Covent Garden Market

Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden".

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: shopping center in the UK
Also known as: “Covent Garden”
Address: London

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Leicester Square and Royal Opera House.

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.

Royal Opera House

Arts center

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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 330 feet north of Covent Garden Market.

London Transport Museum

Museum

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The London Transport Museum is a transport museum based in Covent Garden, London, England. The museum predominantly hosts exhibits relating to the heritage of London's transport, as well as conserving and explaining the history of it. London Transport Museum is situated 350 feet east of Covent Garden Market.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covent Garden and West End of London.

Covent Garden

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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

West End of London

Locality

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The West End of London is a district of London, England. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster.

St Clement Danes

Neighborhood

St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Covent Garden Market

Categories: market, shopping center, building, tourism, and retail building
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51198° or 51° 30′ 43″ north

Longitude

-0.12274° or 0° 7′ 22″ west

Levels

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

9C3XGV6G+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 633369346

OpenStreetMap feature

building=retail

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q10460918

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Covent Garden Market” goes by many names.

Arabic: “سوق كوفنت غاردن”
Chinese: “柯芬園市集”
Korean: “코번트 가든 마켓”
Swedish: “Covent Garden Market”

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