London’s West End Bars & Restaurants Reopen | 4K | Apr 2021
Hello Walkers, we’re in a sunny London on OXFORD STREET outside of Tottenham Court Road Underground Station in fare zone 1, served by the Central and Northern lines It’s 5:25pm on Monday 12th April 2021 with the temperature around 9°C/48°F We'll be taking a walk through the West End including Soho, Chinatown, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Carnaby Street on the first day hospitality restrictions eased meaning pubs, restaurants, cafes and bars are allowed to host in outdoor spaces parties of up to six, or of two households with the walk covering 2.5 miles/4 km And don’t forget to look out for the WW logo throughout this walk there are five hidden in total, they could be on a building or object! SOHO STREET SOHO SQUARE Statue of Charles II within Soho Square Gardens Half-timbered gardener’s hut ‘#OHelloSunshine’ tubular rainbow sculpture by Graham McLoughlin CARLISLE STREET DEAN STREET Japes - pizza restaurant Barrafina - tapas restaurant Quo Vadis - historic Soho restaurant and members’ club The Crown & Two Chairmen - pub BATMAN STREET FRITH STREET Chotto Matte - Japanese restaurant Garlic & Shots - bar with 101 flavoured vodkas & cantina-style food, all with lots of garlic Little Italy Soho - large Italian restaurant Balans - modern British restaurant OLD COMPTON STREET Outside seating offering al-fresco drinks & dining Prince Edward Theatre - refurbished 1930s Soho theatre Cameras of news reporters, documenting the reopening of hospitality in England WARDOUR STREET SHAFTESBURY AVENUE WARDOUR STREET Entering Chinatown London with its iconic red lanterns GERRARD STREET Chinatown streets lined with outside dining Lotus Garden - Chinese restaurant Little Four Seasons - Chinese restaurant Haozhan - Chinese restaurant NEWPORT PLACE Jen Cafe - Chinese restaurant NEWPORT COURT Happy Lemon - bubble tea store CHARING CROSS ROAD Leicester Square Underground Station in fare zone 1, served by the Northern and Piccadilly lines CRANBOURN STREET LEICESTER SQUARE IRVING STREET Ristorante Roma - Italian restaurant Little Italy - Italian restaurant CHARING CROSS ROAD ST MARTIN’S PLACE TRAFALGAR SQUARE Nelson’s Column commemorating Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 Two fountains commemorating Admirals Jellycoe and Beatty including sculptures of mermaids, mermen, tritons and dolphins The National Gallery housing one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world ‘The End’ whirl of cream, with cherry, fly and drone sculpture by British artist Heather Phillipson PALL MALL EAST Canada House - offices of the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom since 1925 WHITCOMB STREET ST MARTIN’S STREET The Londoner Hotel - new 350 room hotel, scheduled to open in September 2021 LEICESTER SQUARE All Bar One - bar & restaurant SWISS COURT COVENTRY STREET London Souvenirs - large gifts and souvenirs shop PICCADILLY CIRCUS Piccadilly Lights - advertising display Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain Victorian memorial fountain topped with Anteros sculpture Piccadilly Circus Underground Station in fare zone 1, served by the Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines View south along REGENT STREET ST JAMES’S REGENT STREET Caffè Concerto - Italian restaurant BEAK STREET View north along KINGLY STREET CARNABY STREET Carnaby Street is the famous, pedestrianised shopping and dining area Queues outside of New Era - clothing shop Shakespeares Head - pub on the corner of FOUBERT’S PLACE Sophie Tea Art - art gallery REGENT STREET Queues outside of H&M - clothing shop Animal rights group protesting We now enter OXFORD CIRCUS with an entrance to Oxford Circus Underground Station in fare zone 1, served by the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines Our walk is coming to an end So please hit the LIKE button SHARE the video with friends on social media and leave a thoughtful COMMENT down below Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE for more videos (if you haven't already) and tap the bell icon to be notified when I post new videos So until next time, bye for now!
2021-06-03 04:34
