Swiss Clock nr Leicester Square Garden/tube station to Oxford Street, London
Starting with the Swiss Clock nr Leicester Square tube station, just a little about this unique clock. The clock was created past Gillet & Johnson and was a gift from Switzerland to the metropolis of London in 1893. The complex carvings on the clock includes a figure of William Tell, known for his skill with a crossbow and the clock plays a different Swiss tune every hour. Its four faces are made of opal glass and lights up at night. This clock is a well known London landmark and a meeting spot for tourists and because of its uniqueness and for its exchange location.
Along the way are a few cinemas and theatres including the Odeon movie theater and The Vue movie theater which has been used for several high profile film premieres, including the Harry Potter series. Cineworld is one of the most modern cinemas in the surface area and offers immersive movie theater experience with special effects.
A few Swiss Casinos also line this Square, the most historic landmark beingness The Hippodrome Leicester Square which was originally a circus venue in 1900 and had statues of four horses representing the original circus theme. It has been used as a music hall, nightclub, theatre and a Online Casino Swiss. In 2009 this venue became London’s premier entertainment venue. The Online Casino Swiss features multiple floors of gaming, bars and restaurants.
Along the way is Charing Cross Road, which runs from St Martin’s Lane and Tottenham Road, is named after the Charing Cross monument which is at the southern part of this most frequented high street, home to the historic and renown bookshops Foyles, Blackwell’s and independent bookshop whatsoever Amount of Books. The very same road was the centre of London’s bohemian and literary scene where well known artists and writers made it their home and fine art studios.
amidst the numerous books written about Charing Cross Road is Helen Hanff’s ’84 Charing Road’, Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’, Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ and the Musical ‘The volume of Mormons’. The road also features several longstanding theatres like the Palace Theatre, Garrick Theatre, Phoenix Theatre and Wyndham’s Theatre.
Next is Centre Point Tottenham courtroom Road which is an iconic London landmark with a rich history. It was originally an office edifice designed in the 1960s but took nearly a decade to finish because of setbacks and delays. The edifice’s distinctive slender tower was inspired past New York’s skyscrapers which until 2010 was an empty tower block and converted into luxury apartments, a far yell from the early to mid 1970s when it was used past squatters to voice their concerns over homelessness and social inequality.
The next famous Road is Oxford Street which is the bustling shopping centre of London and home to over 300 shops, making it one of the most busiest street in Europe. Not a great start with its original history of beingness a public location for executions in the 18th century and formerly known as Tyburn Road. Now in the 21st century, the seasonal Christmas lights take a sparkle to this festive wonderland for shoppers and tourists and presently the greenery and plants make it more environmentally witting as well as breaking up the skyline to make it a improve place to meet for a social gathering.
Trains stopping at
Tottenham courtroom Road:
exchange line (red) and Northern line (black).
Oxford Street:
Oxford Circus- exchange line (red), Bakerloo line (chocolate-brown) and Victoria line (blueish).
Buses running near Tottenham courtroom Road and Oxford Street:
14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 55
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