Shaftesbury Avenue

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Address:: Shaftesbury Avenue,
London
Buses:: 1 3 6 9 12 13 14 15 19 22 23 24 29 38 88 94 134 139 159 177 243 453
Trains:: Charing Cross BKL NRN, Covent Garden PCL, Leicester Square NRN PCL, Piccadilly Circus BKL PCL, Tottenham Court Road CNT NRN Note: The nearest train station to Shaftesbury Avenue is Piccadilly Circus. We can help you find the best route from any other train station:
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Shaftesbury Avenue, London’s theatre district

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Shaftesbury Avenue is in the heart of London’s West End theatre district. It was built in the 1880s and soon attracted a large number of theatres.

The Lyric was the first, in 1888, followed by the Palace (1891), the Apollo (1901), the Globe (1906), the Queen’s (1907), the Shaftesbury (1911) and Saville (1931).

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