1.4 km
Central London Entertainment
London
F9 - Leicester Square - What to See and Where to Eat and Drink
Discovery route around London's entertainment epicentre.
The southern area surrounding Leicester Square is ideal for exploring places to eat and drink. It is also a cultural hub and an entertainment hotspot with cinemas, theatres, casinos, and galleries. The route also includes iconic sights such as Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Pall Mall, and Piccadilly Circus.
It is great for bright lights, great atmosphere, history, iconic sights, entertainment venues, crowds, transport links, shops, cinemas, casinos, theatres, art galleries, museums, and many places to eat, drink and be merry.
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Route at a glance video
This 1.4 km route starts at Piccadilly Circus and heads down Coventry Street to the western edge of Leicester Square by Chinatown. It then heads south via the Haymarket with its famous theatres and then around the National Gallery and back into the heart of Leicester Square with its bright lights, cinemas and entertainment venues.
The map route
The route is shown on a Strava map, which is ideal for runners with features like distance tracking and pace analysis and who have a Strava account. For walkers, Google Maps is recommended for its comprehensive navigation. Accessible on desktop or mobile, Strava provides detailed insights and directions. However, mobile functionality may vary depending on the browser, with Google Chrome offering the best experience. Click the link to view the route and explore with ease. Please not the maps show you your location relative to the map but do not give you turn by turn directions.
360 Virtual Tour of the Route
Double click on the image and have a look around the key locations along the route
