Leicester Square tube station
Leicester Square is a London Underground station in the West End of London, within walking distance of Theatreland and Chinatown, as well as the southern reaches of Soho.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Metro station
- Description: London Underground station
- Also known as: “Leicester Square Underground station” and “Leicester Square Underground Station”
- Wheelchair access: no
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Photo: R Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.
Leicester Square
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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
National Gallery
Art gallery
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The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. National Gallery is situated 950 feet south of Leicester Square tube station.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 1,400 feet east of Leicester Square tube station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and West End of London.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
West End of London
Locality
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The West End of London is a district of Central London, England, in the London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops…
Seven Dials
Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seven Dials is a road junction and neighborhood in the St Giles district of the London Borough of Camden, within the greater Covent Garden area in the West End of London.
Leicester Square tube station
- Categories: London Underground station, underground railway station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51146° or 51° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.12826° or 0° 7′ 42″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Operator
TfLNetwork
London UndergroundOpen location code
9C3XGV6C+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 3370671078OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Leicester Square tube station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليستر سكوير”
- Basque: “Leicester Square geltokia”
- Catalan: “Leicester Square”
- Chinese: “李斯特廣場站”
- Chinese: “萊斯特廣場站”
- Czech: “Leicester Square”
- Danish: “Leicester Square Station”
- Dutch: “Leicester Square”
- Esperanto: “Leicester Square”
- Finnish: “Leicester Squaren metroasema”
- French: “Leicester Square”
- Gan Chinese: “利色斯拖斯怪爾站”
- German: “Leicester Square”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת כיכר לסטר”
- Hungarian: “Leicester Square metróállomás”
- Hungarian: “Leicester Square”
- Indonesian: “Leicester Square”
- Italian: “Leicester Square”
- Japanese: “レスター・スクウェア駅”
- Lombard: “Leicester Square (metropolitana de Londra)”
- Lombard: “Leicester Square”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leicester Square undergrunnsstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Leicester Square undergrunnsstasjon”
- Persian: “ایستگاه متروی میدان لستر”
- Polish: “Leicester Square”
- Portuguese: “Leicester Square (Metropolitano de Londres)”
- Portuguese: “Leicester Square”
- Romanian: “Leicester Square”
- Russian: “Лестер-сквер”
- Slovak: “Leicester Square”
- Spanish: “Leicester Square”
- Swedish: “Leicester Square”
- Turkish: “Leicester Square metro istasyonu”
- Turkish: “Leicester Square tube station”
- Ukrainian: “Лестер-сквер”
- Ukrainian: “Лестер-Сквер”
- Urdu: “لیسٹر سکوئیر ٹیوب اسٹیشن”
- Yiddish: “לעסטער סקווער אונטערגרונט סטאנציע”
- Yiddish: “לעסטער סקווער”
- Yue Chinese: “李斯特廣場站”
- “Leicester Square”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Covent Garden and St Giles.
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