Squares of London
The original name was to have been
"King William the Fourth's Square",
but George Ledwell Taylor suggested
the name "Trafalgar Square"
Leicester Square
Leicester Square is
a pedestrianised square in the West
End of London, England. The Square
lies within an area bound by Lisle
Street, to the north; Charing Cross
Road, to the east; Orange Street, to
the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the
west. The park at the centre of the
Square is bound by Cranbourn Street,
to the north; Leicester Street, to the
east; Irving Street, to the south; and a
section of road designated simply as
Leicester Square, to the west. It is
within the City of Westminster, and
about equal distances (about 400
yards / 370 metres) north of Trafalgar
Square, east of Piccadilly Circus, west
of Covent Garden, and south
of Cambridge Circus.
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public