Leicester Square

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Address:: Leicester Square,
London WC2
Buses:: 3 6 9 12 13 14 15 19 22 23 24 29 38 88 91 94 139 159 177 453
Trains:: Charing Cross BKL NRN, Covent Garden PCL, Embankment BKL CRC DSC NRN, Leicester Square NRN PCL, Piccadilly Circus BKL PCL, Tottenham Court Road CNT NRN Note: The nearest train station to Leicester Square is Leicester Square. We can help you find the best route from any other train station:
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Leicester Square is named after the Earl of Leicester’s 17th-century mansion, Leicester House, which was originally situated on the northern edge of the plot.

Clubs and cinemas in Leicester Square

Leicester Square is one of London’s main entertainment venues. If you visit in the evening, then the place will be buzzing with people in the pubs and clubs and three huge cinemas.

If you visit on a film première night, then you may even see a few movie stars walking down the red carpet.

Although the place is usually fit to burst with tourists at night, a visit to the square in the sunshine hours can be a very pleasant affair – this is where Londoners come to eat their lunch and relax in the shady trees of Leicester Square garden.

You can also see some statues to the great and good: William Shakespeare has a fountain in the centre, and Charlie Chaplin and Isaac Newton have busts around the sides.

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