Dover Street

Dover Street is a street in Mayfair, London, England. The street is notable as the location of historic London clubs and contemporary art galleries.

The street has a number of London's leading commercial art galleries in it including the Air Gallery and the CCA Galleries. The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) was initially located in Dover Street, but relocated to The Mall in 1968. The Piccadilly Gallery and The Portal Gallery (which represents Beryl Cook) are at 43 Dover Street. The Alexia Goethe Gallery at 5–7 Dover Street shows work by leading 20th century artists including Kees van Dongen, Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso.

An Elizabeth Frink sculpture stands on its junction with Piccadilly, opposite the Ritz Hotel.

Clubs

The street is historically and currently the location of a number of well-known London clubs. These include:

• The Albemarle Club, originally in Albemarle Street nearby, was relocated to 37 Dover Street before its closure.
• The Arts Club, founded by Charles Dickens and others in 1863, originally in Hanover Square, has been located at 40 Dover Street since 1893. Whistler's decision to sue John Ruskin was made on the premises.
• The Capisce Club is a Mayfair nightclub and restaurant.
• The Drones Club, the famous but fictional London club of P. G. Wodehouse, as featured in his widely-read Jeeves and Wooster books, was located in this street.

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The Ritz Hotel is opposite Dover Street

Location

The street lies in the south of Mayfair in the West End. To the south-east, the street adjoins the major thoroughfare of Piccadilly. To the north-west, it continues as Grafton Street. To the north-east is Albemarle Street, running parallel with Dover Street and the location of the Royal Institution. South-west is Berkeley Street (adjoining Berkeley Square to the north), also running in parallel. The nearest tube station is Green Park.

External links

• LondonTown.com information
• Capisce Nightclub, 1 Dover Street
• CCA Galleries, 8 Dover Street
• Dover Street Restaurant & Jazz Bar, 8–10 Dover Street
• Dover Street Market, 17–18 Dover Street
• The Air Gallery, 32 Dover Street
• The Portal Gallery
• The Alexia Goethe Gallery
• The Piccadilly Gallery