A mini guide to
Stations, airport routes and walking times
Stations
Several Tube lines meet around Soho and Covent Garden, so you are rarely far from a station. Choose the one closest to where you are going.
| Station | Lines | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Covent Garden | Piccadilly line | The closest station to the piazza, but very busy. On weekends many people exit at Leicester Square or Holborn instead. |
| Leicester Square | Northern and Piccadilly lines | Best for Chinatown, Leicester Square and the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue. |
| Tottenham Court Road | Central, Northern lines and Elizabeth line | Best for Soho and for the Elizabeth line from Heathrow and the City. |
| Piccadilly Circus | Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines | Best for Soho's southern edge, Shaftesbury Avenue and Piccadilly. |
| Charing Cross | Northern and Bakerloo lines, plus national rail | Best for the Strand and the southern end of Covent Garden. |
| Holborn | Central and Piccadilly lines | A quieter alternative for the north-east of Covent Garden. |
From the airports
Routes and journey times change, especially during engineering works. Use the planner for live directions.
Enter your starting point and we will show live routes to Covent Garden Piazza.
On foot
The best way to see this part of London is on foot. These short routes link the neighbourhood's best moments, and every one is under half an hour.
Covent Garden Piazza → Leicester Square
Leave the piazza behind and cut through the side streets towards the cinemas. In minutes you swap buskers and market stalls for film premieres, the theatre ticket booth and the glow of Theatreland.
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Leicester Square → Piccadilly Circus
Slip through Chinatown under strings of red lanterns, past bakeries and dim sum windows, then emerge into the electric billboards of Piccadilly Circus. Four minutes, two completely different worlds.
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Covent Garden Piazza → Trafalgar Square
Stroll down St Martin's Lane past the London Coliseum and a string of theatres, with the Salisbury pub on the way, and arrive beneath Nelson's Column and the steps of the National Gallery.
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Soho Square → Carnaby Street
Start among the lunchtime picnickers in Soho Square, wander through the old Soho streets and finish on Carnaby Street, where the 1960s mod scene put London on the fashion map.
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Covent Garden Piazza → British Museum
Head north through quiet Bloomsbury streets and arrive at the British Museum, where the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies and the Great Court are free to enter.
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Covent Garden Piazza → South Bank
Walk down to the Strand and cross Waterloo Bridge, which has some of the best views in London in both directions, and reach the South Bank's galleries, theatres and riverside cafés.
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