge Theatre, 1998
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 624In Gallery: Seven Dials, St. Giles, 1998
This photograph was taken from the roof of the Cambridge Theatre during the run of Grease, while I was followspotting on the show.
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Charlotte Street/Goodge Street, c. 1998
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 679In Gallery: Charlotte Street/Goodge Street, Fitzrovia, c. 1998
Looking away from Tottenham Court Road (towards the West), the area seems to have changed lots from its current layout....
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Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Added by @iamtimbo 9 years ago / Views: 574In Gallery: Shaftesbury Theatre, St. Giles, c. 2004
The Shaftesbury Theatre during a run of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004
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