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 A  Gang of Four visit  to Central London  5th Dec  2025.           Click to enlarge photo; "back" to return.   

 

GPS Map of the Walk

 

Covent Garden Tube station

 

Our Coffee Stop at...

 

......Prêt A Manger

   

Alley next door

 

An essential new Coffee Shop about to open next door

 

Long Acre

   

The Royal Opera House

 

Young Dancer by Enzo Plazzotta

 

The Museum

 

Our Group admires the dock

 

A Ward Constable

 

The Cells

 

Met Police Uniform

   

 

 

The Museum Entrance

 

E Division

      Door "Peep Hole" into a cell
 

Reasonable daylight in the Victorian Cells

 

Court Sketches no photos allowed

 

A Photo of a Courtroom

 

The Solid Cell Lock

 

The Dock from the old Magistrates Court

 

Met Police E Division 1989

 

Police Woman 1930s

 

ROH Ironwork recovered from the Floral Hall

 

The Bow Street Court and Police Station now a hotel

 

 

Lamp from the Police Station

   
   

ROH extension

 

Russell Street

 

The side Drury Lane Theatre

 

Entrance to Drury Lane Theatre

 

Sir Augustus Harris

 

Ornate Lamp

 

The Marques of Anglesey

 

"Gin Lane" by Hogarth

 

Story told by our guide

 

Hogarth and Family who lived on Bow Street originally

 
 

"Fortuna" by Michael Hewan Crichton

 

Fortune Theatre (Fortuna is centre top)

 

"Nell of Old Drury" pub

Nell Gwynne sign
 

Fortune Theatre, Art Deco?

 

Crown Court Church

 

The corner of Russell Street

 

Towards ROH back door

 

Up to the fifth floor ROH

 

Restaurant ROH, too expensive!

 

Christmas Offer

 

Covent Garden Market

 

Colonnade

 

The White Lion

 

Between ROH and Royal Ballet School over Floral Street

 

Long Acre towards the Masonic Temple

 

Licensed Pedicab

 

Conduit Court, from Long Acre to Covent Garden

 

Maps and Printing were based on Long Acre