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Covent Garden
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| Covent Garden |
A visit to Covent Garden is a must, whether you intend to shop, sightsee or soak in the carnival atmosphere. The focal point of Covent Garden, the market, has dominated the area ever since the Middle...
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Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
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| Bow Street |
This impressive building in the heart of Covent Garden has been playing host to major stars of the classical music world since 1858. The third theatre to be located on this site, todays Royal Opera H...
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May 2008
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Founded in 1943 and attended by King George VI, the Royal Windsor Horse Show at Windsor Castle still has strong royal connections and HM Queen Elizabeth II often enters home-bred horses in the even...
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May 2009
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Head down to Trafalgar Square on the Sunday of the first May bank holiday to experience the colourful, culinary and exotic sounding delights of the Sikh New Year Festival. Commemorating 300 years o...
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May 2010
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Yinka Shonibare has been chosen as the next artist to fill the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square for his proposal to put a replica of Nelson's ship, HMS Victory, in a giant glass bottle on pu...
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Neal's Yard Dairy Covent Garden
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| 17 Shorts Gardens |
Cheese-enthusiasts will love this specialist shop in Covent Garden's thriving, colourful Neal's Yard. Sourced direct from small, independent farms, most of the cheese here is unpasteurised and offered...
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The Apple Store: Covent Garden
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| 1 The Piazza |
Following the runaway success of its flagship Regent Street branch, Apple has opened its largest store in the world to date with this three-storey gadget emporium in Covent Garden. Located in a former...
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Covent Garden Market Place
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| 40a Earlham Street |
Combining a food market and food hall with seating and a cafe, all under cover, Covent Garden Market Place offers fresh, artisan produce from a variety of outlets under one roof. Sandwiched between E...
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Covent Garden Apple Market
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| 41 The Market, Covent Garden Piazza |
Covent Garden Apple Market houses around forty market stalls under the covered part of the famous Inigo Jones designed market. Traders sell a variety of quality goods: antiques, craft items, pictures...
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Covent Garden Piazza
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| Covent Garden |
This is where Covent Garden Market takes place but theres also an open-air cobbled area where miming and juggling acts can often be found. The 40ish market stalls sell a variety of quality goods: ant...
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Covent Garden Hotel
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| 10 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden |
In the beating heart of Londons theatreland this attractive town house hotel is a hidden gem. A wood-panelled living room and intimate library give it a homely feel, while the rooms combine modern lux...
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Covent Garden Real Food Market
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| Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden |
Covent Garden's Piazza returns to its original purpose, as a food market, every Thursday from 3rd April until Christmas 2010. The Real Food Market brings fresh produce to the centre of town with over...
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The Gym Covent Garden
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| 30 The Piazza, Covent Garden |
This gym is in a unique location on the first floor of Jubilee Hall Market in the Covent Garden Piazza. Signs of the buildings original purpose, designed in 1897 to house flowers, are visible in the h...
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Citadines Apart-Hotel Holborn Covent Garden
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| 94-99 High Holborn,London |
These luxurious fully-fitted apartments are hidden right in the heart of London's West End within easy reach of theatres, restaurants and iconic sights. Nearby Covent Garden is a wonderful part of Lo...
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Covent Garden Tube Station
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| 41 Long Acre |
Exit Covent Garden Tube into the heart of Londons Theatreland, around every corner youll stumble on one of the citys famous playhouses. Left out of the station takes you into Covent Garden Piazza - th...
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New Covent Garden Flower Market
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| Nine Elms Lane |
New Covent Garden Flower Market is where the florists go, meaning that you can buy flowers, plants and foliage at wholesale prices. There are fresh daily deliveries from abroad as well as a full range...
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Waterstone's Covent Garden
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| 9-13 Garrick Street |
Waterstones, one of the largest high street booksellers in the UK, is a relative newcomer on the block. It first opened in Old Brompton Road, London, in 1982 and now its flagship store resides at what...
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Covent Garden Fishmongers
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| 37 Turnham Green Terrace |
Phil Diamond claims to be the first working fishmonger ever to have a recipe book published in this country. Whether this is true or not, his knowledge is second-to-none, and his quality control impec...
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Travelodge Covent Garden
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| 10 Drury Lane, High Holborn |
Reside among the glitz and glamour of Londons West End in this refreshingly affordable hotel. Basic, clean and very comfortable, Travelodge Covent Garden enjoys incredibly spacious rooms fitted with a...
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