Covent Garden and the Strand

Sites to see:

• The Piazza and Central Market
• Saint Paul's Church
• London's Transport Museum
• Theatre Museum
• Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Royal Opera House
• Neal Street and Neal's Yard (19th century shops)
• Thomas Neal's (commercial centre)
• Seven Dials (column with 6 clocks in the crossing of 7 streets)
• Lamb and Flag (pub from the 16th century)
• Photographers' Gallery
• Adelphy Theatre
• Savoy Hotel
• Savoy Chapel (the Queen's private chapel; it was the hospital's chapel in Henry VII's era; part of its walls date back to 1512)
• Somerset House
• Saint-Mary-le-Strand
• Roman Baths (which are not Roman)
• Bush House (BBC World Service premises; nothing to do with George Bush or his dad)
• Victoria Embankment Gardens
• Adelphi
• Charing Cross (the name comes from the last of the 12 crosses raised by Edward I to mark his wife's, Leonor from Castille, funeral route)
• London Coliseum (the biggest theatre in London and the first to have lifts in Europe)