NO. 24 Piccadilly to Regent Street

NO. 24 Piccadilly to Regent Street (BY CITY WALKS-LONDON)

This trio of London streets-Regent, Carnaby, and Savile Row-has been synonymous with London fashion for centuries. This walk ends at one of the best views in central London.

TUBE: Piccadilly Circus

It's never dark in Piccdilly, thanks to the dazzling neon signs, a fixture since Edwardian times. The little archer above the fountain in the middle of Piccadilly Circus is commonly known as Eros, although he's really the angel of Christian charity. Walk along curving Regent Street, Britain's first shopping street, designed by John Nash in 1812. Turn left on Vigo Street and right onto Savile Row, still the home of bespoke tailoring. Davies and Sons has been around since 1803, but Grieves & Hawkes was there first, in 1785. No. 3 was the site of the Beatles record label, Apple. On its rooftop the Feb Four gave their last live gig. Turn right onto Conduit Street, cross Regent Street, then take Foubert's Place past men's designer Ted Baker to Carnaby Street, and turn left. Although the street is no longer the beating pulse of all things cool as it was in the Swinging Sixties, it's still worth traversing once. Jog left on Great Marlborough before turning right on Argyll, which leads past the Palladium theatre. Cross through Oxford Circus onto Regent Street and continue to All Souls Church and, next to it, the Art Deco BBC Broad-casting House. Tucked into the short Langham Place is the St. Georges Hotel Use the elevator in the lobby with a sign on it dedicated to the Heights bar and ride it to the fitteenth floor where the bar, open to the public has a lovely view of the spire of All Souls and free potato chips. When finished, retrace your steps to the Oxford Circus tube station.

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