Howard Street ran from Surrey Street to Arundel Street until 1974.
Category: WC2
Cecil Court, WC2H
Cecil Court is a pedestrian street with Victorian shop-frontages.
Endell Street, WC2H
Endell Street, originally known as Belton Street, is a street that runs from High Holborn in the north to Long Acre and Bow Street in the south.
Durham House Street, WC2N
Durham House Street was the former site of a palace belonging to the bishops of Durham in medieval times.
Blackmoor Street, WC2B
Blackmoor Street was in the Drury Lane slum.
Leicester Square, WC2H
Leicester Square is a central tourist attraction of London.
Covent Garden
Covent Garden comprises the area on the north side of the Strand which developed as the link between the settlements of the City of London and Westminster/Thorney Island. In medieval times the Strand was lined with large houses and palaces set in substantial gardens. The history of settlement in the area can be traced to …
Leicester Square, WC2
Between 1630 and 1648, Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, acquired land from Henry VIII, and built Leicester House on a site between the existing Square and Lisle Street, with a formal garden on the site of the Swiss Centre. The area south of the House became known as Leicester Fields and was laid out …
Savoy
The Strand developed as a link between the settlements of the City of London and Westminster/Thorney Island. By the 12th century it was a street of large houses with gardens running down to the Thames. Within the Savoy Conservation Area are the sites of the Savoy Palace, Salisbury House and Worcester House. The Savoy Palace, …
Strand, WC2
It is likely that the area was originally settled by the Saxons, forming part of the town of Lundenwic (7th to 9th centuries AD), outside the walls of the Roman City. The Strand has been a thoroughfare linking the City and Thorney Island, (later Westminster) since this time, originally running along the river bank. By …