Soho
Soho, London's unofficial centre, is bordered by Covent Garden and the West End to the South, Mayfair to the West, Bloomsbury to the North and Holborn to the East. Soho is home to some of the narrowest and most crowded streets in London, and is located between Regents Street, Oxford Street and Shaftesbury Avenue. Criss crossed by many streets, famous roads in Soho include Carnaby Street, Old Compton Street, Soho Street and St Wardour Street.
Soho offers London Visitors a great many sights, smells and attractions. Home to a diverse array of cultures, Soho is famous for its good eating and culture. On offer are hundreds of cafes, bars and restaurants each offering different cuisines, styles and ambiance, as well as menus to suit all budgets and tastes. When it comes to culture, Soho is hard to compete against, nightclubs, theatres, cinemas Soho has them all.
Theatres located in the Soho district include the Prince of Wales Theatre on Coventry Street, The Piccadilly Theatre on Denman Street, The Apollo Theatre, Queens Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Gielgud Theatre and the Palace Theatre, all located on Shaftesbury Avenue. The almost twenty four hour night life includes famous clubs such as The End and G-A-Y. London's Chinatown is at the Southern most point of Soho, running around Gerrard and Lisle Street. Offering many Chinese Restaurants, Supermarkets, Shops and bars, it makes for an almost parallel world, with its deep red pagodas and signs written in Chinese.
Soho is easily reached from the tube stations at Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Covent Garden and Oxford Circus, and has connections from these stations to Bayswater, Southwark, Kensington, Earls Court, Kings Cross and even as far out as Heathrow Airport!
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