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Covent Garden is a London Underground station serving Covent Garden and the surrounding area in the West End of London. It is on the Piccadilly line between Leicester Square and Holborn stations and is in Travelcard Zone 1. [8] The station is at the corner of Long Acre and James Street and the street-level concourse is a Grade II listed building.
The Harp is a public house at 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS. It was The Welsh Harp until 1995, when it was taken over by an Irish woman Binnie Walsh, who subsequently bought the pub. [1] [2] The pub was subsequently sold to Fuller's in 2014.
The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2015) The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2016) The Crown is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 43 Monmouth Street facing on to Seven Dials and Short's Gardens. The pub was established in 1833. [1] The ceramic tiling outside is original. [2]
15 Garrick Street, Covent Garden: 1864 The arts and theatre Since 2024 George: 2001 87-88 Mount Street, London: 2001 Social Admitted Groucho Club: 1985 45 Dean Street, London, W1D 4QB 1985 Media Admitted Harry's Bar: 1979 26 South Audley Street: 1979 Social Admitted Home House: 1998 20-21 Portman Square, London, W1H 6LW 1998 Social ...
There were none in 1970 when Sheppard's Survey of London was produced [2] and there are none today, though there are several bars and eating places. [ clarification needed ] In 1772, the poet Sheridan fought a duel with Matthews at the Castle Tavern, located on the north corner with Bedford Street, after Matthews insulted Sheridan in the Bath ...
The White Lion, 2008. The White Lion is a pub in Covent Garden, London, on the corner of James Street and Floral Street.. There has been a pub called the White Lion on the site since at least 1839, [1] and the current pub was rebuilt in 1888, as can be seen under the rampant lion at the top of the building.
Its Covent Garden branch, which was the first to open in the mid '90s, was closed in March 2013 with the company saying the site was too small. [2] There were 30 Walkabouts left operating at this time. [2] Shepherd's Bush Walkabout, one of their best known branches, closed in October 2013, leaving only one branch of Walkabout in London. [3]
The Salisbury was well known as a gay-friendly pub from Oscar Wilde's time up until the mid-1980s. [5] The 1961 British suspense film Victim, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, includes scenes inside and outside The Salisbury and was the first English language film to use the word "homosexual".